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The next time a blizzard or another emergency hits Massachusetts, there's a free app to give you the latest...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rock 'n' roll legend Chubby Checker is twisting mad over a software application...

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean lawmaker known for criticism of the Samsung conglomerate has forfeited his seat in...

LOS ANGELES — Tamagotchi is re-hatching as an app.Bandai Co. and Sync Beatz Entertainment are hoping to revive the...

The State of the Union rebuttal last night ceased to be the task of one poor sap who drew the short straw.Though it was...

An alarming news report that Raytheon Corp. has developed lightning-fast software that scours social media to profile...

The White House is open for questions. In what is being billed as the most interactive State of the Union address in...

An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience...

NEW YORK — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

Wal-Mart execs sweat slow February salesWal-Mart Stores Inc. had the worst sales start to a month in seven years as...

All work and no play would make ZeroTurnaround — a Java productivity tools maker — a dull company, but that...

A Boston-based company that raises money for charity by selling donated and consigned tickets to music and sports...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is concerned about the effect that looming, drastic across-the-board budget cuts...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of Bulgarians protested on Sunday against rising electricity and heating bills, and police...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After backlash from customers, the producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is reversing a decision to cut...

A Staples Inc. deal to sell Apple products in the United States would not be a "game-changer" for the...

Fidelity profit fallsFidelity Investments said its operating profit plunged 29 percent to $2.3 billion in 2012.The...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the U.S. doesn't have to choose between growing the economy and shrinking the...

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino are preparing to highlight how across-the-board...

MOSCOW — Finance chiefs from the world's 20 leading industrial and developing countries attempted Saturday to calm...

MADRID — Demonstrations were held across Spain on Saturday to protest harsh repossession laws that have led to...

DETROIT — BMW is recalling almost 570,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada because a battery cable connector can fail and...

WASHINGTON — Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms,...

WASHINGTON — Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial, popular government services are about...

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick and state economic development officials are on a trade visit this weekend to...

BEIJING — The Chinese subsidiary of ConocoPhillips can resume operations at an oil field off the coast of...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rock 'n' roll legend Chubby Checker is twisting mad over a software application...

LOS ANGELES — Tamagotchi is re-hatching as an app.Bandai Co. and Sync Beatz Entertainment are hoping to revive the...

The State of the Union rebuttal last night ceased to be the task of one poor sap who drew the short straw.Though it was...

An alarming news report that Raytheon Corp. has developed lightning-fast software that scours social media to profile...

The White House is open for questions. In what is being billed as the most interactive State of the Union address in...

An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience...

NEW YORK — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

The most advanced robotics test center in the nation will open Tuesday at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

DataXu, a Boston-based provider of digital marketing software, said today it has secured $27 million in a round of...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

A Staples Inc. deal to sell Apple products in the United States would not be a "game-changer" for the...

Fidelity profit fallsFidelity Investments said its operating profit plunged 29 percent to $2.3 billion in 2012.The...

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and his Green Ribbon Commission of business leaders want to cut the city's greenhouse gas...

Fidelity Investments disclosed today that its operating profit plunged by 29 percent to $2.3 billion in 2012.That was...

NEW YORK — Nice job, Roger Goodell. Here's your pay: $29.49 million.NFL owners nearly tripled the commissioner's...

MIAMI — The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands...

Town Sports International, the New York-based owner and operator of 160 fitness clubs nationwide, including 25 Boston...

NEW YORK — Federal regulators have opened an insider trading inquiry on the $23 billion acquisition of H.J. Heinz,...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark...

The head of a conservative think tank yesterday blasted Gov. Deval Patrick's $180,000 trade mission to Colombia,...

Tax season is upon us and the Herald's TaxSmart experts are here every Friday to help.If roses weren't...

NEW YORK — Warren Buffett and a fellow billionaire are teaming up to snap up the Heinz ketchup company, marking the...

Buffett buy boosts Heinz, KerrySecretary of State John F. Kerry's family financial portfolio could grow by...

A Winthrop man has been convicted in federal court of mail and wire fraud in connection with a 10-year investment...

Whole Foods Market announced today that it will open a location in Westford in 2016.The 43,000-square-foot store will...

SAO PAULO — Shell Brasil SA and BASF SA have offered more than $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with...

NEW YORK — The S&P 500 kept its winning streak alive, just.The Standard & Poor's 500 ended the week nearly two...

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Faithful flock to @pontifex

LOS ANGELES — Tamagotchi is re-hatching as an app.Bandai Co. and Sync Beatz Entertainment are hoping to revive the...

The State of the Union rebuttal last night ceased to be the task of one poor sap who drew the short straw.Though it was...

An alarming news report that Raytheon Corp. has developed lightning-fast software that scours social media to profile...

The White House is open for questions. In what is being billed as the most interactive State of the Union address in...

An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience...

NEW YORK — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

The most advanced robotics test center in the nation will open Tuesday at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration...

DataXu, a Boston-based provider of digital marketing software, said today it has secured $27 million in a round of...

Dyax Corp. of Burlington said today it is partnering with CVie Therapeutics to develop and commercialize its drug...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and his Green Ribbon Commission of business leaders want to cut the city's greenhouse gas...

The head of a conservative think tank yesterday blasted Gov. Deval Patrick's $180,000 trade mission to Colombia,...

Tax season is upon us and the Herald's TaxSmart experts are here every Friday to help.If roses weren't...

Buffett buy boosts Heinz, KerrySecretary of State John F. Kerry's family financial portfolio could grow by...

When the MassChallenge startup accelerator and competition was considering expanding outside the Bay State, Israel was...

DALLAS — US Airways CEO Doug Parker has landed the big merger he sought for years. Now the soon-to-be CEO of the new...

Gov. Deval Patrick will lead a coalition of business leaders and officials on a mission to Colombia to promote job...

Airlines to combineAmerican Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards...

NEW YORK — Billionaire Warren Buffett, the most closely watched investor in America, is putting his money in ketchup,...

Workers caught in a battle between a local union and Lynn-based Complete Cleaning Inc. have won a federal settlement...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren got off to a roaring start at her first Senate Banking Committee hearing today, grilling U.S....

HOUSTON — Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the...

LAS VEGAS — One Las Vegas shooting range was selling "take a shot at love" packages that include 50...

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry's family financial portfolio could grow by hundreds of thousands of dollars...

WASHINGTON — The outlook for the U.S. job market is brightening after a government report showed a sharp drop in the...

NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch InBev changed the terms of its proposed $20.1 billion acquisition of Mexican brewer Grupo...

Startup accelerator MassChallenge kicked off its fourth session in Boston today and announced plans to launch next...

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Faithful flock to @pontifex

The State of the Union rebuttal last night ceased to be the task of one poor sap who drew the short straw.Though it was...

An alarming news report that Raytheon Corp. has developed lightning-fast software that scours social media to profile...

The White House is open for questions. In what is being billed as the most interactive State of the Union address in...

An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience...

NEW YORK — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

The most advanced robotics test center in the nation will open Tuesday at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

Dyax Corp. of Burlington said today it is partnering with CVie Therapeutics to develop and commercialize its drug...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $5 million capital grant to support the establishment of a Kendall...

DataXu, a Boston-based provider of digital marketing software, said today it has secured $27 million in a round of...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

When the MassChallenge startup accelerator and competition was considering expanding outside the Bay State, Israel was...

Airlines to combineAmerican Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards...

HOUSTON — Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the...

Designer Michael Kors' transition from ready-to-wear to a global luxury lifestyle brand and darling of investors...

Cape Wind is back in line for a big loan from the Obama administration, over the objections of project opponents and...

Startup accelerator MassChallenge kicked off its fourth session in Boston today and announced plans to launch next...

        Five caretakers responsible for looking after chronically disabled patients and three...

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple says it has lowered the price of its 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops by $200 and updated its...

WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Postal Services pleaded with Congress Wednesday not to thwart his plan to cut...

Restoration Hardware, which last year abandoned plans for a restaurant addition to its forthcoming Boston store at the...

The presidents of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks said they support a Financial Stability Oversight Council proposal that...

Retail sales climbed 0.3 percent last month from December, according to the National Retail Federation.The Washington,...

Boston is among the top 10 U.S. cities in a dubious category — highest tax burden — according to...

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is praising President Obama for highlighting the need for skilled worker...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's ruler has approval a $1.6 billion island development project that would...

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday ditched his plans to send a cooperator in a historic insider trading case to...

WASHINGTON — Americans barely spent more last month at retail businesses and restaurants after higher taxes cut...

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Faithful flock to @pontifex

An alarming news report that Raytheon Corp. has developed lightning-fast software that scours social media to profile...

The White House is open for questions. In what is being billed as the most interactive State of the Union address in...

An app developed by an MIT Sloan School of Management graduate has already built an army of mystery shoppers that it...

HAMDEN, Conn. — The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience...

NEW YORK — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its...

On Feb. 24, millions of Americans will be tweeting while they tune in to the Oscars, and this year Twitter will have...

It's the first Boston blizzard in history with its own name, hashtags and memes, and you didn't even have...

Telecom providers in Massachusetts are gearing up deployments to fix downed poles, reconnect customers and tackle other...

Apple Inc. has recently come under attack for its practice of stockpiling cash. At the end of last year, the company...

WASHINGTON — The government has reached a proposed settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as...

The most advanced robotics test center in the nation will open Tuesday at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Dr. Watson is accepting new patients.The Watson supercomputer is graduating from its medical...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s decision to sell itself for $24.4 billion to a group led by its founder and CEO is being...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $5 million capital grant to support the establishment of a Kendall...

DataXu, a Boston-based provider of digital marketing software, said today it has secured $27 million in a round of...

Dyax Corp. of Burlington said today it is partnering with CVie Therapeutics to develop and commercialize its drug...

Embattled brick-and-mortar stores continue to dominate when it comes to purchases, even as more shoppers use...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

Cape Wind is back in line for a big loan from the Obama administration, over the objections of project opponents and...

Designer Michael Kors' transition from ready-to-wear to a global luxury lifestyle brand and darling of investors...

Comcast swallows NBCComcast said it's buying General Electric's 49 percent stake in the NBC Universal joint...

Massachusetts business experts have a long wish list for what President Obama should address in tonight's State...

Building on a strong start, New England ski resorts are banking on a busy school vacation week to push them over the...

The new owners of the building that formerly housed Locke-Ober are putting out feelers nationally for potential big-...

If a merger takes off with US Airways, bankrupt American Airlines will get a much-needed boost in traffic at Logan...

In anticipation of increased passenger travel during February vacation, the Massachusetts Port Authority said today it...

Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin today urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to consider a...

Trendy fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 faces $55,000 in proposed fines for two alleged repeat violations of workplace...

Waltham-based online security firm Bit9 suffered a security breach last week because of an "operational oversight...

HOUSTON — The head of Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday his company was working hard to ensure the thousands of...

MassChallenge will launch its 2013 season tomorrow, opening the $1 million competition and accelerator to applications...

LOS ANGELES — Comcast said Tuesday that it's buying General Electric's 49 percent stake in the NBCUniversal joint...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Frederick Scott Salyer has been described as one of the most influential men in California's...

DETROIT — After a 30-year absence, Italy's storied Alfa Romeo brand will return to the United States later...

NEW YORK  — Stocks are edging mostly higher in midday trading following mixed earnings reports from...

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