Alert issued after likely HIV porn set infection

LOS ANGELES — California public health officials issued an alert Monday after finding "very strong evidence" that an adult film actor became infected with HIV as a result of unprotected sex on an out-of-state film shoot. The Department of Public Health...

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Chipotle apologizes for NY worker's police protest

NEW YORK — Two Chipotle chief executives have apologized to New York City police officers who were greeted by a restaurant employee making the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture popular with protesters. Co-Chief Executive Officers Steve Ells and Monty...

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Somerville program helps young adults develop skills for employment

A Somerville workforce development program has teamed up with a jobs website to match low-income young adults with local businesses. Although anyone can post or apply for one-off jobs or part-time work for free on HelpAroundTown.com, young adults age...

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Amazon quick-delivery plans threaten small stores

Bay State convenience stores could be in for a world of pain in 2015 if Amazon speeds up and expands its same-day delivery services. All signs point to Amazon vastly growing its Massachusetts footprint in the next year, and CEO Jeff Bezos has made no...

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High-end digs dominate Boston in ’14

Real estate in Greater Boston this year has been somewhat of a paradox. The market saw a huge influx of luxury apartment complexes, with high rents and lots of amenities, and construction is under way on some of the city's most expensive condos. Yet...

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Post-Christmas shopping spree

A perfect post-Christmas shopping storm of blowout sales and gift card mania is brewing, according to retail analysts. Expect stores and malls across the region and nationwide to be flooded today and parking lots packed as eager buyers hunt for the...

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Quincy residents to be left with emergency facility only

The long-struggling Quincy Medical Center will permanently close its doors tomorrow, leaving Quincy residents without an official health facility sooner than originally planned, which could spur legal action from the Attorney General's office. "Because...

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Mayor Marty Walsh makes Dorchester tour

It was a merry Christmas Eve day in Dorchester yesterday as the mayor and police commissioner went on a goodwill tour of businesses. The event began with a gathering at the Teen Center at St. Peter's where neighborhood kids received presents from police...

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Single-family home sales fall in Nov.

Single-family home sales fell last month while the median price rose, particularly in Greater Boston, driven by a continuing shortage of inventory, according to the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. Statewide, the number of closed sales dropped...

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Bitcoin now available at local stores

You can now pick up some bitcoin with that bottle of soda and bag of chips at the store down the street. LibertyX, a company that originally made and operated bitcoin vending kiosks, has expanded to let any store sell bitcoin for cash at the register,...

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The Ticker

Dow, S&P hit record highs in 'Santa' rally The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at record highs as the market delivered its fourth gain in as many trading days. Pharmaceutical and technology stocks were...

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Business Protocol: Toe the line in kissing under mistletoe at holiday parties

Hung over a doorway during Christmas, mistletoe remains one of the season's most beloved traditions. They say mistletoe has spiritual and healing powers. It is also said to be a sexual symbol and an aphrodisiac. One legend states couples kissing underneath...

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Foreign-trained med workers need help

Massachusetts needs more centralized information on relicensing pathways, improved career supports at workforce-development and educational institutions, and a review of licensure regulations to help the state's more than 12,000 foreign-born health care...

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Research shows owners coming up short on home values

WASHINGTON — Do American homeowners think their properties are worth less than the actual market value, as measured by professional appraisers? Highly unlikely, you'd probably say. Everybody knows that owners tend to have optimistic impressions of what...

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Gas pipeline woes halt National Grid hookups on Cape

Residents of eight Cape Cod towns will have to wait years before new natural gas lines can be installed after National Grid instituted a moratorium on new hookups. The company will not install any new gas connections for five to seven years after the...

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Fung Wah gets feds’ conditional approval

Nearly two years after shutting it down, federal regulators have given Boston-­based Fung Wah Bus Transportation conditional approval to resume carrying passengers, but authorities say they'll be watching to see if the company slips back into a pattern...

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Sony under attack from hackers and ex-employees

NEW YORK — Threats of violence against movie theaters. Cancelled showings of "The Interview." Leaks of thousands more private emails. Lawsuits by former employees that could cost tens of millions in damages. The fallout from the hack that began four...

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McDonald's in Japan limits orders of fries

TOKYO — Only small fries with that? McDonald's in Japan has begun limiting the serving size of fries as stocks of spuds run short due to labor disruptions on the U.S. West Coast. McDonald's began rationing its fries Wednesday morning. It said prolonged...

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Booting Up: Peer-to-peer lending arrives

Traditional banking is being challenged by new technology and the sharing economy. And this time, there is no bailout in sight. We're in the early stages of a peer-to-peer lending revolution, bolstered by last week's spectacular Wall Street debut of...

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The power and the danger of email! (just ask Sony execs!)

"COMMON sense is not so common," said Voltaire. I KNOW I shouldn't be, but I continue to be astounded by what people at the highest levels of various business -- and just plain folks -- put into emails, on Facebook, iPhone, iCloud, Twitter, Instagram...

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Hackers to Sony: ‘Christmas gift’ to be the worst

Sony hackers have promised to release a disastrous "Christmas gift" that will "put Sony Pictures into the worst state" — another round of embarrassing personal emails, according to multiple news reports. One of the emails allegedly ridicules Leonardo...

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Drug companiess to lose $65 billion on patents

Pharmaceutical companies will lose an estimated $65 billion in sales by 2019 due to patent expirations of leading drugs, according to one research and consulting firm. The companies that will likely be hardest hit include Otsuka, Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca,...

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T selling air rights over Seaport stop

The MBTA is taking advantage of the booming growth of Boston's Seaport District by selling the air rights above its Courthouse Silver Line Station for development. "The Seaport District has experienced a great deal of growth and expansion around the...

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Gov.-elect names banker as labor chief

Gov.-elect Charlie Baker has tapped banker Ronald L. Walker as the state's next secretary of labor, adding the first African-American to his Cabinet. Walker, 53, the co-founder and president of Next Street Financial, a merchant bank aimed at inner-city...

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Merger of Staples, Office Depot predicted

Activist investor Starboard Value's disclosure that it bought a 5.1 percent stake in Framingham's Staples Inc. and upped its Office Depot Inc. holding to 9.9 percent indicates the New York hedge fund will push for a merger of the two office supplies...

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AstraZeneca to shut Westboro plant

The closure of a massive AstraZeneca drug manufacturing facility in Westboro next year is an outlier and doesn't signal trouble in the state's booming life sciences industry, one local industry watcher said. "That particular facility and the kind of...

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LogMeIn won’t be logging out

Boston tech company LogMeIn will double the size of its Hub office thanks to a city tax break, a tool City Hall could use again to retain or lure other tech firms in the city, according to the mayor's office. "It's an option that can be considered if...

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New BRA chief Brian Golden promises agency will ‘not play favorites’

Brian Golden, Mayor Martin J. Walsh's newly anointed BRA chief, told the Herald he hopes people will soon see the agency as a place that "does not play favorites." "I believe that the backroom deals are a thing of the past," said Golden, 49, a former...

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Mass. gas prices continue to drop

Bay State gas prices continued their downward slide yesterday, falling 8 cents over the last week — a trend that's expected to continue throughout the holiday season and could help fuel Christmas shopping — but look for the price plunge to end early...

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AG fines TD Bank $625G for data breach

TD Bank agreed to pay a $625,000 fine after losing data tapes that contain the personal information of 90,000 Bay State customers, according to the state Attorney General's office. "Massachusetts data breach law requires businesses to provide notice...

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Budget netbook: This one goes to 11

HP Stream 11 ($219 and up) The latest addition to the netbook category of hyper-budget laptops, this no-frills offering is seeking to be a Chromebook-killer. A laptop meant for low-power use and productivity in a pinch, these devices provide just basic...

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Booting Up: ’Tis the season of tablets

Welcome to the first holiday season that has a tablet for everyone, whether you're a buying for a novice or dealing with a stocking-stuffer budget. Fitting in one hand and starting at $99 for the 8GB model, the Amazon Fire HD 6 has the distinction of...

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Mortgage-lending restrictions are finally easing

WASHINGTON — When it comes to buying a house, are you in the "no way I could possibly qualify" category? Not enough cash in the bank for a down payment or closing costs? Credit scores good, but not great? So much deferred student loan debt that you assume...

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Expert: Expect more TV programming blackouts

TV viewers in Boston should get used to programming blackouts caused by showdowns between networks and cable and satellite providers, a local expert says, as CBS and TV provider Dish Network announced yesterday they had reached an agreement that ends...

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Globe CEO: Smartphones great for news, but print’s better for ads

Most journalism in the years to come will be delivered on smartphones, Boston Globe CEO Mike Sheehan said yesterday, but print journalism may not be on its way out entirely. Asked what role smartphones will play in the industry's future, Sheehan said,...

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East Somerville home rings with history

There are many historic homes for sale around Boston, but only one can claim to be the site of the world's first residential telephone connection. The 4.958-square-foot house at 1 Arlington St. in East Somerville, on the market for $899,000 — down from...

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Carbonite shares soar on buy offer

Shares of Boston tech company Carbonite skyrocketed yesterday after the firm said it had received, and was considering, an acquisition offer from a California-based cloud services and digital media company. Carbonite, a cloud storage and data backup...

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U.S. patients get Genzyme drug for MS

An injectable multiple sclerosis drug developed by Cambridge biotech giant Genzyme was made available to patients in the U.S. for the first time yesterday, less than a month after federal regulators reversed course and approved the medication. "Lemtrada...

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The Ticker

Three cos. buy retail at hotel in Kenmore Sq. Three real estate investment firms have purchased the 37,000-square-foot retail portion of Hotel Commonwealth in Boston's Kenmore Square in a $38.5 million deal. Boston's UrbanMeritage and Novaya Real Estate...

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Somerville pols laud $1B for Green Line expansion fed

The economic future of Somerville and Medford is on a fast track after the Green Line extension passed one of the last key financing milestones for a plan that calls for adding six stops to the popular MBTA route. "The economic impact is unlimited for...

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It's City Hall Plaza on ice

Boston's City Hall Plaza, usually a barren windswept expanse in the colder months, is poised to become a winter wonderland with an Olympic-sized ice skating rink and a large glass restaurant and lounge overlooking it. "Winter's Landing" is slated to...

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Shoppers charge into cyber shopping deals

Shoppers hit their smartphones, tablets and desktop computers yesterday for online "Cyber Monday" sales that were tracking 
8.1 percent stronger than last year by yesterday evening. Mobile users accounted for 38.3 percent of all Cyber Monday traffic...

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