Don Seiffert

The Gen Xers Who Waited Their Turn to Be CEO Are Getting Passed Over More companies are holding on to older leaders or passing over a generation in search of the next ones.

"Many Gen Xers say they operated on the belief that if they paid their dues, their time would come. But as they enter what is usually the prime, C-suite career stage, more businesses are retaining their aging leaders or skipping a generation in search of the next ones." www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

👏👏👏 For Shane O’Neill of @washingtonpost for coining the genius phrase “Björk Dörks” of which I know a few.

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds.

We will continue the fight to stop this unlawful policy once and for all.

This is purely anecdotal, but the Salem Market Basket seems surprisingly empty for a Sunday morning at 10:30.

A board member of the parent company of Market Basket told the Boston Business Journal after news broke that CEO Arthur T. Demoulas was placed on administrative leave: “In some ways, the CEO made it a little more about him... he kind of took the company hostage.” www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

A Boston company that converted shipping containers into greenhouse farms has gone bankrupt and shut down. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

“Extreme fear is driving the market”

The Boston Business Journal newsroom was honored with the General Excellence award — the highest regional journalism award for newspapers of its size — for the eighth time in nine years by the New England Newspaper and Press Association. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

The IRS is in turmoil. Taxpayers are taking notice. Podcast Episode · Post Reports · 03/26/2025 · 24m

“With just a few weeks to go until Tax Day, Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline compared with 2024. That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

The Globe drifts further into BBJ’s list territory It’s not a big deal, but, as a former ink-stained-era wretch for both the BBJ and Globe, I find it curious the Globe has come out with its inaugural list of the 50 fastest growing companies in New …

Jay Fitzgerald of Hub Blog appropriately questions why the
@bostonglobe.com @bosbizjournal.bsky.social's longtime "Fast 50" list with its new "50 fastest growing companies in New England," coincidentally announced the same week. hubblog.com/2025/03/20/t...

Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle Tesla said Thursday it is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, the latest in a series of call-backs for the pickup truck.

The Cybertrucks are falling apart. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

The Mass Department of Public Health has approved Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's plan to build its new $1.7 billion cancer hospital bizj.us/1qnayg

Huh, I wonder why that might be?

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Big Balls, 19, is now in charge of the nation's cybersecurity efforts. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

Salem State was poised to receive federal funding to support its Latino students. Now that money is under threat. - The Boston Globe The public university is looking to tap federal funding to support Latino students at a time when that may be more politically challenging than ever.

As Salem State looks to finalize its designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution, the Trump administration is eliminating benefits for minority-serving institutions through executive order, reports @ditikohli.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/19/b...

Plummer Youth Promise, a nonprofit that serves young people in the foster care system in Boston and the North Shore, will open a new facility on Winter Island in Salem this spring. It's a milestone on a $25 million project to expand and modernize the facility. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

My colleague @donseiffert.bsky.social looked at the annual reports of several big companies, including GE, RTX, CVS and more. He found that they’re quietly removing the word “diversity”

Public companies started filing annual reports a couple weeks ago, and several major Massachusetts employers have eliminated the word "diversity" entirely this year, although some of them said nothing has changed in their commitment to DEI goals. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

For CEOs and Bankers, the Trump Euphoria Is Fading Fast The deals market had its quietest January in a decade, curtailed by the uncertainty delivered in the president’s first weeks.

“It took less than a month for the second Trump administration to cool the enthusiasm of chief executives and dealmakers… Consumer sentiment is down and inflation expectations are rising.” www.wsj.com/business/dea...

A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’ An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

On Thursday, the threat intelligence team at one of the department's agencies recommended that DOGE members be monitored as an “insider threat.” www.wired.com/story/treasu...

The Trump war on the news media takes an even stupider turn Now even a paid subscription is tantamount to bribery for some.

"We’re seeing the repeated weaponization of even the most standard acts of journalism — an asymmetric kind of information warfare aimed at inventing clouds of controversy. But it’s hard to get stupider than the latest round," writes @joshuabenton.com www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/the-...

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems. www.wired.com/story/edward...

Anti-Trump Protesters Across the U.S. Gather to Condemn White House’s Policies In a grass-roots effort to kick off a national movement, organizers encouraged those opposed to President Trump’s actions on immigration, transgender rights and more to gather at state capitals and ci...

Thousands Protest Trump Policies Across the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

This is the most consequential thing Trump has done since taking office. Don't let it be forgotten in all his bluster.

What MAGA really hated about Bishop Budde’s homily - The Boston Globe A religious leader has the right to politely challenge Trump to his face.

"My political views on most issues are far from Budde’s. But I cannot fault her decision ... to gently remind the new president of a teaching as old as the Beatitudes: 'Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.'" @jeffjacoby.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/02/o...

In a roughly 40-minute news conference, President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the deadly airline collision was a result of diversity initiatives and the Federal Aviation Administration’s hiring of people with “severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.”

Local nonprofit’s 24 hours of ‘chaos’ in wake of federal funding freeze - Boston Business Journal “I think now we know that there's a little bit of a bullseye on these programs, so we can't sit on our laurels,” said Erin McAleer, president and CEO of Project Bread.

Tonight I spoke to Erin McAleer, president and CEO of Project Bread, about how she heard the news that federal funds would be cut off the following day. Here’s a look at 24 hours of chaos in one Boston nonprofit in wake of Trump’s freeze on federal funding. www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...

"Don't give in to the lies. Don't give in to the fear. Hold on the the truth. And to hope."

Can ICE arrest students in school? What the law says and how districts are preparing President Donald Trump reversed longstanding policy restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in schools. Here's what that means for Massachusetts schools.

"In the event that an ICE agent asks to question or remove a student from their classroom, schools must obtain the 'specific, informed written consent of a parent or guardian' or a 'valid, judicial warrant signed by a federal or state judge.'” #immigration #Trump www.masslive.com/news/2025/01...

Did Trump just save DEI? - The Boston Globe DEI isn’t going away. Not because of the moral imperative but out of economic necessity.

"Like many things Trump is attacking or attempting to dismantle, in the end, he may be doing DEI a service by ... reminding Americans why ensuring equal opportunity is good not just for some Americans, but for all of us." @colettephillips.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/24/o...