Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

A Staples Inc. deal to sell Apple products in the United States would not be a "game-changer" for the...

Fidelity profit fallsFidelity Investments said its operating profit plunged 29 percent to $2.3 billion in 2012.The...

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and his Green Ribbon Commission of business leaders want to cut the city's greenhouse gas...

Fidelity Investments disclosed today that its operating profit plunged by 29 percent to $2.3 billion in 2012.That was...

NEW YORK — Nice job, Roger Goodell. Here's your pay: $29.49 million.NFL owners nearly tripled the commissioner's...

MIAMI — The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands...

Town Sports International, the New York-based owner and operator of 160 fitness clubs nationwide, including 25 Boston...

NEW YORK — Federal regulators have opened an insider trading inquiry on the $23 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz,...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark...

The head of a conservative think tank yesterday blasted Gov. Deval Patrick's $180,000 trade mission to Colombia,...

Tax season is upon us and the Herald's TaxSmart experts are here every Friday to help.If roses weren't...

NEW YORK — Warren Buffett and a fellow billionaire are teaming up to snap up the Heinz ketchup company, marking the...

Buffett buy boosts Heinz, KerrySecretary of State John F. Kerry's family financial portfolio could grow by...

A Winthrop man has been convicted in federal court of mail and wire fraud in connection with a 10-year investment...

Whole Foods Market announced today that it will open a location in Westford in 2016.The 43,000-square-foot store will...

SAO PAULO — Shell Brasil SA and BASF SA have offered more than $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with...

NEW YORK — The S&P 500 kept its winning streak alive, just.The Standard & Poor's 500 ended the week nearly two...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rock 'n' roll legend Chubby Checker is twisting mad over a software application...

LOS ANGELES — Tamagotchi is re-hatching as an app.Bandai Co. and Sync Beatz Entertainment are hoping to revive the...

The State of the Union rebuttal last night ceased to be the task of one poor sap who drew the short straw.Though it was...

An alarming news report that Raytheon Corp. has developed lightning-fast software that scours social media to profile...

The White House is open for questions. In what is being billed as the most interactive State of the Union address in...

An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience...

NEW YORK — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

The most advanced robotics test center in the nation will open Tuesday at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $5 million capital grant to support the establishment of a Kendall...

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

A Staples Inc. deal to sell Apple products in the United States would not be a "game-changer" for the...

Fidelity profit fallsFidelity Investments said its operating profit plunged 29 percent to $2.3 billion in 2012.The...

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and his Green Ribbon Commission of business leaders want to cut the city's greenhouse gas...

Fidelity Investments disclosed today that its operating profit plunged by 29 percent to $2.3 billion in 2012.That was...

NEW YORK — Nice job, Roger Goodell. Here's your pay: $29.49 million.NFL owners nearly tripled the commissioner's...

MIAMI — The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands...

Town Sports International, the New York-based owner and operator of 160 fitness clubs nationwide, including 25 Boston...

NEW YORK — Federal regulators have opened an insider trading inquiry on the $23 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz,...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark...

The head of a conservative think tank yesterday blasted Gov. Deval Patrick's $180,000 trade mission to Colombia,...

Tax season is upon us and the Herald's TaxSmart experts are here every Friday to help.If roses weren't...

NEW YORK — Warren Buffett and a fellow billionaire are teaming up to snap up the Heinz ketchup company, marking the...

Buffett buy boosts Heinz, KerrySecretary of State John F. Kerry's family financial portfolio could grow by...

A Winthrop man has been convicted in federal court of mail and wire fraud in connection with a 10-year investment...

Whole Foods Market announced today that it will open a location in Westford in 2016.The 43,000-square-foot store will...

SAO PAULO — Shell Brasil SA and BASF SA have offered more than $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with...

NEW YORK — The S&P 500 kept its winning streak alive, just.The Standard & Poor's 500 ended the week nearly two...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

When the MassChallenge startup accelerator and competition was considering expanding outside the Bay State, Israel was...

Airlines to combineAmerican Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards...

HOUSTON — Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the...

Designer Michael Kors' transition from ready-to-wear to a global luxury lifestyle brand and darling of investors...

Cape Wind is back in line for a big loan from the Obama administration, over the objections of project opponents and...

Startup accelerator MassChallenge kicked off its fourth session in Boston today and announced plans to launch next...

        Five caretakers responsible for looking after chronically disabled patients and three...

WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Postal Services pleaded with Congress Wednesday not to thwart his plan to cut...

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple says it has lowered the price of its 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops by $200 and updated its...

The presidents of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks said they support a Financial Stability Oversight Council proposal that...

Retail sales climbed 0.3 percent last month from December, according to the National Retail Federation.The Washington,...

Boston is among the top 10 U.S. cities in a dubious category — highest tax burden — according to...

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is praising President Obama for highlighting the need for skilled worker...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's ruler has approval a $1.6 billion island development project that would...

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday ditched his plans to send a cooperator in a historic insider trading case to...

WASHINGTON — Americans barely spent more last month at retail businesses and restaurants after higher taxes cut...

LONDON — First, there was "pink slime." Then horsemeat. Most recently? "Desinewed meat."Recent revelations that such...

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The State of the Union rebuttal last night ceased to be the task of one poor sap who drew the short straw.Though it was...

An alarming news report that Raytheon Corp. has developed lightning-fast software that scours social media to profile...

The White House is open for questions. In what is being billed as the most interactive State of the Union address in...

An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience...

NEW YORK — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

The most advanced robotics test center in the nation will open Tuesday at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

Dyax Corp. of Burlington said today it is partnering with CVie Therapeutics to develop and commercialize its drug...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $5 million capital grant to support the establishment of a Kendall...

DataXu, a Boston-based provider of digital marketing software, said today it has secured $27 million in a round of...

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

When the MassChallenge startup accelerator and competition was considering expanding outside the Bay State, Israel was...

Airlines to combineAmerican Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards...

HOUSTON — Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the...

Designer Michael Kors' transition from ready-to-wear to a global luxury lifestyle brand and darling of investors...

Cape Wind is back in line for a big loan from the Obama administration, over the objections of project opponents and...

Startup accelerator MassChallenge kicked off its fourth session in Boston today and announced plans to launch next...

        Five caretakers responsible for looking after chronically disabled patients and three...

WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Postal Services pleaded with Congress Wednesday not to thwart his plan to cut...

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple says it has lowered the price of its 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops by $200 and updated its...

The presidents of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks said they support a Financial Stability Oversight Council proposal that...

Retail sales climbed 0.3 percent last month from December, according to the National Retail Federation.The Washington,...

Boston is among the top 10 U.S. cities in a dubious category — highest tax burden — according to...

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is praising President Obama for highlighting the need for skilled worker...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's ruler has approval a $1.6 billion island development project that would...

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday ditched his plans to send a cooperator in a historic insider trading case to...

WASHINGTON — Americans barely spent more last month at retail businesses and restaurants after higher taxes cut...

LONDON — First, there was "pink slime." Then horsemeat. Most recently? "Desinewed meat."Recent revelations that such...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

BANGKOK — Stock markets in Hong Kong, mainland China and Seoul were among those closed Monday for the Lunar New...

$68M deal in WalthamSaracen Properties of Boston finalized a $68 million deal for the CenterPoint office and lab...

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ST. LOUIS — The persistent drought is taking a toll on producers of ethanol, with corn becoming so scarce that nearly...

A new Bentley University course is teaching students how to land the ultimate job, years before they even graduate....

SEATTLE — Boeing sent a 787 up on a test flight Saturday, the first since the new airliner was grounded three weeks...

NEW YORK — The snowstorm that hit the Northeast knocked down trees and power lines and left hundreds of thousands...

RALEIGH, N.C. — More than a week before Hurricane Sandy became a superstorm that would zero in on New York and New...

DUBLIN — Trade unionists marched in Ireland's capital Saturday to protest the continuing high cost of the country's...

Unsecured creditors of failed battery-maker A123 Systems Inc. who are owed about $173 million will recoup about 65...

$71M buyout bid for Durgin-ParkArk Restaurants Corp., owner of Durgin-Park restaurant in Boston's Faneuil Hall...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's president declared a national emergency Friday over the spread of coffee rust,...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's government announced Friday that it is devaluing the country's currency, a long-...

WASHINGTON — Mary Jo White, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission,...

NEW YORK — Here are some tips for communicating with emergency services and loved ones as a snowstorm bears down on...

NEW YORK — McDonald's says a key sales figure dropped again in January as the world's biggest hamburger chain...

NEW YORK — The next Lay's potato chip will taste like chicken and waffles. Or cheesy garlic bread. Or Sriracha, a hot...

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An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

The most advanced robotics test center in the nation will open Tuesday at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $5 million capital grant to support the establishment of a Kendall...

DataXu, a Boston-based provider of digital marketing software, said today it has secured $27 million in a round of...

Dyax Corp. of Burlington said today it is partnering with CVie Therapeutics to develop and commercialize its drug...

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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...

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

BANGKOK — Stock markets in Hong Kong, mainland China and Seoul were among those closed Monday for the Lunar New...

$68M deal in WalthamSaracen Properties of Boston finalized a $68 million deal for the CenterPoint office and lab...

NEW YORK — Airports in New York, Boston and Connecticut were ramping up service Sunday, as they worked to return to...

ST. LOUIS — The persistent drought is taking a toll on producers of ethanol, with corn becoming so scarce that nearly...

A new Bentley University course is teaching students how to land the ultimate job, years before they even graduate....

SEATTLE — Boeing sent a 787 up on a test flight Saturday, the first since the new airliner was grounded three weeks...

NEW YORK — The snowstorm that hit the Northeast knocked down trees and power lines and left hundreds of thousands...

RALEIGH, N.C. — More than a week before Hurricane Sandy became a superstorm that would zero in on New York and New...

DUBLIN — Trade unionists marched in Ireland's capital Saturday to protest the continuing high cost of the country's...

Unsecured creditors of failed battery-maker A123 Systems Inc. who are owed about $173 million will recoup about 65...

$71M buyout bid for Durgin-ParkArk Restaurants Corp., owner of Durgin-Park restaurant in Boston's Faneuil Hall...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's president declared a national emergency Friday over the spread of coffee rust,...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's government announced Friday that it is devaluing the country's currency, a long-...

WASHINGTON — Mary Jo White, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission,...

NEW YORK — Here are some tips for communicating with emergency services and loved ones as a snowstorm bears down on...

NEW YORK — McDonald's says a key sales figure dropped again in January as the world's biggest hamburger chain...

NEW YORK — The next Lay's potato chip will taste like chicken and waffles. Or cheesy garlic bread. Or Sriracha, a hot...

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