State report asks business to close gender wage gap

Gov. Deval Patrick is challenging businesses to close the wage gap and recruit more women to senior positions as a task force yesterday released a report showing women still earn less than men in comparable positions. The "Successful Women, Successful...

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Kmart hit by data breach Retailer Sears Holdings Corp. said the payment data systems at its Kmart stores had been compromised, the latest in a series of computer security breaches to hit U.S. companies in recent months. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed...

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Artists for Humanity to be big draw

A South Boston nonprofit that pays Hub teens to work with professional artists and designers is planning a major expansion of its flagship facility that's a model for economical green building. The Artists for Humanity EpiCenter would nearly quadruple...

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Bernanke defends AIG bailout in court

WASHINGTON — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified in federal court Thursday that insurance giant American International Group Inc. had to be rescued by the government in 2008 to avert global catastrophe. Bernanke took the stand at...

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Ex-wife of Glock founder sues him over millions

ATLANTA — After working decades to build a wildly successful firearms company, Gaston Glock conspired with associates to push out his ex-wife and business partner of almost 50 years and steal millions of dollars she was entitled to, according to a lawsuit...

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Asian stocks sink after Wall Street plunge

BANGKOK — Asian stocks sank Friday after Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year and weak German trade data fueled worry Europe is sliding into recession. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index plunged 1.3 percent to 15,286.25 points and Hong...

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HubSpot prices shares at $25 for today's IPO Cambridge-based HubSpot, an inbound marketing and sales software company, last night priced its initial public offering at $25 a share, above the expected range of $22 to $24 a share. The 5 million common...

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Report: Mass. makes 60 percent of N.E. requests for H-1B visas

Although New England accounts for only a small share of the national requests for visas for highly skilled immigrants, it has some of the highest demand for such visas relative to total employment, according to a new report from the Boston Fed's New...

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City orders one-day suspension of club’s license

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday slapped a local nightclub with a one-day license suspension for failing to call police about an alleged sexual assault on its dance floor. Mac Dauber, the Royale's security director, told the board Tuesday that the...

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Accelerator teams with French city

Boston startup accelerator and competition host MassChallenge will sign a memorandum of understanding today to forge ties with the city of Lyon, France, home to an international biotechnology cluster and Europe's top center for vaccine production. "It's...

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Bill Gates gives $5M to startup

A Cambridge biotech startup yesterday got a 
$5 million boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop synthetic bacteria to fight disease. Synlogic said it will work with the former Microsoft boss' charitable foundation to help combat...

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Bruins’ practice rink striking glass

The Boston Bruins' new practice facility at New Balance's Boston Landing project complements the high-glass design of the athletic footwear company's adjacent headquarters, according to preliminary renderings filed with the city. The rink's glass facade...

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Samsung expects lowest profit in over 3 years

SEOUL, South Korea — The world's biggest smartphone maker is suffering a stunning financial decline in the face of intense competition from Apple Inc. and upstart Chinese brands. In a preview to earnings due out this month, Samsung Electronics Co. said...

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US health providers expand their Ebola precautions

NEW YORK — Public hospitals in New York City are concerned enough about Ebola that they've secretly been sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how good the triage staff is at identifying and isolating possible cases. A small...

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Mobile revolution shakes up Silicon Valley

SAN FRANCISCO — Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren't just changing the way we live and work. They are shaking up Silicon Valley's balance of power and splitting up businesses. Long-established companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and eBay Inc....

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Wal-Mart plans 1-stop health coverage shopping

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart is taking one-stop shopping to another area: health insurance. The world's largest retailer plans to work with DirectHealth.com, an online health insurance comparison site and agency, to allow shoppers to compare coverage options...

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Corporate deals set to return to pre-crisis levels

LONDON — After a year that's been awash with multi-billion dollar deals, the number and value of mergers and acquisitions looks set to return to pre-crisis levels over the coming 12 months, consulting firm EY said Monday. In its biannual Global Capital...

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Global stocks higher after US jobs data

SEOUL, South Korea — Global markets were mostly higher on Monday on strong U.S. jobs data but some Asian markets were lower as investors looked to the U.S. Federal Reserve for signs of when it might raise interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: Britain's FTSE...

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Artisan’s Asylum seeks to reinvent mission

The "bang, bang, bang!" in the background at Artisan's Asylum sounds startlingly like gunshots, but Ecco Pierce assures that it's only one of her compatriots at work. "Your first impression when you walk in here is overstimulation," says Pierce, a 28-year-old...

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Robots to learn from Nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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Robots to learn from Nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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