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2 months ago | 
southbostononline.com | Nick Collins |Jeanne Rooney
By Senator Nick CollinsEarlier this month, residents across Boston saw their property tax bills go up and, in some cases, skyrocket. There are several reasons for this, and all were avoidable. The first reason is that the City of Boston Assessing department unilaterally increased, in some cases dramatically, the assessed values of many homes across Boston.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
financederivative.com | Nick Collins
By Nick Collins, CCO at EXA Infrastructure. From the early trading of government bonds and shares, to the digitisation of financial exchanges in the late twentieth century, the financial exchange market has seen many changes since the creation of the first Stock Exchange in 1602. Today, the market is evolving once again, driven by rising retail participation, digital assets, and rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud computing.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
umassmedia.com | Nick Collins
While witnessing the war in Ukraine in disbelief right now, one can only imagine that, as in years past, if heaven forbid the war were to escalate at an even worse rate than it is already at, people would be going to war at the age of 18 in the United States and across the world.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Ian Llewellyn |Nick Collins
The Government has provisionally secured a deal to ensure gas continues to be supplied to schools, hospitals, prisons and other agencies from October.BusinessDesk understands that, once again, Methanex’s gas will be used to fill the gap with a retailer to manage the contract.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Cameron Bagrie |Dileepa Fonseka |Simon Robertson |Nick Collins
New Zealand would never get away with a soft landing in the disinflation battle without decent productivity growth. The August economic projections by the Reserve Bank of NZ (RBNZ) showed the reality: a real recession deep enough to break [most] firms' pricing power and a weakening labour market to curb wage inflation, meaning a standard of living decline for households.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Simon Robertson |Nick Collins |Peter Griffin |Georgina Toomey
A few days ago, Icehouse Ventures hosted its 14th annual showcase. While many players in the ecosystem do amazing things in different ways, Icehouse is the aircraft carrier in the Waitematā.It has been doing it longer and networking wider than anyone else over a more extended period – it's 23 years old. The pre-event So, there I was at Spark Arena last Thursday in Auckland, listening to Mint Innovation's Dr Will Barker, Rocket Lab's Sir Peter Beck and LanzaTech's Dr Sean Simpson.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Nick Collins |Peter Griffin |Georgina Toomey |David Chaplin
The coalition Government wants to grow our economy and double exports.That is not going to happen when, through its lack of action, it is effectively contributing to de-industrialising New Zealand.With exorbitant electricity costs, the NZ economy is becoming highly unattractive as an investment target for foreign manufacturers.
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May 14, 2024 | 
umassmedia.com | Nick Collins
It’s Gordie, b—! Welcome back to Heaven’s kitchen. Last time, I hinted that the next dish I’d teach you would involve a corpse. While I could keep that promise, I’m in the mood for something a little more… biblical. So, sit back and relax—but if I catch you eating any of MY dried red paint chunks off of MY bench, I will have to ask you, politely, to leave. I’ve been through a lot over the past few months.
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May 14, 2024 | 
umassmedia.com | Nick Collins
There was a passing of the torch at Cotter Field, Thursday, May 2. UMass Boston Men’s Lacrosse lost in the Little East Conference semifinals against Plymouth State University. The loss to the Panthers marked the first time in half a decade that the Beacons were unable to play in the LEC Championship game. Going into their bout, the Beacons were playing some of their best lacrosse all year, having won four games straight.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
umassmedia.com | Nick Collins
It was a back-and-forth season for men’s tennis, who accumulated a 4–4 record over their first eight games, but throughout the ups and downs, they have rightfully secured a playoff spot in the upcoming Little East Conference tournament. According to Beacons Athletics, the first-round matchups for the tournament have been released, and the Beacons are deadlocked in the fifth seed, facing Salem State University—the fourth seed—Tuesday, April 30 [1].
