Silverado redo earns its awards

Never one to shy from a full-sized pickup truck fight, Chevy redesigned the 2014 Silverado 1500 by trimming some weight, updating the interior and reworking the engine to improve gas mileage. And for this year it's captured Truck of the Year honors from...

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Stock investors hit from all sides in January

NEW YORK — Stock investors were hit from all sides in January. Concerns about the global economy and U.S. company earnings, as well as turmoil in emerging markets, led the Dow Jones industrial average to its worst start since 2009. However, many investors...

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They’re sold on Magoun Square

If you want to gauge the energy in Somerville's Magoun Square, take a look at the retail storefronts and the empty lots and old garage sites filling up with new housing. Two years ago there were about a dozen empty storefronts in the retail district...

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Porter Sq. Galleria goes to L.A. firm

The Porter Square Galleria has a new owner under a $35.55 million deal that closed yesterday. Los Angeles real estate investment management firm CBRE Global Investors bought the 57,265-square-foot retail center from KS Partners. Built in 1989, the...

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Neiman Marcus breach hits 19,000 Bay Staters

The credit and debit card information of more than 19,000 Massachusetts residents was among the data accessed by hackers who breached Neiman Marcus Group's point-of-sales system. The number likely is greater because the luxury retailer doesn't have...

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Web attack traffic soars

The U.S. had the third-highest percentage of observed cyber attack traffic in the third quarter of 2013, and hackers managed to shut down websites more often in the first three quarters of the year than in all of 2012, according to a new report. Akamai,...

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Connector-fix price tag unknown

Massachusetts Health Connector officials, who admitted in October they've incurred "substantial costs" as a result of developing manual workarounds to the disastrous $69 million state Obamacare website, still aren't saying exactly how much that price...

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Hub producer sues MJ’s estate, Anka

A Boston-based producer who hit his stride in the '80s with the electro-funk band the Jonzun Crew is suing the estate of Michael Jackson and Paul "Having My Baby" Anka for $10 million, claiming the King of Pop and the iconic Canadian crooner cut him...

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Intravenous nurses make points

Being an intravenous nurse involves a lot more than sticking patients with needles. This specialty branch of nursing, with teams in most major hospitals, requires specialized training to install complex central catheters and to operate new technology...

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Keyboard for iPad Air a best bet

Logitech Ultrathink Keyboard Cover for iPad Air ($99.95, AppleStore.com) It was unfortunate iPad Air owners had to wait so long for keyboard accessories to hit the shelves. They're not cheap, but Logitech's keyboard is tailor-made for the iPad Air,...

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Smoking out the rough idle and stalling of Expedition

I have a 2001 Ford Expedition with the 5.4-liter V8 and 103,000 miles. At 98,000 miles it developed a rough idle and began stalling at stop signs. My local mechanic noticed low fuel pressure and replaced the fuel filter and fuel pump. It ran good but...

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Perks entice top engineers

As Boston's tech scene explodes and successful companies continue to grow at a breakneck pace, firms are stepping up to make sure top engineers end up at their desks and not at the business next door. "If you want access to the best talent, you have...

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