Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

Stop & Shop is preparing for a potential labor strike or lockout later this month by hiring temporary replacement...

The number of people in Greater Boston with subprime credit scores is slowly shrinking, according to new data from...

Union backs off vs. WalmartThe United Food and Commercial Workers International Union has denied it's trying to...

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union has denied it's trying to organize and represent...

Massachusetts will receive $1.6 million as part of a national settlement under which Jacksonville-based Lender...

Labor groups say they will end their picketing at Wal-Mart stores for at least 60 days as part of a settlement with the...

Correlsense, a Framingham-based company that specializes in application performance management software, said today...

The head of the Security and Exchange Commission's Boston office has been named acting deputy director of the...

NEW YORK — The Dow logged its best start to the year in almost two decades.Stocks rallied in the first week of the...

NEW YORK — Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher.The average U.S. retail...

Dynamic Precision Group, a portfolio company of global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group, said today it has...

Don't expect any free or two-for-one drink specials at your local pub when casinos are finally built in...

Hub-based information storage company Iron Mountain Inc. said today it has created a new solution to help law firms...

One of the biggest U.S. mortgage processing companies has agreed to pay $121 million to resolve states' claims that it...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is letting his jobs council expire, cutting off one source of input from business...

NEW YORK — Frito-Lay wants a bigger bite of Taco Bell's popular Doritos Locos Tacos.The snack food giant plans to roll...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed $20.1 billion...

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Sales of tablet computers soared during the holiday shopping season, as Apple's iPad continued to dominate the...

TOKYO — Japanese phone company Softbank, owned by billionaire Masayoshi Son, says its net profit more than doubled in...

TUSTIN, Calif. — The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military...

NEW YORK — As much as I like Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheets, I find the online software clunky at...

NEW YORK — After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first two phones with the new BlackBerry 10...

CryoXtract Instruments, a Woburn company that develops automation solutions for preserving and optimizing frozen...

TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will kick off a critical, long-overdue makeover when chief...

Bedford-based 1366 Technologies celebrated the opening today of its new, 25 megawatt wafer manufacturing facility with...

Southboro-based uTest said today it has launched a mobile app called Applause, which analyzes more than 50 million...

BEIJING — Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent to a record high on...

TROY, N.Y. — Watson, the supercomputer famous for beating the world's best human "Jeopardy!" champions, is going to...

SEOUL, South Korea — LG Electronics Inc. reported its first quarterly loss in a year Wednesday after Europe slapped it...

A Cambridge startup that focuses on detecting the bugs in apps announced this week it is being acquired by Twitter....

DataGravity, a Nashua, N.H.-based startup founded by former EqualLogic executives, said today it has raised $30 million...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center today announced the first global product launch of a technology funded in part...

Privacy advocates are pushing for a higher bar when it comes to government access to online data, after Google and...

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, said today it has acquired medical...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

Stop & Shop is preparing for a potential labor strike or lockout later this month by hiring temporary replacement...

The number of people in Greater Boston with subprime credit scores is slowly shrinking, according to new data from...

Union backs off vs. WalmartThe United Food and Commercial Workers International Union has denied it's trying to...

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union has denied it's trying to organize and represent...

Massachusetts will receive $1.6 million as part of a national settlement under which Jacksonville-based Lender...

Labor groups say they will end their picketing at Wal-Mart stores for at least 60 days as part of a settlement with the...

Correlsense, a Framingham-based company that specializes in application performance management software, said today...

The head of the Security and Exchange Commission's Boston office has been named acting deputy director of the...

NEW YORK — The Dow logged its best start to the year in almost two decades.Stocks rallied in the first week of the...

NEW YORK — Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher.The average U.S. retail...

Dynamic Precision Group, a portfolio company of global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group, said today it has...

Don't expect any free or two-for-one drink specials at your local pub when casinos are finally built in...

Hub-based information storage company Iron Mountain Inc. said today it has created a new solution to help law firms...

One of the biggest U.S. mortgage processing companies has agreed to pay $121 million to resolve states' claims that it...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is letting his jobs council expire, cutting off one source of input from business...

NEW YORK — Frito-Lay wants a bigger bite of Taco Bell's popular Doritos Locos Tacos.The snack food giant plans to roll...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed $20.1 billion...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

A three-month "pause" in U.S. economic growth is no reason to panic, but lingering federal debt ceiling and...

In his State of the City address Tuesday, Mayor Thomas M. Menino outlined several steps he plans to take to help...

Businesswomen are applauding Mayor Thomas M. Menino's pledge to make Boston the "premier city for working...

WASHINGTON — Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — New England fishermen say their centuries-old industry is facing collapse after regulators on...

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today awarded a former vice president of sales at The Boston Courant $239,884 over a real...

Sonicbids, the privately held, Boston-based online platform that helps bands connect with promoters and market...

Boeing is sticking with plans to speed up production of its 787 and sees no reason to drop the troubled lithium-ion...

NEW YORK — The investment firm BlackRock has taken a stake in Manchester United, one of the world's most famous soccer...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy shrank unexpectedly late last year, a reminder of the biggest threat it faces in 2013:...

BOSTON — Massachusetts officials are hoping blind job candidates will find it easier to seek employment in the future...

Oil finished near $98 Wednesday, maintaining the momentum that has driven it to four-month highs and pushed up prices...

Endicott College of Beverly said today it has opened its first Boston academic center designed to serve immigrant...

Suffolk Construction said it has opened a new office in Tarrytown, N.Y., which will be helmed by new vice president and...

Needham-based Linkwell Health said today it has raised $11 million in a third round of funding led by national health...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy "paused" in recent months because of temporary...

TOKYO — U.S. investigators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion...

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TUSTIN, Calif. — The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military...

NEW YORK — As much as I like Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheets, I find the online software clunky at...

NEW YORK — After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first two phones with the new BlackBerry 10...

CryoXtract Instruments, a Woburn company that develops automation solutions for preserving and optimizing frozen...

TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will kick off a critical, long-overdue makeover when chief...

Bedford-based 1366 Technologies celebrated the opening today of its new, 25 megawatt wafer manufacturing facility with...

Southboro-based uTest said today it has launched a mobile app called Applause, which analyzes more than 50 million...

BEIJING — Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 34 percent to a record high on...

TROY, N.Y. — Watson, the supercomputer famous for beating the world's best human "Jeopardy!" champions, is going to...

SEOUL, South Korea — LG Electronics Inc. reported its first quarterly loss in a year Wednesday after Europe slapped it...

A Cambridge startup that focuses on detecting the bugs in apps announced this week it is being acquired by Twitter....

DataGravity, a Nashua, N.H.-based startup founded by former EqualLogic executives, said today it has raised $30 million...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center today announced the first global product launch of a technology funded in part...

Privacy advocates are pushing for a higher bar when it comes to government access to online data, after Google and...

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, said today it has acquired medical...

TORONTO — The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedy browser, a superb typing experience and...

 Attorney General Martha Coakley and other law enforcement officials have launched a renewed push to expand and...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

A three-month "pause" in U.S. economic growth is no reason to panic, but lingering federal debt ceiling and...

In his State of the City address Tuesday, Mayor Thomas M. Menino outlined several steps he plans to take to help...

Businesswomen are applauding Mayor Thomas M. Menino's pledge to make Boston the "premier city for working...

WASHINGTON — Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — New England fishermen say their centuries-old industry is facing collapse after regulators on...

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today awarded a former vice president of sales at The Boston Courant $239,884 over a real...

Sonicbids, the privately held, Boston-based online platform that helps bands connect with promoters and market...

Boeing is sticking with plans to speed up production of its 787 and sees no reason to drop the troubled lithium-ion...

NEW YORK — The investment firm BlackRock has taken a stake in Manchester United, one of the world's most famous soccer...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy shrank unexpectedly late last year, a reminder of the biggest threat it faces in 2013:...

BOSTON — Massachusetts officials are hoping blind job candidates will find it easier to seek employment in the future...

Oil finished near $98 Wednesday, maintaining the momentum that has driven it to four-month highs and pushed up prices...

Endicott College of Beverly said today it has opened its first Boston academic center designed to serve immigrant...

Suffolk Construction said it has opened a new office in Tarrytown, N.Y., which will be helmed by new vice president and...

Needham-based Linkwell Health said today it has raised $11 million in a third round of funding led by national health...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy "paused" in recent months because of temporary...

TOKYO — U.S. investigators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

BANGKOK — The price of oil rose Tuesday, boosted by improvements in manufacturing in the world's two largest...

BANGKOK  — Asian stock markets posted modest gains Tuesday as the feel-good factor lingered from near-record...

Jason Owens is striving to make Bee's Knees Supply Co. live up to its name as a high-quality gourmet market for...

Biogen gets boostBiogen Idec Inc said fourth-quarter net profit fell slightly due to a tax accounting error, but the...

The National Retail Federation is forecasting subdued retail sales growth of 3.4 percent for 2013.The trade group...

A new trade association has been formed to advocate on behalf of medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts.The...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Authorities seized a far-flung marketing operation today over claims the Kentucky-based company...

NEW YORK — Hostess has picked the maker of Little Debbie as the lead bidder to buy its Drake's cakes....

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former managing director has been indicted on charges he defrauded investment funds the...

Ocular Therapeutix of Bedford said today it secured $23.8 million in a fourth round of funding.All existing...

The University of Massachusetts Lowell today announced a $25,000 contest to come up with the next big ideas.The...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is a study in contrasts.The housing, banking and auto industries are surging back...

Japan Airlines has canceled more flights between Boston and Tokyo as the investigation into the grounded Boeing 787...

A former WilmerHale litigation attorney has sued the Hub-based law firm for $5 million alleging gender discrimination...

NEW YORK — The price of oil rose today after a strong durable goods report in the U.S.Demand for long-lasting...

NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble reportedly plans to continue to shrink its store base.The head of Barnes &...

Former Border Patrol Agent John Randolph and Mexican citizen Eduardo Cortes will deliver 34,000 signatures to the...

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TORONTO  — The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedier device, a superb typing experience...

Privacy advocates are pushing for a higher bar when it comes to government access to online data, after Google and...

NEW YORK — Apple has released a software update for iPhones and iPads that speeds up data downloads on some major...

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, said today it has acquired medical...

TORONTO — The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedy browser, a superb typing experience and...

 Attorney General Martha Coakley and other law enforcement officials have launched a renewed push to expand and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo's fourth-quarter earnings report will provide an update of new CEO Marissa Mayer's...

That tired notion about having to go westward to find startup cash?That's so last decade.Angel investment in...

Harvard Law School is logging on to a $60 million online education enterprise between its parent university and the...

GENEVA — The U.N. telecommunications agency says its members have agreed upon a new compression format that could...

WASHINGTON  — The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing...

Brazil-based aircraft manufacturer Embraer said today it has selected PTC's product lifecycle management...

Parametric Technology Corp., a Needham-based company that develops, supports and markets software for product...

Cambridge-based Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals and Ipsen said today they will sell a lead hemophilia drug candidate,...

SEOUL, South Korea — LG Display reported a $299 million profit for the fourth quarter Thursday thanks to mobile...

It may be decades before machines take the place of doctors — yes, it's possible — but Bedford-based...

Federal authorities descended this morning upon a Woburn technology company that does substantial business in...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

BANGKOK — The price of oil rose Tuesday, boosted by improvements in manufacturing in the world's two largest...

BANGKOK  — Asian stock markets posted modest gains Tuesday as the feel-good factor lingered from near-record...

Jason Owens is striving to make Bee's Knees Supply Co. live up to its name as a high-quality gourmet market for...

Biogen gets boostBiogen Idec Inc said fourth-quarter net profit fell slightly due to a tax accounting error, but the...

The National Retail Federation is forecasting subdued retail sales growth of 3.4 percent for 2013.The trade group...

A new trade association has been formed to advocate on behalf of medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts.The...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Authorities seized a far-flung marketing operation today over claims the Kentucky-based company...

NEW YORK — Hostess has picked the maker of Little Debbie as the lead bidder to buy its Drake's cakes....

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former managing director has been indicted on charges he defrauded investment funds the...

Ocular Therapeutix of Bedford said today it secured $23.8 million in a fourth round of funding.All existing...

The University of Massachusetts Lowell today announced a $25,000 contest to come up with the next big ideas.The...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is a study in contrasts.The housing, banking and auto industries are surging back...

Japan Airlines has canceled more flights between Boston and Tokyo as the investigation into the grounded Boeing 787...

A former WilmerHale litigation attorney has sued the Hub-based law firm for $5 million alleging gender discrimination...

NEW YORK — The price of oil rose today after a strong durable goods report in the U.S.Demand for long-lasting...

NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble reportedly plans to continue to shrink its store base.The head of Barnes &...

Former Border Patrol Agent John Randolph and Mexican citizen Eduardo Cortes will deliver 34,000 signatures to the...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

Massport is taking a more coordinated look at the future of its aviation, maritime and commercial real estate assets....

One year after Apple surpassed Exxon Mobil as the most valuable publicly traded U.S. company, the oil giant reclaimed...

An expert warned yesterday that Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who announced that Boston had made a full recovery from the...

'Bright' start on NYSEShares of child care provider Bright Horizons Family Solutions surged by 29 percent...

A Los Angeles man was charged today in federal court with allegedly defrauding clients of his educational consulting...

Ovuline, a Cambridge company that aims to help women become pregnant, has hired the former CEO of ex-Red Sox pitcher...

The Boston economy has made a "full recovery" from the Great Recession thanks to positive job growth and...

Citizens Bank is now blaming hackers for the disruption to its online and mobile banking services.Customers logging...

Japan Airlines has canceled its Boston-to-Tokyo service on Feb. 2 and 3 as the investigation into the trouble-plagued...

NEW YORK — PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink following customer...

  PROVIDENCE, R.I.  — An attorney for the Rhode Island economic development agency that is suing...

NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless says it's selling space on the airwaves to AT&T in exchange for $1.9 billion...

BG Medicine Inc. of Waltham, which develops cardiovascular tests, said today it will sell 6 million shares of its...

 DARTMOUTH - The new chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth says the school faces a $15 million...

LEWISTON, Maine — A vodka and rum distillery in Maine owned by the maker of Jim Beam bourbon is closing down and...

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. is slated to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange today, the latest...

The number of New England venture capital deals increased during the fourth quarter of 2012, but continued to lag...

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