Cool Southie condo tops retail space

This stylish South Boston condo isn't what you'd expect to see above a retail store, with its paneled wainscoting, sloped skylighted ceilings and private decks with panoramic city views. The two-bedroom unit at 634 East Broadway, on the market for $629,900,...

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Merger collapse puts Partners in tight spot

Partners HealthCare will have to tread carefully on any future expansion, or risk a takedown attempt by Attorney General Maura Healey, a hospital expert predicted yesterday. "If Partners keeps on attacking and capturing more land, the AG may say, you...

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LaCrosse makes play for upscale

Although the 2015 Buick LaCrosse AWD Premium 1 tips its hat to its forefathers with a thick, toothy grille and hood-mounted air vents, to steal from the
oft-quoted line: this isn't your grandfather's Buick. Buick is making a play in the upscale full-sized...

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Software license to cut wait times at registry

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles branches are notorious for their wait times, but how customers wait could soon change. Pasadena, Calif.-based QLess won the bid to provide a software platform that would let customers enter virtual RMV lines...

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Chamber of Commerce to focus on technology companies

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is turning over a new leaf, planning to focus on the technology sector and innovation economy as it outlines its priorities in the coming year. "We need to do more to continue to accelerate innovation and promote...

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Hot Property: Ocean dreams come true at Seapoint

As we get through the aftermath of the Blizzard of 2015, why not dream of spending summers in this luxurious shingle-style Dartmouth compound at the tip of a peninsula that juts five miles into Buzzards Bay. Designed by renowned architect Robert A.M....

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Chinatown creates land trust

Chinatown residents and activists have formed a land trust in an attempt to buy properties and keep them affordable for residents of the Boston neighborhood, which has been giving way to gentrification. "What we're really trying to do is preserve as...

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Apple stock ascends after record quarter

Shares of Apple Inc. surged yesterday after the company announced the best financial quarter ever for a public company, and analysts predict there's more growth in the tech giant's future. Apple stock closed up 5 percent a day after it revealed blockbuster...

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Logan service to fly at full throttle today

Airlines flying in and out of Logan International Airport are expected to return to full service today after more than 100 flights were canceled yesterday due to the lingering effects of the blizzard. "All of our airlines should have full, regular schedules,"...

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Business losses accumulate

Bay State businesses are counting their blessings that the monster blizzard of 2015 has brought only minimal losses. Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, estimated the total loss to his members at less than 
$20 million....

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The Ticker

Apple has huge quarter from holiday iPhone sales Apple had another blowout quarter thanks to its new plus-sized iPhones, which helped the company smash sales records for the holiday season. Apple said yesterday that it sold 74.5 million iPhones...

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Some Boston spots brave blizzard

The blizzard of 2015 didn't dampen Bostonians' appetites to venture out yesterday in search of restaurants that were open to serve their snowbound neighbors. Barracuda Tavern in Downtown Crossing had put up six workers at the Nine Zero Hotel and Omni...

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Microsoft’s nifty HoloLens kicks Glass

Google Glass — may it rest in peace — has nothing on Microsoft's HoloLens, a game-changing pair of goggles with a see-through screen that projects holograms that the user can manipulate and control. Unlike Google Glass, the HoloLens isn't meant to go...

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Fidelity increasing in private tech companies

Fidelity Investments is looking into more privately owned tech companies to get a leg up on investments as large, successful companies are staying private longer, according to a top investor with Fidelity. "There are companies that are exciting, innovative,...

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Medical pot only OK for sick kids failed by other drugs: MDs

CHICAGO — With virtually no hard proof that medical marijuana benefits sick children, and evidence that it may harm developing brains, the drug should only be used for severely ill kids who have no other treatment option, the nation's most influential...

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Answers to common questions about cars in winter

There have been numerous articles recently about warming up vehicles before driving in the winter. I understand doing so makes problems for the environment and is not necessary. The best way is to just drive them. But what about folks who only drive...

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Label case filed vs. Utz products

Two Bay Staters are accusing potato chip giant Utz Quality Foods of mislabeling its products as "all natural," alleging in a complaint that some of them are made from genetically modified ingredients. Matt DiFrancesco and Angela Mizzoni filed a federal...

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Consumer agency gets an incomplete on mortgage advice

WASHINGTON — When the federal government's consumer protection agency for financial matters tells you how to shop for a good deal on a home mortgage, you should follow the advice, right? Maybe some of it. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which...

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