| Human Capital: People on the move, Sept. 1 Dr. Beth Lown, an internist at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, was appointed medical director at The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a Boston-based nonprofit organization. The medical director position is part-time, so Lown will continue working as an internist at Mount Auburn Hospital and doing her own research and teaching. She has a long history with the Schwartz Center, including serving on its board of trustees, as co-chair and chair of the grant programming committee, and as a consultant on various projects. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Apple ending free iPhone case offer Apple Inc. confirmed over the weekend that it is ending its offer of free cases for iPhone 4 buyers that it began in July over concerns about the design of its antenna. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Heywire offers free text messaging Text-message anyone in the world for free, from your computer or your phone. That sent HeyWire, a new offering from long-standing Boston startup MediaFriends Inc., to the number-four spot among social-media apps on Apple’s iPhone app store today, its second day on the market. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Indiana monks launch printing venture The Benedictine monks at St. Meinrad Archabbey in Southern Indiana have begun Snail’s Pace, a new business venture at their Abbey Press. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Tough Thursday for local stocks Local stocks dipped in Thursday trading on Wall Street with Protective Life Corp. experiencing the largest value drop. (PL) (HLS) feeds.bizjournals.com |