Facebook already likes having office in Hub

It's a homecoming for Facebook — at least partially— and the social media giant's new neighbors are expecting the company to do more than just occupy space. The social network, founded at Harvard by Mark Zuckerberg and others, announced yesterday it...

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Massachusetts economy’s running ahead of U.S.

A recovering housing market and resilient consumers boosted the Bay State economy in the third quarter, but federal fiscal policies continue to restrain growth, according to a University of Massachusetts journal. Massachusetts real gross domestic product...

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Amenities rival upscale hotels’

It's not new for apartment buildings to be customized with common areas, including pools, gyms and game rooms, but some of today's high-end buildings are outdoing each other with services and features that rival the most upscale hotels. "Modern and...

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BRA: Exhibit ‘Vital’ to foot traffic

Faneuil Hall Marketplace is bringing in a new tenant just in time for the holiday shopping season, but it's not a store or restaurant. "Body Worlds Vital" — an exhibit of human body parts and cadavers preserved through "plastination" — debuts at the...

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Power players laud Marty Walsh as ‘facilitator’

Power brokers and developers welcomed the prospect of doing business with Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh yesterday, calling him a fair negotiator focused on "getting to yes," based on his past experience as a union leader. "People have a trust for Marty...

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Startups urged to fight patent trolls

The booming Bay State startup economy is being threatened by patent trolls — patent-owning firms with frivolous or overreaching infringement claims — and needs to fight back, industry leaders and Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday. Level...

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China warns local leaders to cut industry bloat

BEIJING — Chinese leaders have ordered local officials to stop expanding industries such as steel and cement in which supply outstrips demand, a Cabinet statement said Tuesday, in a sign previous orders to cut overcapacity were ignored. Beijing has...

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What is Google building out in San Francisco Bay?

San Francisco's mayor says he doesn't know what it is. Police say it's not their jurisdiction. And government inspectors are sworn to secrecy. Google is erecting a four-story structure in the heart of the San Francisco Bay but is managing to conceal...

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Oil steady above $94 for second day

BANGKOK — Oil flat-lined for a second day Tuesday as traders waited for a new cue after a month of falling prices. Benchmark U.S. crude for December delivery was up 11 cents at $94.73 a barrel at midafternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the...

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Holiday season war of tablets

The iPad Air is the best 10-inch tablet ever, but it faces stiff competition as we enter the first-ever holiday season of the tablet. The war is being waged on three fronts: battery life, value and productivity. It seems like nearly everyone — from...

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Hub startup musters $5M in venture capital

A year after a Boston startup began testing the military equivalent of LinkedIn, the firm has raised $5 million in venture capital to officially launch its fast-growing website in time for Veterans Day. The investment, which brings RallyPoint's total...

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AP-CNBC poll: Twitter faces skeptical investors

NEW YORK — Twitter faces skepticism from potential investors and the broader public ahead of its initial public offering, according to an Associated Press-CNBC poll released Monday. Some 36 percent of Americans say buying stock in the 7-year-old short...

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