SpaceX founder envisions building city on Mars

The serial entrepreneur behind Tesla Motors and the California-based SpaceX believes there are "plenty" of people who would consider a one-way trip to Mars. Sounding like a cross between Captain Kirk and L. Ron Hubbard, Elon Musk said SpaceX's long-term...

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Packies put cork in early hours

Boston residents looking to hit the packie at 10 a.m. on Sunday will still have to hunt high and low to find stores taking advantage of a new state law. Only 29 of Boston's 221 package stores have petitioned the city's Licensing Board for earlier openings...

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North End condo is bright, beautiful

This top-floor duplex in the North End has lots of Old World charm with a sophisticated, updated interior. The two-bedroom condo at 22 Cooper St., unit 5, on the market for $585,000, is in a typical turn-of-the-century North End brick rowhouse and was...

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The Ticker

N.H. co. settles with Apple A New Hampshire company that was manufacturing synthetic sapphire glass has reached a settlement with Apple, but at the expense of layoffs at its facilities in Salem and New Hampshire. GT Advanced Technologies said in a...

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Amazon’s new Kindles a perfect read

The new Kindle Voyage is the perfect binge-reader. It proves that the iPad isn't for bookworms anymore, because even the most old-school lover of dead trees should take a look at the Voyage, which takes all the best aspects of Amazon's previous e-readers...

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Lumiere shines light on high-end Medford site

A large site across from the Mystic River Reservation in Medford is being turned into the area's latest luxury apartment development with views across the river to the Boston skyline. The 164-unit Lumiere is about a mile from the Wellington Orange Line...

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Gaming foes can’t come close in TV buys

The group working to repeal the state's casino law will likely be unable to match the multimillion dollar ad blitz from a group of gaming powerhouses — now including Wynn Resorts —that in the past month have spent $2.7 million on TV spots touting jobs....

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Penthouse price tag shatters Boston record

The high life in the Hub has never been loftier than the staggering $37.5 million room with a view Millennium Partners is now offering — a record-breaking price for the entire top floor of the soaring 60-story Millennium Tower Boston. And that includes...

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New group to fight Uber-type services

Taxi owners and operators have formed a new statewide group to fight Uber and other so-called ridesharing companies as they continue their push to new cities and towns across the state. The Massachusetts Regional Taxi Advisory Group wants to work with...

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh seeks global partnerships, startups

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, hosting attendees from 14 countries at a State House conference yesterday, said Boston can't just rely on home-grown businesses to fuel its economy. "Boston and Massachusetts cannot operate in silos," Walsh said. "It's so important...

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China lowballs MBTA bid

The controversial train manufacturer run by the repressive Chinese government submitted an extraordinarily low bid to make new Orange and Red line subway cars that was hundreds of millions of dollars lower than its rivals, records show. But while that...

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Toys R Us pulls 'Breaking Bad' action figures after parent petition

Toys R Us is sending its "Breaking Bad" action figures on a trip to Belize, if you catch the drift. Following a Change.com petition from a Florida mom that called for the retailer to stop selling its line of action figures based on the AMC drama, the...

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Samsung seeks boost from redesigned Note

SEOUL, South Korea — The latest version of Samsung's popular big-screen Galaxy Note has gone on sale at a crucial time for the South Korean company as it suffers a rapid decline in profit from its global smartphone business. With the Note 4 launch in...

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US urges Japan to be bolder in opening markets

TOKYO — U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker is urging Japan to be bolder in opening its markets to help reach a deal on a pan-Pacific trade agreement. Pritzker, who is leading the Commerce Department's first trade mission to Japan in two decades,...

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China economy grows at slowest pace in 5 years

BEIJING — China's economic growth waned to a five-year low of 7.3 percent last quarter, raising concerns of a spillover effect on the global economy but falling roughly in line with Chinese leaders' plans for a controlled slowdown. The third quarter...

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Japan leads Asia stocks higher after US rebound

Asian stock markets rose Monday, led by a 4 percent surge in Japan, after Wall Street's rebound eased nerves about the outlook for the world economy and investors looked ahead to a report on China's economic growth. European shares wilted amid gloom...

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Pilots at Lufthansa long-haul fleet to strike

BERLIN — A planned strike by pilots at Lufthansa has been expanded to include a one-day walkout Tuesday at the German airline's long-haul fleet. The Vereinigung Cockpit union already had announced a 35-hour strike at Lufthansa's short-haul fleet starting...

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Japan trade, justice ministers quit amid scandals

TOKYO — Japan's trade and justice ministers resigned Monday after accusations they misused campaign funds in the biggest setback so far for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative administration. The two ministers were among five women Abe named to...

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Guidelines suggest when tires should be repaired

I have a car that I drive only a couple of thousand miles a year. It had a slow leak in a tire more than 10 years old. I took it to a tire dealer who said that because of its age, he couldn't touch it. He told me that in Minnesota it's a $10,000 fine...

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Startup’s software helps protect workers from emails sent by imposters

Boston University, Target and the New York Times in the past year all have been victims of targeted "phishing" attacks, in which hackers posing as employees' contacts have gotten them to open emails and unwittingly share their credentials or infect their...

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Bake sales boost breast cancer fight

There's nothing like a dose of nostalgia to get co-workers to donate to a worthy cause, especially when there's food involved. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Boston-based nonprofit Bakes for Breast Cancer revisited the days of selling...

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