Infinity Pharmaceuticals partnership sends stock soaring

Shares of Cambridge biotech company Infinity Pharmaceuticals soared yesterday after it announced it has inked a partnership with pharmaceutical giant Abb­Vie to develop its blood cancer drug. The companies will jointly­ develop the cancer drug duvelisib,...

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CVS snuffs out tobacco sales

CVS Caremark stopped selling cigarettes and other CVS tobacco products yesterday at its 7,700 pharmacies — an industry-first for a national pharmacy chain and almost a month earlier than planned — and changed its name to CVS Health to better-position...

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CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early

As CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation's second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the sale of tobacco nearly a month sooner than planned. CVS Caremark said it will now be known as CVS Health, effective...

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Providence Journal lays off staffers ahead of deal

The Providence Journal yesterday laid off several staffers as part of New Media Investment Group's acquisition of the paper. Metro columnist Bob Kerr of Fall River, with the Journal for more than 43 years, said he was told at least 20 people lost their...

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Keep all four tires the same size or hurt drive train

My co-worker had a flat left front tire on her 2002 Jeep Liberty. She had no spare and the service station didn't have her size. They sold her a bigger tire than the other three. I told her she would have handling issues, mileage would be affected and...

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Device opens DNA testing to masses

When Sebastian Kraves was growing up in Argentina, his grandmother gave him something transformative: "The Voyage of the Beagle," Charles Darwin's account of his voyage to the Galapagos Islands, where he made observations that led to his theory of evolution....

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