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SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter confirmed Friday that it had become the latest victim in a number of high-profile cyber-...

TechStars has joined forces with another startup accelerator to set up shop in Chicago.As Tech Stars has expanded into...

Sycamore Networks Solutions has launched as a privately held company following Marlin Equity Partners'...

WASHINGTON — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S....

TOKYO — Japanese electronics makers Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. both stuck to full year forecasts for massive...

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...

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Former multimillionaire convenience store magnate Christy Mihos' company has filed for bankruptcy, four months...

Wall Street rallied behind strong January jobs figures yesterday as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P...

BJ's board wins suitBJ's Wholesale Club's directors won dismissal of investor claims that the board...

NEW YORK — The launch of the iPhone 5 and the declining popularity of non-smartphones have made Apple the biggest...

NEW YORK — Commuters and day-trippers may do a double-take at the gas station after the biggest one-day pop in pump...

Brightcove, a Boston-based provider of cloud content services, said the company's current president and chief...

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

LONDON — Iceland's interior minister said Friday that he ordered the country's police not to cooperate with FBI agents...

Fidelity Investments said today it has been Dell's new recordkeeping service provider of its 401(k) plan since...

LONDON — Evidence that the U.S. economic recovery is firmly on track drove markets higher on Friday, adding to the...

Putnam Investments today announced a new leadership structure for its Global Asset Allocation investment organization,...

Raytheon BBN Technologies said today it has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for "...

LONDON — The chief executive of Britain's Barclays bank said Friday he is giving up his 2012 bonus amid a...

SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Electrical workers at a Skowhegan paper mill have rejected a new contract offer, setting the stage...

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...

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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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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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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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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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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...

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...

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Gov. Deval Patrick's budget, which has been criticized for its proposed income tax increase, is partly an effort...

Direct flights between Boston and Israel are still up in the air, but state officials remain hopeful El Al Airlines...

The prospect of sequestration poses a particular threat to Massachusetts' economy because of its reliance on...

A-OK for A123 saleChinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group said a U.S. panel approved its $257 million purchase...

Massachusetts can claim dominance in the biotech industry thanks to a 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative, the...

 Nearly three in five Bay State residents are living on the edge of financial collapse with almost no savings to...

An investment broker has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle allegations it engaged in a pattern of bid-rigging with...

WAITSFIELD, Vt. — Nearly 30 years ago, a handful of enterprising Vermonters realized they could do more with milk...

 NEW YORK — The indestructible Twinkie appears to be one step closer to a comeback.Hostess Brands is close...

Phoodeez, a Cambridge-based startup focused on "reinventing catering to make event eating easy," said today...

Construction management firm JM Coull said today it is renovating and expanding two facilities for PerkinElmer in...

Hip burger joint Johnny Rockets has opened its first restaurant in Acton, bringing its total tally in the Bay State to...

Former Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare CEO and GOP gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker has been named chairman of the...

The Boston Harbor Island Alliance said today that former Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis has joined the nonprofit...

The Yawkey Foundation said today it is awarding the Museum of Science $10 million to create a new three-story gallery...

NEW YORK — Stocks were mixed on Wall Street, keeping the Standard & Poor's 500 close to its highest in...

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

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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...

NEW YORK  — Federal authorities in New York say they've brought criminal charges against three people in...

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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...

EMC Corp. said today it has hired 20-year General Electric veteran Vic Bhagat as the Hopkinton-based company's...

Global Partners LP of Waltham said today it has signed an agreement to acquire Cascade Kelly Holdings LLC, a crude oil...

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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...

NEW YORK  — Federal authorities in New York say they've brought criminal charges against three people in...

SAN FRANCISCO — Google says it is fielding more legal demands from governments around the world seeking to learn...

NEW YORK — Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-...

AT&T said Tuesday that it has reached a deal to buy the Alltel U.S. wireless operations for about $780 million to...

A Boston startup will launch an online marketplace Thursday where people can preview the best upcoming mobile apps...

A digital coupon app that started with a conversation in a Harvard dorm room has been acquired by Performance Marketing...

WASHINGTON — The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 in Boston earlier this month was not...

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Old Welch's lab soldCalare Properties has purchased the former Welch's test lab in Billerica for $3.2...

NEW YORK — Manhattan hospital clerk Marque Gumbs was doing so well moonlighting as a peddler of stolen property...

BOSTON  — Gov. Deval Patrick's ambitious budget plan that calls for major tax changes to support new...

PITTSBURGH — Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's government-run oil company says it has started importing supplies from...

DAVOS, Switzerland  — The fragile state of the global economy and a host of other woes — from Syria...

Yasso co-founders Drew Harrington and Amanda Klane have raised the culinary bar with their frozen Greek yogurt treats....

The financial whiz kids of the Herald's StoxSmart program got a crash course in money management last week as...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Indonesia may hold the key to a $1 trillion injection into the global economy.That's how...

DAVOS, Switzerland  — A top international finance official is warning banks to be cautious about the prices...

DAVOS, Switzerland  — Three women angry over sexism and male domination of the world economy ripped off...

NEW YORK  — Passing another milestone on the nation's long journey back from the Great Recession, the...

BOSTO — The New England office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nominations for its annual...

WASHINGTON  — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency is overestimating...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Geologist David Rodriguez and actress Cristina Pascual, two of the nearly six million Spaniards...

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...

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