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| Cape club to offer local discounts, help charities Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00 EST A new business coming to Cape Cod this fall aims to encourage consumers to buy locally all year long, while also helping local charities. |
| Lenders told to share the pain Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00 EST US Representative Barney Frank warned the nation's mortgage lenders yesterday that if they did not accept some losses on risky home loans they would face far tougher restrictions in the future. |
| The Yahoo deal's off, right? Right? Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00 EST Don't give up yet -- some analysts say Microsoft's rejected bid may be just the end of the beginning. |
| Egg prices leave businesses scrambling Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00 EST Bakers and breakfast joints have a common enemy: Rising costs from a main ingredient. |
| Keep, toss, shred Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00 EST Feeling buried beneath piles of paper? Are your grocery receipts and 401(k) statements stuffed in a desk drawer or spilling out of your in-basket? Take heart. You've got lots of fellow paper pack rats, particularly with the tax season just behind us. |
| Rain barrels offered to Cape residents at discount Tue, 06 May 2008 06:00 EST The Cape Cod Commission has received a $1,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for discounted rain barrels. |
| Keane nabs exec post, puts sex scandal into past Tue, 06 May 2008 22:30:36 -0400 Disgraced Hub exec Brian Keane is trying to make a comeback by heading up an IT outsourcing firm in Wakefield. Keane - who two years ago resigned as chief executive of... |
| Fall River company recalls clam chowder Tue, 06 May 2008 18:57:02 -0400 FALL RIVER - A Fall River company is recalling its 20-ounce containers of clam chowder because it may contain shrimp that is not on the list of ingredients. Blount Fine... |
| State looks to expand rail freight transportation Tue, 06 May 2008 17:11:49 -0400 BOSTON - The Patrick Administration is launching a study to look at ways to expand rail freight transportation in Massachusetts. The study will include the first state... |
| Stocks lift even as oil prices soar near $123 a barrel Tue, 06 May 2008 17:02:37 -0400 NEW YORK - Wall Street reversed early losses to close higher today, as investors monitored the movements of record high oil prices but still laid bets that the economy and... |
| Ice found to contain foreign matter recalled Tue, 06 May 2008 17:00:47 -0400 BOSTON - Bags of ice distributed at certain Massachusetts retailers have been recalled because the ice may contain foreign substances. The Massachusetts Department of Public... |
| Oil nears $123 on $200 oil prediction, supply concerns Tue, 06 May 2008 15:08:23 -0400 NEW YORK - Oil futures blasted to a new record near $123 a barrel today, gaining momentum as investors bought on a forecast of much higher prices and on any news hinting... |
| Adidas wins $305 million for trademark violation Tue, 06 May 2008 13:57:09 -0400 TOPEKA, Kan. - Adidas has won $305 million award from a federal jury for trademark violation of its three-stripe design by a Kansas shoe company. Topeka-based Collective... |
| Dunkin' Donuts franchise owners to form new board Tue, 06 May 2008 13:51:06 -0400 The directors of a large Dunkin' Donuts franchise owners group have resigned their seats to form a new "professional" board comprised of non-franchisee businesspeople. ... |
| Investors stuck with 0 percent rates on college-loan bonds Tue, 06 May 2008 11:33:40 -0400 HARRISBURG, Pa. - A quirk of the municipal bond market that left some borrowers paying exorbitant interest rates has now suddenly reversed and pushed interest rates to zero... |
| State Street office in Poland could employ 1,000 Tue, 06 May 2008 11:21:13 -0400 BOSTON - State Street Corp. has signed a lease for a new operations center in Krakow, Poland that is big enough to accommodate as many as 1,000 employees. The Boston-based... |
| Adidas earnings up 32 percent Tue, 06 May 2008 10:57:20 -0400 FRANKFURT, Germany - German sportswear company Adidas AG said Tuesday the company's first quarter net profit jumped 32 percent as sales gained 3.1 percent. The company... |
| State panel expected to reject dog-racing ban Tue, 06 May 2008 10:53:26 -0400 The fate of the state's two ailing greyhound tracks looks increasingly like it will be decided by Massachusetts voters this fall. A key State House panel yesterday... |
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| First Marblehead cuts 500 in student loan mess Tue, 06 May 2008 04:14:09 -0400 Hundreds of First Marblehead employees went to work yesterday in Boston and Medford only to be told they no longer had jobs due to the turmoil in the student-loan and financial... |
| Bernanke urges more action to stem home foreclosure crisis Mon, 05 May 2008 23:59:11 -0400 WASHINGTON - A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned... |
| Senate set to OK tax plan Mon, 05 May 2008 22:35:56 -0400 The state Senate is poised today to approve a $472 million tax package despite new data showing the state is hauling in far more tax revenue than anticipated this year. ... |
| State quarter buyers will earn no coin Mon, 05 May 2008 21:32:54 -0400 On a recent trip to help my ailing in-laws in upstate New York, I came across a full-page ad in the Finger Lakes Times saying that "the last restricted rolls" of... |
| Pork, chicken prices may rise in next wave of food inflation Mon, 05 May 2008 19:21:40 -0400 Americans may be getting another helping of food inflation, and it seems likely to come from higher prices for chicken and pork. Overall food inflation could double this... |
| Reshuffling the deck Mon, 05 May 2008 19:07:13 -0400 Public support for expanded gambling in Massachusetts remains high and even appears to be on the rise, despite the lopsided defeat on Beacon Hill of Gov. Deval Patrick's... |
| Colleges, schools deal with higher food costs Mon, 05 May 2008 18:59:24 -0400 BOSTON - Harvard is the world's richest university, yet it recently pulled whole grain pasta from the dining service menu, replaced cherry tomatoes with wedges and even... |
| Merck to cut 1,200 sales jobs following regulatory setbacks Mon, 05 May 2008 16:56:11 -0400 NEW YORK - Drug developer Merck says it is cutting 1,200 sales jobs in the United States following a week of regulatory setbacks for two drug candidates. The job cuts follow... |
| Countrywide shares down amid doubt on BofA buyout Mon, 05 May 2008 16:25:49 -0400 LOS ANGELES - Shares of Countrywide Financial Corp. tumbled today after one Wall Street analyst said Bank of America Corp. should abandon its proposed takeover of the struggling... |
| Stocks end lower after Microsoft pulls Yahoo bid Mon, 05 May 2008 16:23:58 -0400 NEW YORK - Wall Street pulled back today after Microsoft Corp.'s decision to withdraw its bid for Yahoo Inc. and as oil prices rose to a new record over $120 a barrel. Microsoft... |
| Buffet: Many banks deserve their pain Mon, 05 May 2008 16:21:59 -0400 OMAHA, Neb. - Billionaires Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger say the pain many financial institutions are feeling because of the credit crunch is well deserved. The chairman... |
| State Street, other Boston tenants eye suburban bargains Tue, 06 May 2008 13:51:53 -0400 The Hub's toughest competitors - as the city battles to lure more companies and jobs to its downtown towers and developing waterfront - may be in its suburban back yard. ... |
| Barney Frank angry at inaction on jumbo mortgage loans Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:18 -0400 A key U.S. House lawmaker complained yesterday that the mortgage industry has done little over the past month to make higher-value loans available in costly housing markets... |
| Top Globe executive to retire Tue, 06 May 2008 21:26:46 -0400 In another staggering loss for the Boston Globe, the paper's executive vice president Alan Larkin is retiring after 36 years on Morrissey Boulevard. Larkin, 60, is... |
| Redstone says international attitudes on copyright protection improving Tue, 06 May 2008 05:42:48 -0400 SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. media mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday that attitudes toward protecting entertainment copyrights internationally are improving as authorities see... |
| Analyst blasts cable company's pursuit of Newsday Tue, 06 May 2008 05:16:24 -0400 MELVILLE, N.Y. - Wall Street's disenchantment with Cablevision Systems Corp.'s effort to buy Newsday, the paper in its Long Island backyard, has roots in the concern... |
| AP launches news service geared for iPhone Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:47 -0400 NEW YORK - The Associated Press and more than 100 of its member newspapers are launching a service Monday that will make news stories available on Apple Inc.'s iPhone... |
| AstraZeneca CEO touts 'preventative' approach to health care Tue, 06 May 2008 16:16:53 -0400 The American health-care system is in big trouble, David Brennan, chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca told a luncheon audience today in Boston. ... |
| Wal-Mart adds drug offers Mon, 05 May 2008 22:47:42 -0400 Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, announced yesterday it would expand its discounted prescription drug program to offer 90-day supplies for $10 and... |
| Setbacks stun Merck after string of wins Mon, 05 May 2008 04:13:05 -0400 TRENTON, N.J. - The roller coaster ride for Merck & Co. shareholders and employees is on another speedy downhill run. In barely a week, Merck has suffered a stunning... |
| Daimler says Mercedes cars worldwide sales rise 22 percent Tue, 06 May 2008 15:32:16 -0400 FRANKFURT, Germany - Automaker Daimler AG said today its Mercedes-Benz Cars unit posted a 22 percent rise in worldwide sales in April, compared with last year, boosted by... |
| Classic Cadillacs turned into show cars at garage near NYC Tue, 06 May 2008 07:42:57 -0400 WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. - In a repair shop packed with Cadillacs - the classic kind with fins, whitewall tires, curvy chrome bumpers and V-8 engines that get miles per gallon... |
| Sync-like systems to spread Tue, 06 May 2008 05:16:41 -0400 DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is about to lose the digital edge it's had since last year, when it began offering Sync wireless communications and entertainment technology... |
| Lower mileage lifts true cost of ethanol Mon, 05 May 2008 15:45:49 -0400 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Charles Kigar doesn't think twice when he has a choice of buying a gallon of conventional gasoline or a gallon of gas that contains ethanol at the... |
| Workers strike at GM's Fairfax plant with talks at impasse Mon, 05 May 2008 10:53:32 -0400 KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Members of a United Auto Workers union local went on strike today at General Motors' Fairfax facility - hitting the plant that makes GM's popular... |
| Canadian auto workers ratify 3-year Ford contract Mon, 05 May 2008 09:52:38 -0400 TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers voted to ratify a three-year contract with Ford Motor Co., an agreement the union expects Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. to match. Union... |
| 'Forever' yours Thursday May 8, 2008 WORCESTER - Diamonds may be forever, but postal rates rise, more or less, at the rate of inflation. |
| New name no go for TD Banknorth Thursday May 8, 2008 WORCESTER - TD Banknorth has been prohibited from using the name TD Commerce Bank in the five most populated Massachusetts counties after a federal judge yesterday imposed a preliminary injunction that stretches from Athol to Weymouth. |
| UBS to repay Westboro, 3 area towns after probe Thursday May 8, 2008 BOSTON - UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Securities LLC have agreed to return more than $36 million to Massachusetts cities and towns that invested in auction-rate securities that went defunct, Attorney General Martha Coakley's office announced yesterday. |
| Ex-Entrust clients take stand Thursday May 8, 2008 WORCESTER - Two investors in the defunct Entrust Capital Management investment fund have testified in federal court here that the illusion of what they had been led to believe were sizable stock market gains in their accounts began to fade away at a tense meeting with Entrust president and founder Amit Mathur in the lobby of a Princeton, N.J., hotel in March 2005. |
| Sprint, Clearwire hook up in $14.5B wireless venture Thursday May 8, 2008 Sprint Nextel Corp. will combine its high-speed wireless business with Clearwire Corp., creating a $14.5 billion company and reviving plans to build out the first national WiMax network. |
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