Victorian features tasteful updates

This 1895 country Queen Anne Victorian in West Concord has a lot of its original charm, but has been updated with an expanded kitchen, master bedroom suite and bedroom/office addition. The four-bedroom house at 1394 Main St. sits on a 16,000-square-foot...

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Coin mimics your credit cards

I'm not one to pre-order a product before I've seen it in person. But yesterday I took the unusual step of paying $55 for a new form of digital payment technology called Coin that I won't even get my hands on until the summer. Unlike so many mainstays...

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Zucker: GOP being run from Fox News headquarters

PASADENA, Calif. — The chiefs of CNN and Fox News Channel are throwing shots at each other, each suggesting the other's network is essentially out of the news business. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes struck first, saying in an interview published this...

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Micro-units perfect fit for young pros

Micro-apartments aren't for everyone, but for young professionals starting out who embrace a leaner and more collegial lifestyle, it doesn't seem that it's that much of a compromise. A recent tour of Factory 63 on Melcher Street in South Boston's Fort...

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Briar defends breach delay

The Briar Group is defending a six-week delay in notifying the public that its restaurant customers' credit card data were stolen last fall, saying it took that long to confirm hackers had breached its system. But security experts say it shouldn't take...

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Cambridge company wins NASA job

NASA has awarded Cambridge-based Charles River Analytics a contract to build a system that analyzes satellite imagery to detect major changes, including volcanic eruptions, so scientists can respond more quickly to environmental events. The $750,000...

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Center Plaza deal good sign for Boston

Shorenstein Properties is the new owner of Boston's landmark Center Plaza in a $307 million deal. At $400-plus per square foot, the San Francisco real estate investment firm's purchase of the three Government Center buildings at 1-3 Center Plaza, totalling...

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Keolis to run commuter rail

The French company that will run Massachusetts' commuter rail system starting July 1 will face much higher penalties than the previous operator if trains don't run on time. The state Department of Transportation's board of directors yesterday voted...

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The Ticker

Internet experts pull out of security conference At least eight researchers or policy experts have withdrawn from an Internet security conference after the sponsor, Bedford-based RSA Security, reportedly used flawed encryption technology deliberately...

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Madoff-related fraud to cost JPMorgan $2.5 billion

NEW YORK — For more than 15 years, there were signs something was amiss with what federal prosecutors in Manhattan call the "703 account" at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Money was being transferred back and forth for no reason. The account holder was recording...

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Tainted frozen food sickens hundreds in Japan

TOKYO — Hundreds of people fell sick across Japan after eating frozen food that may have been tainted with a pesticide. Food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings used full-page ads in major newspapers Wednesday apologizing and warning consumers not to eat...

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US Sen. Warren: New mortgage rules will aid buyers

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is hailing new mortgage rules set to go into effect this week. Warren said that under the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, lenders must determine that a borrower has the ability to repay a mortgage...

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3 challenges awaiting Yellen as next Fed chairman

Janet Yellen, confirmed Monday evening to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, will confront numerous challenges when she begins the job Feb. 1. Here is a look at three of them. BOND PURCHASES The Fed announced in December that...

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Intel says its processors are now 'conflict-free'

LAS VEGAS — Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of computer processors, says its processors are now free of minerals from mines held by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's the first major U.S. technology company to make such...

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China caution, US data subdue world stocks

Caution about China's economic prospects and upcoming U.S. economic data kept Asian stock markets subdued Tuesday. European markets were also lackluster. Investors are awaiting economic events in the U.S. with Federal Reserve minutes due Wednesday and...

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Targeting individual health

In 2014, expect medicine to get personal. Doctors and researchers around Boston are working to make drugs and health care delivery more individualized than ever. And patients will play a bigger role both in medical research and in their own health care,...

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DPU may generate regs for electric vehicle charging

The state Department of Public Utilities has started investigating the possible regulation of electricity as a motor vehicle fuel. Though there isn't a huge number of electric vehicles on the road today, the DPU considers their widespread adoption as...

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Boeing contract cuts into local labor influence

SEATTLE — A new labor contract that was approved in a close vote by Boeing machinists secures a major airplane contract for the Seattle area, but it also moves workers away from pensions. National union leaders, the state's governor and the company...

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