Spurned co. seeks rail pact delay

Lawyers for spurned commuter rail operator MBCR yesterday sought a 60-day delay to the contract awarded to Keolis Commuter Services to run the commuter rail system, while MBTA lawyers maintained the bidding process was fair. The Massachusetts Bay Commuter...

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Volvo redefines luxury wagon

The all new 2015 Volvo V60 Sportswagon T5-E is roaring back into the U.S. luxury wagon market with a vengeance. Don't pooh-pooh the wagon anymore, folks. This car will make a hard run for your driving affections. The Swedish automaker behind one of...

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Soon-to-reopen Hubway pedals 10 new stations

In what may be the surest sign yet that spring has arrived, the Hubway bike-share program is set to reopen next week with 10 new stations and new, subsidized memberships for low-income patients of one Boston hospital. After a year-round Cambridge pilot...

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Former gas co. reborn as luxury apartments

The Arlington is the latest luxury apartment offering to open in Boston, but unlike its competitors' complexes, this is not a new building. The Park Square rental complex at Arlington Street and Columbus Avenue in Bay Village has been carved out of...

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Women: J&J trashed records in product injury suits

TRENTON, N.J. — Lawyers and advocates for women alleging Johnson & Johnson products injured them urged the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate their claims the health care giant deliberately destroyed many documents critical to their...

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Dish, DirecTV shares rise on reported merger talk

LOS ANGELES — Shares of satellite TV companies Dish and DirecTV surged in midday trading Wednesday after a report said that Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen had contacted DirecTV CEO Mike White about merging. Bloomberg News reported Ergen initiated the discussion...

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CGI may not go without fight

Axed web developer CGI — under fire for botching the state's Obamacare website — is taking credit for developing the software that has helped reduce the backlog of health insurance applications and may ask the state to pony up for it. "Although CGI...

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New Apple app 
makes the grade

A new Apple mobile app from a startup developed out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology grades most homework, quizzes and tests on the spot, giving students the results almost instantaneously and giving teachers time to do what they're supposed...

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The Ticker

Five ex-Madoff aides 
guilty of Ponzi scheme Five former aides to Bernard Madoff who spent decades working for his firm were found guilty of helping run the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, a 
$17.5 billion fraud exposed by the 2008 financial crisis....

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Friendly’s puts it on the line

Friendly's CEO John Maguire — promising a friendlier, cleaner and tastier dining experience — said he's so confident of recent improvements to the struggling 79-year-old restaurant chain he's offering customers a free meal if they're not satisfied. ...

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Giving back pain the chair

Like many people, Simon Hong works long hours sitting at a desk, and after years of doing this, the 44-year-old MIT neuroscientist had the back pain to prove it. He tried standing desks and high chairs. But while some of them helped his posture, none...

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Survey: Economists see US growth pickup this year

WASHINGTON — With the pace of U.S. economic growth seen speeding up later this year and next, many business economists expect the Federal Reserve to end its bond purchases this fall. The consensus of the economists surveyed by the National Association...

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Driver wonders if antilock brakes all that effective

I have two cars with ABS — a 1999 Buick Regal and 2013 Toyota Corolla. I am wondering if ABS is really the best way for stopping on an icy road. This past week I had several occasions where I tried to stop as I approached a stop sign, but when applying...

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Hope for mortgage forgiveness tax relief, extenders

WASHINGTON — Here's some good news for 
homeowners worried that Congress will fail again to renew popular tax benefits for use in 2014 — especially those allowing for mortgage debt forgiveness, write-offs for energy-saving improvements and mortgage insurance...

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