MCCA plays up $1.1M temporary Lawn on D

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority spent $1.1 million to build a lush open space in the Seaport District to host concerts, artwork and lawn games, but it will be usable for no more than two years before the acres of newly laid sod and rows...

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Boston online retailer Wayfair files for public offering

Boston-based online home goods retailer Wayfair filed paperwork for its initial public offering yesterday, a long-awaited move for a company that has seen more than $1 billion in sales during the past 12 months. According to the paperwork filed with...

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Experts: GE Healthcare move will be healthy for Mass.

GE Healthcare's decision to move potentially hundreds of jobs to Massachusetts — and the already-existing cluster of major life sciences companies — could help reduce health care costs and create greater access to cutting-edge medical technology in the...

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Boston docs look to help with Ebola

Boston-area researchers, responding to ambassadors from Ebola-stricken nations who are frustrated with a slow international response, are looking for ways they can help West Africa as the region grapples with the deadly outbreak. "Organizations like...

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Workers: It’s not up to Deval Patrick

Market Basket workers said they won't take their cues from Gov. Deval Patrick, after the governor said yesterday protesting employees need to return to work to "stabilize" the crippled Tewksbury company. "We don't take direction from the governor,"...

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Reported deaths, injuries jump at major Mass. hospitals

The number of "serious reportable events," such as deaths or injuries, at Massachusetts acute-care hospitals more than doubled in the last three years, according to data collected by the state Department of Public Health. The total number of events...

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Expert: Market Basket threat may be illegal

Market Basket issued letters to hundreds of protesting employees yesterday giving them until Friday to return to work or lose their jobs — a move that legally will be difficult to enforce, a labor expert told the Herald. "An employer in this situation...

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City eases zoning appeals for changes to small properties

Boston is trying to make it easier for small businesses and homeowners to make changes to their properties, the latest in what the city says is a series of improvements to the zoning process. A new Zoning Board of Appeals subcommittee will hear requests...

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Market Basket’s board calls on parties to end impasse

The three self-described "independent" directors of Market Basket's seven-member board yesterday repeated their demand for an end to the "standoff" by store employees supporting ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, while an industry expert says he doubts the...

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Developer set to launch $210M Seaport cargo project

Groundbreaking on the $210 million Boston Cargo Terminal project in the Seaport will take place in a matter of weeks, a project official told the Herald yesterday. The nearly 30-acre property is expected to include three commercial warehouse buildings,...

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Medtech industry on life support

More than a year and a half after the implementation of a controversial medical device tax, the industry is still struggling in Massachusetts, experts say. "I can't tell you how many of my former associates are unemployed," said Ronald Adams, who was...

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Boston-based robot is meant to aid families

The world's first social robot for the family, "Jibo," is being made right here in Boston by a leading roboticist who believes that in a few years, the platform could be as ubiquitous as the iPad. "Jibo's role is to be your personal helper," said famed...

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Is it necessary for owner to baby his 2004 Corvette?

I own a 2004 Corvette coupe purchased new in 2003. It has only 6,000 miles on it and is driven once a month in spring, summer and fall. I have a battery tender and had the battery replaced in 2010 for safety. I originally had yearly services, have had...

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Boston ‘permits’ hacks

Boston kicked off its first "hackathon" yesterday, turning to the local tech community to come up with ways to improve the city's outdated permitting system. "Today is the first step in creating a user-friendly, fully online, permitting process," Mayor...

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