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Jon Chesto

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Business Reporter at The Boston Globe

Boston-based journalist on the hunt for Bay State business news, the perfect marathon, long-lost '80s tunes, and the planet's best chocolate frappe.

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Articles

  • As Eliot Tatelman exits, Jordan’s Furniture taps MullenLowe as its ad agency

    4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Jon Chesto

    As the omnipresent pitchman for Jordan’s Furniture, Eliot Tatelman is a tough act to follow. But Frank Cartagena, the chief executive of ad agency MullenLowe’s US operations, sounds eager to try. No, we won’t see Cartagena’s face in Jordan’s commercials. Instead, MullenLowe announced it will be the first agency of record for the Dedham-based chain, following several decades when the advertising was handled largely in-house, under Tatelman’s watchful eye.

  • Former N.H. governor Chris Sununu joins New York VC firm to help oversee investments - The Boston Globe

    6 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Jon Chesto

    Former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu broke the news a month ago to disappointed Republicans in his home state: No, he would not be running for the US Senate after all. Instead, Sununu, a former CEO of the Waterville Valley resort in the White Mountains, is heading back to the private sector after eight years as the New Hampshire state government’s top executive.

  • Mass. business confidence plunges again, as employers face a ‘heaping plate of uncertainty’ - The Boston Globe

    1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Jon Chesto

    Confidence among Massachusetts businesses plunged for the third month in a row, underscoring local concerns around the Trump administration’s trade policies and cutbacks on federal research funding. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index shed 4.5 points in April, to end the month at 41.5, its lowest point since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down most of the nation’s economy in March 2020.

  • What’s the most pressing concern for big companies this earnings season? Hint: It starts with ‘T.’ - The Boston Globe

    1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Jon Chesto

    We’re only halfway through earnings season, and one word is clearly weighing on the C-suite set more than any other: tariffs. CEOs, CFOs, and their minions are scrambling to translate President Trump’s trade war into tangible numbers they can share with analysts and investors in their earnings releases and on their conference calls. Just how prevalent has all this tariff talk been?

  • Trillium cofounders raise spirits at Brewers Association annual meeting

    1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Jon Chesto

    “What we wanted to share is there’s no right way [for] success,” Esther Tetreault said in an interview. In the Tetreaults’ case, they avoided selling through a distributor to package stores — an unconventional choice that helped insulate the business during the current consolidation among wholesalers. They have also branched out by opening a distillery as well as full-service restaurants in Fort Point and Canton.

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