BRA approves pay boosts

The Boston Redevelopment Authority has beefed up its staffers' salaries for the first time in five years. The agency, whose budget is separate from the city's, recently awarded 3 percent raises to all except the top employees. "This was the right time...

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The Ticker

Downtown Crossing pushcart vendors out The Downtown Boston Business Improvement District is pulling the plug on pushcart vendors, right, at the end of the month. The elimination of the vendors, who have been selling food and merchandise ranging...

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Ford C-Max outperforms Prius

Ford has been in the green marketplace for quite a while, but the C-Max CUV represents a giant leap forward in its effort to topple the vaunted Toyota Prius. The C-Max replaces the discontinued Escape Hybrid and offers an entirely new vehicle. Based...

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Mass., R.I. take income tax bites

Mass., R.I. take income tax bites Tax season is upon us and the Herald's TaxSmart experts are here to help. Today, Art Ford of Sullivan Bille Group of Tewksbury discusses issues involving multi-state returns. I work in Rhode Island, but live in Massachusetts....

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Wall St. will keep close iWatch on Apple product

Wall St. will keep close iWatch on Apple product Apple's stock could get a needed boost later this year, when the company is expected to ride the wearable technology wave with the debut of a wristwatch aimed at tapping into the 
$6 billion smart watch...

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Report lays new foundation for housing policy

The housing market is on the mend but experts say the healing process has been held back by "rigid" rules for buyers and lenders. A bipartisan commission of former Cabinet secretaries, ex-senators and top housing and economic experts released an expansive...

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PRIM eyes prime properties

The state pension fund is set to go on a billion-dollar commercial real estate buying spree and experts say now is a great time to buy. About 10 percent — or 
$5 billion — of the state's
$52 billion pension fund is currently invested in real estate,...

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DeLeo: Gov’s tax hike plan damaging

House Speaker Robert DeLeo will tell Hub business leaders today that working families and businesses shouldn't have to suffer "collateral damage" from Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to hike taxes by nearly $2 billion to pay for transportation and education....

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Longtime Mass. ice business on block

Longtime Mass. ice business on block GLOUCESTER, Mass. — A company that's been supplying Gloucester fishermen with ice for decades is for sale as the fishing industry faces a brutal 2013. The owner of Cape Pond Ice Co. tells the Gloucester Times that...

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Evernote hacked: 50 million passwords reset

LONDON — Online note-taking service Evernote Corp. has been hacked and is resetting all its 50 million users' passwords as a precaution. The Redwood City, California-based company said in a post published late Saturday that an attacker had been able...

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The Ticker

What's up, online doc? Rite Aid has expanded an online doctor service for its drugstore customers that is limited to virtual visits, but cheaper than a traditional primary care appointment. The company, the nation's third-largest drugstore operator...

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Mustering a new tenant for Navy Yard landmark

The Muster House — an unusual, octagonal building that served as a worker assembly point at the Charlestown Navy Yard in the 1800s — will have a new leasehold owner for the first time in more than 15 years. The owner of a building consulting firm in...

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