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News Tipoffs - Massachusetts Editors Newsletter for Sunday January 07, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Boston Fed Announces 2024 Board of Directors
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today announced its 2024 Board of Directors, effective Jan. 1. Corey Thomas, chair and chief executive officer of Rapid7, will remain chair, and Roger Crandall, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of MassMutual, will remain deputy chair. Robert F. Rivers, chair and chief executive of Eastern Bank, will remain the Boston Fed's mem  more

Federal Reserve Board Announces the Designation of the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the designation of the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2024. Each Reserve Bank has a nine-member board of directors. The Board of Governors in Washington appoints three of these directors and each year designates one of its appointees as Chair and a second as Deputy Chair. The Board also updated statistical tables on its websit  more

Mass. Transportation Dept. Expands Multimodal Connectivity Across Massachusetts With 20 Miles of Shared Use Paths Opened in 2023
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is pleased to announce approximately 20 miles of shared use paths opened in 2023 for the first time, expanding multimodal connectivity and opportunities for recreation across Massachusetts while enhancing pedestrian and cyclist safety. Throughout the course of 2023, MassDOT completed dozens of roadway projects that added new   more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Former Pharmaceutical Executive and Doctor Sentenced for Insider Trading Around Alexion Pharmaceuticals' Acquisition of Portola Pharmaceuticals
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSEPH DUPONT and SLAVA KAPLAN, a/k/a "Stanley Kaplan," were sentenced to three years' probation and five months in prison, respectively, for securities fraud in connection with their participation in an insider trading scheme surrounding the announcemen  more

Transcript: New York City Mayor Adams Calls in for Live Interview on GMGT Live's "The Reset Talk Show"
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview on Jan. 5, 2024, with GMGT Live's "The Reset Talk Show": * * * JR Giddings: Tell a friend to tell a friend. We have New York City Mayor Adams here with us. Good morning, Mayor Adams. Mayor Eric Adams: Hey, brother, how are you? Moving through events, moving throughout the city. It's good to be on again with the show. Getting ready to do a major announcement with the governor about an initiative   more

U.S. DOT Volpe Center Staff Presenting at 2024 TRB Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: U.S. DOT Volpe Center staff will be participating in the 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2024, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Throughout the event, U.S. DOT Volpe Center staff will lead or participate in technical committee meetings, will present papers, and preside   more