Experts: Jobs fall short

Call 236,000 U.S. gain 'modest' Economists applauded yesterday's positive national employment report, but said the 236,000 jobs added in February are still a far cry from the numbers needed for robust recovery, especially as the country faces the impact...

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History updated in Westwood

This gracious 1920 Colonial got a major addition in 1991, but what's really unique is its stone cottage out back built by a World War I general. The five-bedroom yellow clapboard house with black shutters at 152 Grove St. in Westwood sits on four acres...

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Report lays new foundation for housing policy

The housing market is on the mend but experts say the healing process has been held back by "rigid" rules for buyers and lenders. A bipartisan commission of former Cabinet secretaries, ex-senators and top housing and economic experts released an expansive...

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DeLeo plans to STEM tide of job unreadiness

Education and business leaders yesterday applauded House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo's proposal to create a STEM Starter Academy at Bay State community colleges to help put students on the path to job readiness. In a speech before the Greater Boston Chamber...

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PRIM eyes prime properties

The state pension fund is set to go on a billion-dollar commercial real estate buying spree and experts say now is a great time to buy. About 10 percent — or 
$5 billion — of the state's
$52 billion pension fund is currently invested in real estate,...

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DeLeo: Gov’s tax hike plan damaging

House Speaker Robert DeLeo will tell Hub business leaders today that working families and businesses shouldn't have to suffer "collateral damage" from Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to hike taxes by nearly $2 billion to pay for transportation and education....

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State sees green in golf courses

The state is spending millions to bring operations back up to par at Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course in Weston and Canton's Ponkapoag Golf Course, where it hopes one day to host a major pro tournament. The Department of Conservation and Recreation's...

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Fisher buy baits back bay

Beacon Hill and Suffolk University may have buried the hatchet, but another town-gown battle is brewing in Boston as Fisher College eyes an expansion in Back Bay. The private liberal arts school recently started mapping out its development plans with...

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Firm makes it a Snap to pay around the world

Truly global commerce where merchants can take payment in almost any major currency is getting a boost from an Israeli firm that just opened offices in Waltham. BlueSnap powers transactions in 145 countries and 28 currencies, said Ralph Dangelmaier,...

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State picks Pike's peak

Hub developers Samuels & Associates and Weiner Ventures got a green light from the state to build a $360 million residential, hotel and retail project over the Mass Pike — big plans in the Back Bay that could get even bigger. The real estate firms...

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Mustering a new tenant for Navy Yard landmark

The Muster House — an unusual, octagonal building that served as a worker assembly point at the Charlestown Navy Yard in the 1800s — will have a new leasehold owner for the first time in more than 15 years. The owner of a building consulting firm in...

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Media Google-y eyed over glasses idea

If you've paid any attention to technology-related news recently, you might think that by the end of the year we'll all be like Tom Cruise in "Minority Report," sporting retina-scanning glasses with a gestural interface in the form of Google's Project...

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Boston’s Pongr gains Sightec

A new technology deal inked with Israeli startup Sightec has Hub-based 
Pongr thinking about the big picture. The mobile photo marketing company said its "significant" acquisition of Sightec's super-resolution software will help Pongr pinpoint harder-to-find...

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Burlington's apples shine

Burlington High School, which gives every student an iPad to keep until graduation, has become a poster child for tech giant Apple. The company will present staff and students with the Apple Distinguished School award on March 13 and laud the school's...

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