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Romney, Peter Lynch sell local properties Mitt and Ann Romney are pulling up roots in Belmont — and apparently turning a profit. Massachusetts' former first couple sold their South Cottage Road condo earlier this month for $1.2 million, according to...

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Gap filled in downtown

Gap Inc. is seeking workers for a new Gap Outlet that will open in Downtown Crossing — the latest evidence of a looming revival for the Boston shopping district. The Gap is in talks to open the outlet on Washington Street, across from the Millennium...

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Radian tries to make its mark in luxury market

Designed to resemble a boutique hotel and with condo-level finishes, the just-opened 240-unit Radian luxury complex is hoping to draw the city's well-heeled renters. The 26-story, $130 million project developed by Forest City Enterprises and the Swampscott-based...

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Apple aims for street cred with $3B Beats buy Apple is striking a new chord with a $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, a headphone and music streaming specialist that also brings the swagger of rapper Dr. Dre and recording impresario Jimmy...

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Target tests same-day delivery

Target Corp. will pilot same-day delivery in Boston next month as the latest retailer to enter the online shipping fray. The retailer's test of "rush delivery" in select parts of Boston, its hometown of Minneapolis and Miami will allow customers to...

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Google gets ready to rev up driverless cars

Google announced its latest "moonshot" yesterday — a fully autonomous, driverless car — saying it hopes to have hundreds of prototypes on the roads a year from now. The cars have no steering wheels, gas pedals or brake pedals, Google said. Instead,...

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Vote set for Boston Convention & Exhibition Center expansion

State lawmakers are set to vote today on the 
$1.1 billion expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, already the largest building ever constructed in New England. The plan to add
1.3 million square feet of space, including meeting...

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Jobless rate in N.E. falls to 6.1 percent The unemployment rate in New England fell to 
6.1 percent in April, which is slightly below the U.S. average. The New England information office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the rate for...

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Google: We're building car with no steering wheel

LOS ANGELES — Google will build a car without a steering wheel. It doesn't need one because it drives itself. The two-seater won't be sold publicly, but Google said Tuesday it hopes by this time next year, 100 prototypes will be on public roads. Though...

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Regulations mulled for bitcoin

State regulators in Massachusetts and others around the country are taking a close look at virtual currencies as bitcoin continues to grow in popularity. "We will be trying to come up with a model law or regulations states can use," said David Cotney,...

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These cars great for ‘staycations’

The family-vacation-turned-disaster is a meme that has spawned countless horror stories, from "National Lampoon's Vacation" trips to Walley World to several sorry sequels to Baby being put in a corner to Mitt Romney's dog. What happened to this idyllic...

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Newspaper’s ‘Innovation Report’ is underwhelming, unrealistic

As a chorus of sycophants throws its collective back out to deem the leaked New York Times' Innovation Report a seminal work of genius, allow me to tell you why the 96-page document needs to be shelved like every other blue-ribbon commission production...

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Chips still on web gambling

Online gaming proponents are vowing to push ahead despite a leading casino industry lobbying group's withdrawal of support for expanded Internet gambling, which has proved to be a divisive issue among Las Vegas gaming titans. State Treasurer and gubernatorial...

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Starting 2012 Chrysler van gives driver a jolting jump

Recently I purchased a 2012 Chrysler Town & Country SXT V6 van with 39,000 miles. It is a one-owner vehicle with no Carfax issues. When starting out anytime, the accelerator pedal moves about an inch down before the vehicle responds from idle. When...

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New FHA rules making condos no-lending zones

WASHINGTON — For young first-time buyers, people with modest down payment cash, or seniors who want to tap their equity using a reverse mortgage, it's a growing problem: They cannot use Federal Housing Administration financing in condominiums. It's...

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