May 15, 2003

Merger talk, closed doors, toys boss, new drug
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart at 2:36 PM -

In this week's industry updates:

Two of the biggest financial players in town, Fleet and Hancock, flirted with a merger over the past few months. More Finance news.

Very sadly and after a long financial struggle, 117-year old Waltham hospital will close its doors. More Healthcare news.

Providence-based Hasbro tapped a new CEO. More Retail news.

And the Good News Story of the Week goes to Milliennium Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, whose cancer drug Velcade got FDA approval a year ahead of schedule. More Biotech news.

Read all this week's industry updates.

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