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The winner of the Nobel memorial economics prize is set to be announced in Sweden

The winner or winners unveiled by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences follow the awards in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, and peace that were announced last week.

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Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene.

THE FINE PRINT
Greyhound abandoned her by the side of the highway. Then it refused to refund her ticket.
In August, Elisa Kennedy was stranded along Interstate 84 when her bus to New York pulled off the highway — leaving her out the $83.98 for the ticket plus the $200 she paid to complete her trip in a van.

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Did a community organizer seal the deal to bring the ARPA-H to Cambridge?
The office will help deploy hundreds of millions, if not billions, in federal dollars to solve some of the toughest problems in health care.

New Hampshire’s C&S Wholesale Grocers holds the key to supermarket megamerger
The Keene, N.H.-based firm is playing a crucial role in Kroger’s effort to buy rival Albertsons.

Pharmacist shortages and heavy workloads challenge drugstores heading into their busy season
Experts say many pharmacies, particularly the big chains, still don’t have enough workers behind the counter.

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From $16 million to $4.1 million: What a downtown office building sale signals about Boston’s real estate market

Lawsuit raises a complex question: How many pot shops is too many in downtown Boston?

As return-to-office debate continues, Boston employers say this could be as returned as it gets

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Introducing the Tech Power Players 50 list of 2023

Our second annual ranking spotlights leaders keeping New England’s technology scene vibrant in a challenging climate.
See who ranked No. 1Explore the full project
Gen Z in Boston

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Eight Bostonians under 25 laid out the burden of a life in the city, and its impact on financial milestones for housing, savings, and debt.

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ON THE STREET

Framingham is reinventing itself. Again.

The On the Street series looks at the past, present, and future of neighborhoods in Greater Boston.
Framingham’s public schools offer a pipeline for inclusionExplore the full series
BOLD TYPES

With Somerville-based SparkCharge, Josh Aviv is providing electric vehicle charging on-demand

Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city’s business community to talk career paths, accomplishments, and visions for Boston’s future.
Explore the full series

Introducing the new Globe Opinion podcast ‘Say More with Shirley Leung’

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See the Tech Unicorn Tracker

The Boston Globe's tech unicorn tracker lists startups headquartered in Massachusetts that have a valuation of at least $500 million.

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On the Cape, a new generation of business owners steps up

The new business owners are giving a fresh start to the mom-and-pop shops that had been fried seafood and beach-themed tchotchkes for decades.

Powerball jackpot up to $1.55 billion as lottery losing streak continues

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Saturday and won the giant prize.

Hamas attack prompts blame around Israeli intelligence

Saturday’s surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas may represent one of the biggest failures by Israeli intelligence since the Yom Kippur war of 1973.

House speaker race pits Trump-backed Jordan against Scalise

The bitter battle between Representatives Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan for the US House speakership culminates a long-simmering personal rivalry that grew along with the fractures in the Republican party.

Trump beefs up Iowa campaign as DeSantis goes all in

Donald Trump is intensifying efforts to win the Iowa Republican caucuses even as the Ron DeSantis campaign turns its focus on the critical early-voting state.

‘The picking won’t be as good’: Apple orchards struggle with this fall’s harvest

'We are just trying to get through Indigenous Peoples Day weekend,” said Katherine Carlson, general manager of Carlson Orchards in Harvard.

Here are the key nuclear secrets Trump allegedly leaked

Former president Donald Trump has repeatedly been accused of leaking US secrets, but the latest allegations against him involve key details about some of the most sensitive weapons in the US nuclear arsenal.

MIT roommate, FTX co-founder testifies against Sam Bankman-Fried

“FTX was not fine, and the assets were not fine,” Gary Wang said in his second day as a prosecution witness in Bankman-Fried's trial.