For those of you not from around here, D’Alessandros are not exactly from In the biggest deal in recent Boston business history, the 141-year-old John Hancock Financial Services has been sold to Manulife, a Canadian insurance and financial services conglomerate, for $10.9 billion. In an incredible "coincidence", the presidents of the two companies … Continue reading In
\n the biggest deal in recent Boston business history, the 141-year-old
\n John Hancock Financial Services has been sold to Manulife, a Canadian
\n insurance and financial services conglomerate, for $10.9 billion. In
\n an incredible "coincidence", the presidents
\n of the two companies HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME. And yet, an ingenuous press
\n expect us to believe they are NOT RELATED. According to the Boston
\n Globe<\/a>, Hancock chief executive David D’Alessandro and Manulife chief
\n executive Dominic D’Alessandro are not related.<\/p>\n
\n running rampant through the streets of Beantown like Curleys, Kennedys
\n and Corcorans. When a 10 billion dollar deal goes down between two guys
\n with the same name, eyebrows need to be raised. I know that in Massachusetts
\n when you buy a used car from a member of your immediate family you can
\n avoid paying excise tax. Is that what’s going on here, or something even
\n more sinister?<\/p>\n
\n the Boston Globe.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"