Ex-Microsoft manager: 2 years for insider trading

SEATTLE — A former senior Microsoft manager who pleaded guilty to feeding inside information to a stock trader was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for insider trading. The U.S. attorney's office says the two men made $415,000 from three trades....

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Nevada complaint seeks to require condoms in porn

RENO, Nev. — A Los Angeles-based group that wants porn performers to wear condoms during film shoots has filed its first complaint in Nevada. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a formal complaint with Nevada's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

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China's inflation stays at 2.3 percent in July

BEIJING — China's consumer price index rose 2.3 percent in July from a year earlier, well below the ruling Communist Party's 3.5 percent target for the year. The latest inflation rate was unchanged from June, according to data released Saturday by the...

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Logan employees hold rally for higher wages, union

Mobilizing to form a union in a quest for "livable wages," service workers at Logan International Airport rallied yesterday, flanked by Democratic pols, including gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Martha Coakley and state Treasurer Steve Grossman....

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Live large in Danvers 
brick estate

A million dollars buys a lot less house these days, and it's become the going rate for two-bedroom condos in Boston's most desirable neighborhoods. But with this brick estate at 9 Kenmore Drive in Danvers, you get a lot of house for $1.15 million —...

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West buy big suburban mansion

We know we're a bit behind the 8-ball on this but a complicated computer snafu tied our digital hands for the last nearly 24 hours. However, in the interest of keeping up the celebrity real estate Joneses and just in case any of the children somehow...

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Market Basket workers keep faith, but feel $$ pinch

After their third consecutive day of booing potential applicants away from Market Basket job fairs, protesters claim they are winning — but acknowledged the prolonged dispute is putting pressure on their families. "If they end up hiring all of the two...

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Partners posts $34M loss

Partners HealthCare yesterday tied a $34 million quarterly loss to the state's disastrous implementation of Obamacare, and an industry group warned that other health plans are struggling to survive as the state tries to fix the failed website. "It's...

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Obama indicates opposition to Internet 'fast lanes'

When President Obama spoke at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum on Tuesday, he was asked about his position on net neutrality, the rules of the road for the Internet that are pending before the FCC. At the center of the debate is whether the FCC will pass...

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Everett cleanup report on hold

A report that would detail how a contaminated site in Everett would be cleaned for a $1.3 billion Wynn casino will not be available to the state Gaming Commission before it makes its Boston-area license decision, after the state Department of Environmental...

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Asia stocks fall on Russia-Ukraine concerns

MUMBAI, India — Worries over Russian troops amassing near the Ukraine border sent most Asian stock markets lower Wednesday. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.1 percent to 15,154.65 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 0.6 percent to 24,498.32....

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German factory orders decrease in June

BERLIN — German factory orders were down in June compared to the previous month due to a decrease of large orders. The Federal Statistics Office said Wednesday that industrial orders were 3.2 percent lower than in May, when they also fell by 1.6 percent....

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S&P: Wealth gap is slowing US economic growth

WASHINGTON — Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap has complicated the U.S. rebound from the Great Recession. Now, an analysis by the rating agency Standard & Poor's lends its weight to the argument: The widening gap between the wealthiest...

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Asia stocks dip on China worry

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stock markets mostly retreated on Tuesday despite gains on Wall Street overnight, as investor sentiment was dampened by a downbeat reading of China's services industries. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent...

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Toyota profit up nearly 5 percent on sales growth

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 5 percent jump in quarterly profit Tuesday, outpacing expectations as vehicle sales grew in North America and Europe, offsetting a drop in Japan. The Japanese maker of the Prius hybrid, Camry sedan and Lexus luxury...

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Ousted Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas restates bid to return to work

With Market Basket's embattled management and its protesting employees facing a critical deadline today, ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas insisted last night he can get the beleaguered supermarket chain up and running immediately if they will agree to let...

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Wal-Mart's website to personalize shopping

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart, in its latest bid to compete with nemesis Amazon.com, is making changes to its website to personalize the online shopping experience of each customer. Wal-Mart is rolling out a feature that will enable its website to show shoppers...

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Stocks tempered by Argentina default, Portugal

BEIJING — World stock markets were mostly higher Monday after a sixth month of healthy employment growth in the U.S., but gains were tempered by jitters over Argentina's debt default and a Portuguese bank bailout. KEEPING SCORE: In morning trading,...

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Massachusetts big on farm-fresh goods

Massachusetts has the sixth-largest number of farmers markets in the nation, as farmers turn to new venues to supplement their incomes and consumers seek out ways to buy fresh, local food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's newly updated...

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Explorer’s odd symptoms point to torque converter

My 2000 Ford Explorer 4-liter Control-Trac 4WD has 120,000 miles on it. At 84,000 miles the O/D (overdrive) light began flashing randomly. The shop identified fault code P0741, indicating a potential issue with the transmission. I chose to keep driving...

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Cool idea for saving produce

A MassChallenge finalist is developing mobile refrigeration units that run on sun and water and are capable of saving the nearly one-half of developing-world produce that spoils before it ever reaches the consumer. Evaptainers was the brainchild of...

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