Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

NEW YORK — Sixteen stories below Grand Central Terminal, an army of workers is blasting through bedrock to create a...

TOKYO — Sony Corp. is still struggling but managed to reduce its red ink for the latest quarter as the Japanese...

Massachusetts economic leaders were quick to defend the state's business climate yesterday after Honeywell...

Whole Foods Co-CEO John Mackey will address the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this morning to promote the new book...

Biogen grabs MS drugBiogen Idec said it will pay $3.35 billion in cash, plus future royalties, to buy out partner Elan...

BIDDEFORD, Maine — A rare 148-year-old baseball card discovered at a rural Maine yard sale has been auctioned for $92,...

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is counting on rival Google to help accelerate its revenue growth.As part of a nonexclusive...

LPL Financial LLC has been ordered to offer restitution of more than $2 million to Bay State investors who bought...

BOSTON — Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is in talks with Fox News about a possible job as a contributor.A...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's choice for interior secretary is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast who likes to...

WASHINGTON — Saturday mail may soon go the way of the Pony Express and penny postcards. The Postal Service said...

HONG KONG — As the Year of the Snake slithers into sight, investors should take comfort that the reptile's...

WASHINGTON — Despite a battery fire in one Boeing 787 Dreamliner and smoke in another, the type of batteries used to...

SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix won't miss Saturday mail delivery, even though the weekend service helped keep its DVD-by-mail...

NEW YORK — Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that net income grew 51 percent in the last three months of 2012 even as...

CVS Caremark's fourth-quarter earnings climbed 6 percent, as revenue from its established drugstores grew and new...

NEW YORK — Ralph Lauren Corp. posted a 27 percent increase in its fiscal third-quarter profit as the designer clothing...

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LOS ANGELES — The answer to the trivia question will be: "Monkey Drums (Goskel Vancin Remix) by Chase Buch." That's...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chances are you never heard of Al Walser before his surprise Grammy nomination for best dance...

LONDON — British researchers have unveiled a futuristic Antarctic research base that can move, sliding across the...

LONDON — Dog owners who refuse to fit Fido with a microchip may someday find themselves fetching a hefty fine, the...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean fire officials say a man suffered burns after the battery from a Samsung...

Embattled brick-and-mortar stores continue to dominate when it comes to purchases, even as more shoppers use...

Dell's decision yesterday to go private in a 
$24.4 billion buyout will allow the company to reinvent itself...

SAN FRANCISCO — Slumping personal computer maker Dell is bowing out of the stock market in a $24.4 billion buyout that...

NEW YORK — The Super Bowl was streamed online by 3 million people, an increase from the 2.1 million who watched the...

TORONTO — A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two...

Twitter reportedly has acquired Bluefin Labs, a Cambridge social TV analytics company.Bluefin, founded in 2008, mines...

Microsoft plans to open a retail store at the Natick Mall by this summer.The location is one of five across the country...

App-based taxi service Hailo said today it has raised more than $30 million in a funding round led by Twitter-backer...

Boston-based online jewelry retailer Gemvara said today it has appointed Tiffany & Co., Giorgio Armani and Vera...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Chinese phone maker Huawei and Microsoft are combining forces to sell a new smartphone in Africa,...

Readyforce, a San Francisco-based career network for college students, said it has acquired Umeqo, a Massachusetts...

With Sony expected to unveil the PlayStation 4 at a mystery event later this month and a new Xbox on the horizon, 2013...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

NEW YORK — Sixteen stories below Grand Central Terminal, an army of workers is blasting through bedrock to create a...

TOKYO — Sony Corp. is still struggling but managed to reduce its red ink for the latest quarter as the Japanese...

Massachusetts economic leaders were quick to defend the state's business climate yesterday after Honeywell...

Whole Foods Co-CEO John Mackey will address the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this morning to promote the new book...

Biogen grabs MS drugBiogen Idec said it will pay $3.35 billion in cash, plus future royalties, to buy out partner Elan...

BIDDEFORD, Maine — A rare 148-year-old baseball card discovered at a rural Maine yard sale has been auctioned for $92,...

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is counting on rival Google to help accelerate its revenue growth.As part of a nonexclusive...

LPL Financial LLC has been ordered to offer restitution of more than $2 million to Bay State investors who bought...

BOSTON — Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is in talks with Fox News about a possible job as a contributor.A...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's choice for interior secretary is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast who likes to...

WASHINGTON — Saturday mail may soon go the way of the Pony Express and penny postcards. The Postal Service said...

HONG KONG — As the Year of the Snake slithers into sight, investors should take comfort that the reptile's...

WASHINGTON — Despite a battery fire in one Boeing 787 Dreamliner and smoke in another, the type of batteries used to...

SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix won't miss Saturday mail delivery, even though the weekend service helped keep its DVD-by-mail...

NEW YORK — Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that net income grew 51 percent in the last three months of 2012 even as...

CVS Caremark's fourth-quarter earnings climbed 6 percent, as revenue from its established drugstores grew and new...

NEW YORK — Ralph Lauren Corp. posted a 27 percent increase in its fiscal third-quarter profit as the designer clothing...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

SYDNEY — Australia's highest court on Wednesday threw out a ruling against Google Inc. that had found the...

Mass. biz gains confidenceBusiness confidence in the Bay State edged up in January despite signs of weak economic...

NEW YORK — Online games company Zynga said its loss narrowed in the latest quarter even though revenue was largely...

The government's case against Standard & Poor's points to documents that authorities say support their accusations...

NEW YORK — It's easy to forget now, but Michael Dell was the Mark Zuckerberg of his day.Hailed as a young genius, he...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Soaring hotel bookings pushed revenue higher at Expedia Inc., but the online travel agency's fourth-...

A retired Montana cop and longtime Washington state gaming regulator is poised to be named the first executive director...

WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The largest U.S. electricity company said Tuesday it will permanently close a Florida nuclear power...

NEW YORK — Gas pump prices rose again Tuesday, bringing the increase for the year to about a quarter a gallon. Oil...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government says Standard & Poor's knowingly inflated its ratings on risky mortgage...

TJX Cos. Inc. CEO Carol Meyrowitz is getting an 11.7 percent bump in her minimum annual base salary to $1.475 million...

CAIRO — New signs of distress in Egypt's economy emerged Tuesday with the disclosure that foreign currency reserves —...

Abt Associates of Cambridge said today it has acquired Australian international health and social sector consulting...

Attorney General Martha Coakley said today her office will conduct its own investigation related to allegations...

NEW YORK — Opponents are pressing to delay enforcement of the city's novel plan to crack down on supersized, sugary...

Business confidence in the Bay State edged up in January despite signs of weak economic growth, according to the...

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Embattled brick-and-mortar stores continue to dominate when it comes to purchases, even as more shoppers use...

Dell's decision yesterday to go private in a 
$24.4 billion buyout will allow the company to reinvent itself...

SAN FRANCISCO — Slumping personal computer maker Dell is bowing out of the stock market in a $24.4 billion buyout that...

NEW YORK — The Super Bowl was streamed online by 3 million people, an increase from the 2.1 million who watched the...

TORONTO — A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two...

Twitter reportedly has acquired Bluefin Labs, a Cambridge social TV analytics company.Bluefin, founded in 2008, mines...

Microsoft plans to open a retail store at the Natick Mall by this summer.The location is one of five across the country...

App-based taxi service Hailo said today it has raised more than $30 million in a funding round led by Twitter-backer...

Boston-based online jewelry retailer Gemvara said today it has appointed Tiffany & Co., Giorgio Armani and Vera...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Chinese phone maker Huawei and Microsoft are combining forces to sell a new smartphone in Africa,...

Readyforce, a San Francisco-based career network for college students, said it has acquired Umeqo, a Massachusetts...

With Sony expected to unveil the PlayStation 4 at a mystery event later this month and a new Xbox on the horizon, 2013...

"There are crazy cat people in the world. We are crazy dog people."So begins Elliot Pirate Epstein's tale of how he and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter confirmed Friday that it had become the latest victim in a number of high-profile cyber-...

TechStars has joined forces with another startup accelerator to set up shop in Chicago.As Tech Stars has expanded into...

Sycamore Networks Solutions has launched as a privately held company following Marlin Equity Partners'...

WASHINGTON — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S....

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

SYDNEY — Australia's highest court on Wednesday threw out a ruling against Google Inc. that had found the...

Mass. biz gains confidenceBusiness confidence in the Bay State edged up in January despite signs of weak economic...

NEW YORK — Online games company Zynga said its loss narrowed in the latest quarter even though revenue was largely...

The government's case against Standard & Poor's points to documents that authorities say support their accusations...

NEW YORK — It's easy to forget now, but Michael Dell was the Mark Zuckerberg of his day.Hailed as a young genius, he...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Soaring hotel bookings pushed revenue higher at Expedia Inc., but the online travel agency's fourth-...

A retired Montana cop and longtime Washington state gaming regulator is poised to be named the first executive director...

WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The largest U.S. electricity company said Tuesday it will permanently close a Florida nuclear power...

NEW YORK — Gas pump prices rose again Tuesday, bringing the increase for the year to about a quarter a gallon. Oil...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government says Standard & Poor's knowingly inflated its ratings on risky mortgage...

TJX Cos. Inc. CEO Carol Meyrowitz is getting an 11.7 percent bump in her minimum annual base salary to $1.475 million...

CAIRO — New signs of distress in Egypt's economy emerged Tuesday with the disclosure that foreign currency reserves —...

Abt Associates of Cambridge said today it has acquired Australian international health and social sector consulting...

Attorney General Martha Coakley said today her office will conduct its own investigation related to allegations...

NEW YORK — Opponents are pressing to delay enforcement of the city's novel plan to crack down on supersized, sugary...

Business confidence in the Bay State edged up in January despite signs of weak economic growth, according to the...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug...

TOKYO — An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found...

AMSTERDAM — Royal KPN NV, the largest telecommunications company in the Netherlands, said Tuesday it plans to...

The future of Downtown Crossing's pushcarts is under review, and longtime vendor Craig Caplan hopes his...

Software giant Oracle's announcement yesterday that it will acquire Bedford's Acme Packet for 
$2.1 billion...

Shares of the company formerly known as Research in Motion rose
15 percent yesterday on its first day of trading since...

Nypro sells for $665MBay State plastics manufacturer Nypro will be acquired by Jabil Circuit of Florida for $665...

BEIJING — Asian markets fell Tuesday following declines on Wall Street and in Europe amid concern about the political...

TORONTO — Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-...

LAS VEGAS — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control...

DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into...

NEW YORK — The euro fell against the dollar Monday as a political scandal in Spain worried investors.Spain's Prime...

TRENTON, N.J. — Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. declined Monday after two analysts downgraded their ratings,...

NEW YORK — If you missed any of the Super Bowl ads your friends and co-workers are talking about, Hulu, CBS and...

SEATTLE — An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial...

The stock market is closing out its worst day so far this year, bringing the Dow average back below 14,000.The drop,...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to...

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TORONTO — The chief executive of Research In Motion said he's disappointed the new BlackBerry won't be...

Readyforce, a San Francisco-based career network for college students, said it has acquired Umeqo, a Massachusetts...

With Sony expected to unveil the PlayStation 4 at a mystery event later this month and a new Xbox on the horizon, 2013...

"There are crazy cat people in the world. We are crazy dog people."So begins Elliot Pirate Epstein's tale of how he and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter confirmed Friday that it had become the latest victim in a number of high-profile cyber-...

TechStars has joined forces with another startup accelerator to set up shop in Chicago.As Tech Stars has expanded into...

Sycamore Networks Solutions has launched as a privately held company following Marlin Equity Partners'...

WASHINGTON — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S....

TOKYO — Japanese electronics makers Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. both stuck to full year forecasts for massive...

Sales of tablet computers soared during the holiday shopping season, as Apple's iPad continued to dominate the...

CryoXtract Instruments, a Woburn company that develops automation solutions for preserving and optimizing frozen...

TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will kick off a critical, long-overdue makeover when chief...

Bedford-based 1366 Technologies celebrated the opening today of its new, 25 megawatt wafer manufacturing facility with...

Southboro-based uTest said today it has launched a mobile app called Applause, which analyzes more than 50 million...

A Cambridge startup that focuses on detecting the bugs in apps announced this week it is being acquired by Twitter....

DataGravity, a Nashua, N.H.-based startup founded by former EqualLogic executives, said today it has raised $30 million...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center today announced the first global product launch of a technology funded in part...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug...

TOKYO — An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found...

AMSTERDAM — Royal KPN NV, the largest telecommunications company in the Netherlands, said Tuesday it plans to...

The future of Downtown Crossing's pushcarts is under review, and longtime vendor Craig Caplan hopes his...

Software giant Oracle's announcement yesterday that it will acquire Bedford's Acme Packet for 
$2.1 billion...

Shares of the company formerly known as Research in Motion rose
15 percent yesterday on its first day of trading since...

Nypro sells for $665MBay State plastics manufacturer Nypro will be acquired by Jabil Circuit of Florida for $665...

BEIJING — Asian markets fell Tuesday following declines on Wall Street and in Europe amid concern about the political...

TORONTO — Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-...

LAS VEGAS — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control...

DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into...

NEW YORK — The euro fell against the dollar Monday as a political scandal in Spain worried investors.Spain's Prime...

TRENTON, N.J. — Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. declined Monday after two analysts downgraded their ratings,...

NEW YORK — If you missed any of the Super Bowl ads your friends and co-workers are talking about, Hulu, CBS and...

SEATTLE — An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial...

The stock market is closing out its worst day so far this year, bringing the Dow average back below 14,000.The drop,...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

SEOUL, South Korea — World stock markets moved cautiously higher Monday as investors continued to feel confident...

Fort Point's burgeoning restaurant scene is slated to welcome yet another newcomer by this summer.Former Foundation...

Strong start on Wall St.The stock market may have packed much of its fun for the year into one exhilarating January.The...

WASHINGTON — A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and...

YORK, Maine — Lobstermen are worried that last summer's low prices could return this year.The Portsmouth...

WASHINGTON — At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type...

NEW YORK — Sick of pizza after the Super Bowl? Pizza Hut is hoping to tempt you with tiny new pies.The chain is...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sometime last summer, Andrew Beck says he stopped looking for work, stymied as he got nowhere...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that's intended to make it easier to...

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell sold a 25 percent stake to investors Sunday, raising close to $1.3...

ROME — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will...

A coalition crafted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will prod Congress this week to amend visa and green card...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out...

WASHINGTON — Port operators along the East Coast have reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union for...

Former multimillionaire convenience store magnate Christy Mihos' company has filed for bankruptcy, four months...

Wall Street rallied behind strong January jobs figures yesterday as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P...

BJ's board wins suitBJ's Wholesale Club's directors won dismissal of investor claims that the board...

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With Sony expected to unveil the PlayStation 4 at a mystery event later this month and a new Xbox on the horizon, 2013...

"There are crazy cat people in the world. We are crazy dog people."So begins Elliot Pirate Epstein's tale of how he and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter confirmed Friday that it had become the latest victim in a number of high-profile cyber-...

TechStars has joined forces with another startup accelerator to set up shop in Chicago.As Tech Stars has expanded into...

Sycamore Networks Solutions has launched as a privately held company following Marlin Equity Partners'...

WASHINGTON — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S....

TOKYO — Japanese electronics makers Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. both stuck to full year forecasts for massive...

Sales of tablet computers soared during the holiday shopping season, as Apple's iPad continued to dominate the...

CryoXtract Instruments, a Woburn company that develops automation solutions for preserving and optimizing frozen...

TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will kick off a critical, long-overdue makeover when chief...

Bedford-based 1366 Technologies celebrated the opening today of its new, 25 megawatt wafer manufacturing facility with...

Southboro-based uTest said today it has launched a mobile app called Applause, which analyzes more than 50 million...

A Cambridge startup that focuses on detecting the bugs in apps announced this week it is being acquired by Twitter....

DataGravity, a Nashua, N.H.-based startup founded by former EqualLogic executives, said today it has raised $30 million...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center today announced the first global product launch of a technology funded in part...

Privacy advocates are pushing for a higher bar when it comes to government access to online data, after Google and...

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, said today it has acquired medical...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

SEOUL, South Korea — World stock markets moved cautiously higher Monday as investors continued to feel confident...

Fort Point's burgeoning restaurant scene is slated to welcome yet another newcomer by this summer.Former Foundation...

Strong start on Wall St.The stock market may have packed much of its fun for the year into one exhilarating January.The...

WASHINGTON — A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and...

YORK, Maine — Lobstermen are worried that last summer's low prices could return this year.The Portsmouth...

WASHINGTON — At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type...

NEW YORK — Sick of pizza after the Super Bowl? Pizza Hut is hoping to tempt you with tiny new pies.The chain is...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sometime last summer, Andrew Beck says he stopped looking for work, stymied as he got nowhere...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that's intended to make it easier to...

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell sold a 25 percent stake to investors Sunday, raising close to $1.3...

ROME — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will...

A coalition crafted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will prod Congress this week to amend visa and green card...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out...

WASHINGTON — Port operators along the East Coast have reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union for...

Former multimillionaire convenience store magnate Christy Mihos' company has filed for bankruptcy, four months...

Wall Street rallied behind strong January jobs figures yesterday as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P...

BJ's board wins suitBJ's Wholesale Club's directors won dismissal of investor claims that the board...

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