Kia Sorento rebuild kicks it

Well, the Koreans just keep doing the unexpected and consumers are benefiting from it. The 2014 Kia Sorento SX AWD SUV has had a mid-cycle rebuild and I think this may now be a better car than its popular brand mate the Hyundai Santa Fe for about the...

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Boston stations pull out the stops

A tension-filled day gave way to a night of celebration, relief and even revelry on the streets of Watertown as a suspected Boston Marathon bomber was apprehended and the local TV stations — WBZ, WCVB, WFXT, WHDH and NECN — tracked every moment. As...

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UMass cites Harvard flaw

News that a UMass Amherst graduate student had uncovered significant flaws in an influential paper by two eminent Harvard University economists roiled the profession this week, raising questions about the policies it influences at home and abroad. Thomas...

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Merrill Lynch fined $250G Merrill Lynch has been fined $250,000 in connection with improperly selling more than $39 million in unregistered securities, including auction-rate securities to two Massachusetts cooperative banks in violation of federal...

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T-shirts strike chord as many raise funds for bomb victims

Nick Reynolds and Chris Dobens were about to leave Emerson College Monday and head to the finish line of the Boston Marathon to celebrate with friends when they began receiving calls, warning them not to go. For the next several hours, the two students...

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Mexican architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez dies at 94

MEXICO CITY — Mexican architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez has died at the age of 94. Ramirez Vazquez designed some of Mexico's biggest landmark modernist structures, including the new Basilica of Guadalupe, the Anthropology Museum and the Azteca Stadium,...

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Social media spurs character-building acts of kindness

In the chaotic aftermath of Monday's fatal marathon bombings, Jarrett Goetz was on his way to his South End home when a friend called and asked if Goetz would give him, his girlfriend and a stranded runner they had found a ride. Goetz did, and was on...

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Asian stocks rebound as US recovery doubts ease

BANGKOK — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, boosted by a strong U.S. housing report and better-than-expected corporate earnings that eased doubts about the strength of the recovery in the world's No. 1 economy. U.S. builders started construction on...

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Business leaders come together

It will take some time, but Hub business leaders were confident in the wake of yesterday's Boston Marathon blasts that the city will bounce back and that visitors will not be scared away by the cowardly attack. "It's such a devastating event to the...

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Thermo Fisher buys Life Tech for $13.6B Thermo Fisher Scientific will acquire Life Technologies Corp. for nearly $13.6 billion, or $76 in cash per fully diluted common share. The Waltham-based health-care equipment company will also assume Life Technologies'...

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No ‘home’ run for Facebook

There's nothing particularly wrong with the new Facebook Home, the social network's attempt to infiltrate the mobile market. It's just not a game-changer. To back up a bit: Part of the reason people love Android is you can customize almost everything....

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$13B buy eyed for Thermo Thermo Fisher Scientific is close to buying Life Technologies Corp, a genetic testing equipment maker, for nearly $13 billion, reported Reuters last night. Reuters reported that the sale price per share would be close to $75,...

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Going ape over new gadget for wallet

Some people have monkeys on their backs. Zootility Tools founder Nate Barr wants consumers to have monkeys in their wallets. In fact, Barr has already sold 5,000 "PocketMonkeys" worldwide to date. The stainless steel tool, which is the same size and...

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Babson holding food boot camp

Budding food entrepreneurs hungry to cook up their own businesses can learn the key ingredients during a one-day culinary boot camp at Babson College on Wednesday. Sponsored by the Wellesley-based school's Graduate Student Council, "Small Bytes and...

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