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Battery maker gets cute with name Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems is changing its corporate name to B456 Systems Inc. to satisfy one of the embattled company's obligations under an asset purchase agreement with Wanxiang America Corp. Chinese...

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Cape Cod lifestyle in Quincy

This free-standing single-family is part of a Nantucket-like condo development in Quincy's Marina Bay neighborhood. The four-bedroom house at 12 Hutchinson Lane is in the 18-acre Chapman's Reach planned community, one of 152 single-families and townhouses...

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City employees can benefit from tax laws

Tax season is upon us, and the Herald's TaxSmart experts are here every Friday to help. Today, Joy Child of Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co. discusses potential tax benefits for city employees. I am a teacher in the Boston Public Schools system....

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Tax credits vital to conversions

Affordable housing is crucial to society because it ensures that families with limited economic means have a place to live. Either new structures can be built or older buildings can be renovated to increase the affordable housing stock. "Preserving...

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Airline merger approved AMR Corp., the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, has received court approval to merge with US Airways Group Inc. and create the world's largest airline. But one clause in the merger agreement, a nearly $20 million severance...

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Groundbreaking set at former Herald site

The Boston Herald's former longtime South End headquarters will be feted next month before crews start demolition for its next life as the "Ink Block," a 471-unit apartment complex anchored by a Whole Foods supermarket. Newton-based National Development's...

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$un shining on Third Rock fund

Hub-based venture capital firm Third Rock Ventures, LLC, has closed its third fund and is ready to put the money toward its intended purpose — supporting innovative health-care companies. Third Rock partner Kevin Starr said the $516 million fund will...

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Senate’s bank vote may be symbolic slap

After the Senate's symbolic crackdown on too-big-to-fail banks in the final hours before Congress adjourned over the weekend, experts were divided about how effective such legislation would be, with the industry threatening to pass any costs along to...

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Study: Mass. life science initiative creating jobs

BOSTON — Midway through Massachusetts' ambitious 10-year, $1 billion life science initiative, the state is already reaping benefits. That's the finding of a new study by Northeastern University economists Barry Bluestone and Alan Clayton-Matthews. ...

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Yahoo buys startup run by 17-year-old entrepreneur

SAN FRANCISCO — A London startup owned by a 17-year-old entrepreneur has Yahoo as a buyer. The teenager was seeking an easier way to read news stories and other content on the smaller screens of smartphones, so he built an app for that. The deal announced...

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Restaurateur has his plate full with Hub community projects

Restaurateur and developer Darryl Settles has seen many of the Hub's ups and downs since he came here as a Digital Equipment Corp. engineer three decades ago — before he took over the landmark nightclub Bob the Chef's, now Darryl's Corner Bar and Kitchen,...

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Cyprus secures bailout, avoids bankruptcy

BRUSSELS — Cyprus avoided bankruptcy, and potential turmoil across the eurozone, by securing a last-minute 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout with promises to sharply cut back its oversized banking sector and make large bank account holders take losses...

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App gives more than ‘likes’

A new app launching in Boston April 3 aims to help businesses boost sales by offering customers rewards for promoting them on social media. Socii (pronounced so-she) was founded last year by three Boston-area college grads who noticed how companies...

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Former workers find new life in industry

There is life beyond the ashes of Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, as seven former employees of the imploded Rhode Island gaming company came to PAX East yesterday to talk about the new studios they've started. Featured on a panel at the video gaming convention,...

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