Luxury rental tower springs up

If you've driven down Essex Street in Boston heading toward South Station, you've undoubtedly noticed the construction project that's been in development at 120 Kingston St. The project, which broke ground in September 2012, is within months of completion....

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Apple takes $290M bite of Samsung

In an industry where ripping off another company's ideas is the norm, Samsung took copycatting too far with its mobile devices, according to a federal jury that ruled yesterday that the Korean manufacturer must pay Apple $290 million on top of $600 million...

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Jury awards $24.4M to parents of Tufts patient

The parents of a boy whose intestines were damaged by an infection that went undetected in Tufts Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit for nearly a day have been awarded a 
$24.4 million judgment by a jury, but will receive only $5.3 million...

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Harvard sues over bell crack

Harvard University has resorted to legal action to settle a dispute over a cracked church bell whose morning tolls were the bane of many a bleary-eyed freshman. The Ivy League school is suing Chime Master Systems, accusing the Ohio company of installing...

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Two biotechs get $100M-plus injections

Two Cambridge biotech companies added more than $100 million to their coffers yesterday, but for every different reasons. Moderna, a biotech company that developed a way to force specific cells to manufacture drugs on demand, announced it raised $110...

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Asia stocks down as Fed stimulus views shift again

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Asian stock markets except Japan were in the red Thursday amid jitters over new signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it may cut monetary stimulus sooner than expected. Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.7 percent to 23,539.83...

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Foxwoods loses Milford hand

The state's eastern casino license region has been pared down to just one contender with a successful host community vote — Everett's Wynn Resorts proposal — after Milford voters rejected Foxwoods yesterday in a classic "David vs. Goliath" beatdown,...

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Mass. to get $34M from JPMorgan

Banking giant JPMorgan Chase will pay $13 billion — with $34.4 million going to Massachusetts — in the largest settlement from a single group in history, to settle claims by the federal government that it misrepresented investments, leading to the housing...

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Nordblom plans 602 apartments in South End near old Herald site

A new development featuring more than 600 residential units has been proposed for the booming South End area opposite where the Herald once stood. The proposed development at 345 Harrison Ave. would consist of two buildings — 13 and 14 stories tall...

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Westboro IT co. raises $58M, to hire 150

A Westboro-based IT infrastructure company has raised $58 million, which it plans to use to hire 150 more people in Massachusetts over the next year. SimpliVity's goal is to simplify IT infrastructure by taking 12 different products — such as storage...

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Milford casino rolls dice today

A sharply divided Milford goes to the polls today to decide whether to allow a $1 billion Foxwoods casino to be built there, as a new poll finds that a majority of Massachusetts residents back casinos for the state, but not in their backyards. The two...

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European carmakers get 2nd hopeful sign

MILAN — The European car market may have seen the bottom. The European carmaker's association reported Tuesday that EU passenger car sales rose in October for the second consecutive month. It is the first time since September 2011 that European car...

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All the dirt on the best Roomba yet

iRobot Roomba 880 ($699.99, irobot.com) The new Roomba robotic vacuum features a totally rebuilt dirt removal system that does away with those pesky bristles, which do little more than become tangled with hair and debris. The Roomba 880 automatically...

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Google takes flight to NSA

Google is becoming a leading voice against government cyber-spying, with rank-and-file employees as well as top executives issuing scathing — and even expletive-laced — rebukes of the National Security Agency. The unusual activism by Google — which...

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Once a leader, Oregon exchange struggles

PORTLAND, Ore. — With all the problems facing the rollout of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, nowhere is the situation worse or more surprising than in Oregon, a progressive state that has enthusiastically embraced the federal law but has...

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Young entrepreneurs get real

A group of entrepreneurs, armed with business plans, prototypes and mock-ups, pitched their start-ups to a panel of potential investors, and then got back to work on college applications. High school seniors taking an entrepreneurship class at Beaver...

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Pontiac problem is a thing called piston slap

I have a 2003 Pontiac Vibe with 135,000 miles on it. This past winter it would knock for a minute or so on a cold start. A GM tech told me that it has a cold piston slap and it will go for a long time. I could faintly hear it this summer. Could it be...

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Trans fat ban irks eateries

Many local restaurants and bakeries could be forced to revise their menus and change their food — thanks to the Food and Drug Administration's decision to ban artery-clogging trans fats — not long after they scrambled to meet different trans fat guidelines....

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