Bloomberg Baystate Business for Wednesday, August 18th, 2021


- Bloomberg News reporter Olivia Rockeman on the latest news concerning housing starts (3:11 )

- Bloomberg News real estate reporter Prashant Gopal on the desperate search for housing across the country (9:40 )

- Steve Medeiros, President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors, on the latest local real estate numbers (14:59 )

- Greg Reibman, President and CEO of the Charles River Regional Chamber, on the new name and the new towns in his organization (26:18 )

- Moderna Chairman Noubar Afeyan on “The David Rubenstein Show” (32:40 )

- Bloomberg Government reporter Emily Wilkins on the President’s desire to get a booster shot for the vaccinated and the uproar over the Taliban take-over of Afghanistan (41:28 )

- Dr. Paul Sax, Clinical Director, Infectious Disease Clinic, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, on the increase in Covid cases in Massachusetts and the request by physicians groups for a state-wide mask mandate (46:38 )

- Doug Banks, editor-in-chief of the Boston Business Journal, on the rideshare ballot question, vaccine mandates, and other business news (1:00:06 )

- State House News Service reporter Chris Lisinski on a new survey about Boston traffic (1:09:28 )

Hosts: Tom Moroney, Joe Shortsleeve and Kim Carrigan
Producer: Dan Pierce

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