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Boston Herald - Boston HeraldMagnificent Jag is a treat for allBay State defense firms get work despite cutsCambridge penthouse could be your castleMIT study: U.S. needs to step up manufacturingColonial Drug departs from Harvard SquarePipe had leak 1...

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Alaskans eager to hear amount of oil wealth checks

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — While the economy continues to recover, the worst of the recession will be very much felt by Alaskans Wednesday when the amount of their annual check from the state's oil-wealth fund is announced. The amount of each person's dividend...

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Greek public sector shuts down for 2-day strike

ATHENS, Greece — Greek civil servants walked off their jobs Wednesday at the start of a two-day nationwide strike protesting planned job cuts required as part of the country's international bailout. The strike affected all public services across Greece....

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Survey: Mass. primary care docs in short supply

BOSTON — A new report finds that Massachusetts continues to experience a critical shortage of primary care physicians and geographical disparities in the hiring and retention of doctors. On a more positive note, the annual Physician Workforce Study...

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State bill eyes easing of fed flood insurance rates

State lawmakers will hold a hearing today to see if they can bring relief to thousands of Massachusetts homeowners and businesses facing a dramatic rise in flood insurance rates under new federal law and a redrawing of flood lines by the Federal Emergency...

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Patrick seeks SBA help for Mass. fishermen

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has taken a step toward making his state's battered fishing industry eligible for federal disaster assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Earlier this month, Patrick officially certified that...

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European auto sales hit new low

FRANKFURT, Germany — European Union car sales are still sagging despite the return of modest economic growth. For the first eight months of the year, passenger car sales were off 5.2 percent to 7.84 million compared with the same period last year, the...

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Mini-T speakers will do in a pinch

These round little orbs are designed to work with computers, televisions and iPhones. At less than 6 inches wide and high, these ultra-compact speakers come in a variety of color options including antique copper and bronze, polished steel and hammered...

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Harvard profs target cure for Lou Gehrig’s

Two Harvard stem-cell scientists are teaming up with a German biotech company to expand the search for a cure for Lou Gehrig's Disease. Harvard University professors Kevin Eggan and Lee Rubin will conduct amyotrophic lateral sclerosis trials in partnership...

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Tech talk on tap at cop confab

Tech companies are targeting the law-enforcement market as 3-D printing, Google Glass and other advances open new crime-fighting frontiers — innovations to be showcased at a conference in Cambridge this week that is drawing cops from around the country....

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The Ticker

Wal-Mart to open more smaller stores Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to increase the number of so-called "Neighborhood Market" stores, its smaller concept store, by nearly 75 percent over the next 18 months. The world's largest retailer plans to have 500...

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Ponzi schemes proliferate

The Securities and Exchange Commission and law enforcement continue to see a steady stream of Ponzi schemes nearly five years after the Bernard Madoff scandal rocked the securities world. Since fiscal year 2010 alone, the SEC has brought more than 100...

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Prep test for MBA goes mobile

It took Elad Shoushan five tries to master the Graduate Management Admission Test. But Shoushan turned his circuitous route to Massachsuetts Institue of Technology's Sloan School of Management to his advantage by developing an app that he claims is cheaper,...

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