Don Seiffert
@donseiffert.bsky.social
Managing editor of the Boston Business Journal. Dad. (he/him) #mapoli #SalemMA
"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...
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.
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July 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"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.
July 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
👏👏👏 For Shane O’Neill of @washingtonpost for coining the genius phrase “Björk Dörks” of which I know a few.
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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.
We will continue the fight to stop this unlawful policy once and for all.
June 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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.
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.
June 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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/...
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May 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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/...
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May 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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”
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“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/...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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/...
“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 IRS is in turmoil. Taxpayers are taking notice.
Podcast Episode · Post Reports · 03/26/2025 · 24m
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March 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“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...
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...
@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...
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 …
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March 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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...
@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...
The Cybertrucks are falling apart. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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.
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March 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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
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March 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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?
March 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Huh, I wonder why that might be?
Big Balls, 19, is now in charge of the nation's cybersecurity efforts. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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.
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February 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Big Balls, 19, is now in charge of the nation's cybersecurity efforts. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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...
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.
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February 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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/...
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February 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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/...
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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”
Here's the link to the story! www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/...
February 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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/...
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February 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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/...
“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...
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.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“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...
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...
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.”
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February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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...
"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-...
The Trump war on the news media takes an even stupider turn
Now even a paid subscription is tantamount to bribery for some.
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February 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"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-...
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...
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.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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...
Thousands Protest Trump Policies Across the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
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...
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February 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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.
Don’t let the relentless flood of new events obscure what is both unconscionable and, by now, familiar—meaning, in the case of the Trump presidency, anything older than a week.
A Smattering of Stormers --
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A Smattering of Stormers --
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A Smattering of Stormers
Let us not forget some of the most violent insurrectionists from January 6th, now all free.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is the most consequential thing Trump has done since taking office. Don't let it be forgotten in all his bluster.
"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...
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.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"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...