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Business - BostonHerald.comBusiness - BostonHerald.com http://www.bostonherald.com/business/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2012, Herald Interactive, Inc. Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:09:29 -0500...

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Demand, prices rise for Bay State homes

With only a month to go before the end of the year, housing trends for 2012 are taking shape. Demand for single-family homes and condominiums for the first 11 months of the year was up across all price points in Massachusetts, whereas in the same stretch...

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Sandy is thought to have slowed US hiring in Nov.

WASHINGTON — Superstorm Sandy is widely thought to have slowed U.S. job growth last month. The only question is how much — an answer that's expected to emerge Friday in the government's jobs report for November. Yet once the storm's impact is cleared...

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Yo-Yo Ma strikes right note

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma wowed students yesterday with a performance at Harvard's iLab and urged them to find new, collaborative ways of solving cultural problems. "Our hope is that we will be able to find amongst all of you new thinking, new discoveries,"...

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Investors bracing for fall

Companies have been awarding special dividends to beat an anticipated tax hike next year, but as uncertainty about the "fiscal cliff" continues, the path for the average investor is less clear. Some financial experts say it's time to sell stocks to...

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Dr. Timothy Johnson retires after 40 years at Ch. 5

Dr. Timothy Johnson is retiring from Channel 5 — where the nationally renowned TV doctor got his small screen start — after a 40-year run as the Boston station's award-winning medical editor that led to a slot on "Good Morning America." "It just seemed...

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Business - BostonHerald.com

Business - BostonHerald.comBusiness - BostonHerald.com http://www.bostonherald.com/business/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2012, Herald Interactive, Inc. Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:17:16 -0500...

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Equinox Boston offers restful workout

Equinox Boston wants its members to relax this holiday season. The fitness club is helping them catch a few Z's during a "PowerNap" class starting tomorrow at its Dartmouth Street location. "People get really busy and crazy during the holidays, and...

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Reebok resizes work force

Reebok is trying to get fit. The athletic footwear brand has laid off 65 employees in Canton — about 6.5 percent of its headquarters workforce — as part of a restructuring affecting 150 positions globally. Trying to remake itself as a fitness-focused...

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South End project snags new partner

A West Coast developer that's busy building a rental high-rise in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood has taken over an apartment tower planned for an up-and-coming section of the South End. Gerding Edlen of Portland, Ore., this week signed on as co-developer...

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French budget chief denies claim of Swiss account

PARIS — French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac is filing a legal complaint against a website that claims he has hidden money from French tax authorities in offshore accounts — all while leading the country's campaign against tax evaders. Muckraking...

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Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year

NEW YORK — Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012. Traffic for the unlikely pair on the company's website about doubled this year from the year before as the health care debate...

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Times reportedly seeks to cut 30 from newsroom

The news staff of The New York Times [NYT], owner of the Boston Globe, were asked yesterday to make additional cuts in their ranks through buyouts or face layoffs, news reports said. "The economic environment has grown more difficult in the second half...

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Saudi group sells majority stake in NY's Plaza

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The investment firm headed by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says it has sold a majority stake in The Plaza Hotel in New York to a major Indian real estate conglomerate in a $575 million deal. Kingdom Holding Co....

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Wellesley College joins online education venture

Anyone with an Internet connection will be able to take free classes at Wellesley College next fall. The women's liberal arts college outside Boston will offer free online classes through the nonprofit venture edX. Harvard University and Massachusetts...

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Marriage proposals ring up whole new industry

It takes two to tango, but a memorable, heartfelt popping of the question can take three or more — him, her, the proposal photographer and the consultant. That's right, the bent knee moment is not just plotted by earnest grooms anymore. It's strategized...

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Bob Costas gun control commentary gets notice

NEW YORK — Bob Coasts' "Sunday Night Football" halftime commentary supporting gun control is sparking quite a debate. Whether or not NBC should fire him has been a hot topic on Fox News Channel and there's been a Twitter storm involving Ted Nugent,...

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Business - BostonHerald.comBusiness - BostonHerald.com http://www.bostonherald.com/business/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2012, Herald Interactive, Inc. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:12:28 -0500...

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