Experts offer good read on Amazon’s latest buy

Experts are hailing Amazon's decision to acquire social reading website Goodreads as a brilliant move that will steer traffic — and sales — to Amazon, which started as an online bookstore and grew to become the world's largest online retailer. The deal,...

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New look for Lexus GS

After a model year on the sidelines, Lexus has redesigned and reintroduced the 2013 GS350 to the marketplace and its arrival has the Audi A6, BMW 535 and Mercedes E class shuffling over to make room. Pacific Rim cars have rapidly closed the gap on the...

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The Ticker

Battery maker gets cute with name Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems is changing its corporate name to B456 Systems Inc. to satisfy one of the embattled company's obligations under an asset purchase agreement with Wanxiang America Corp. Chinese...

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Cape Cod lifestyle in Quincy

This free-standing single-family is part of a Nantucket-like condo development in Quincy's Marina Bay neighborhood. The four-bedroom house at 12 Hutchinson Lane is in the 18-acre Chapman's Reach planned community, one of 152 single-families and townhouses...

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NKorean propaganda mill serves up soft side of Kim

SEOUL, South Korea — The outside world focuses on the messages of doom and gloom from North Korea: bombastic threats of nuclear war, fantasy videos of U.S. cities in flames, digitally altered photos of leader Kim Jong Un guiding military drills. But...

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Investor pulls out of Suffolk Downs casino bid

BOSTON — The company with a nearly 20 percent stake in Suffolk Downs has decided to divest that share because its executives are unwilling to submit to background checks required by the state gambling commission as the horse track pursues a casino license....

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Amazon to buy Goodreads for undisclosed sum

NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc., the world's biggest online retailer that got its start in bookselling, has agreed to buy book recommendations site Goodreads. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon said Thursday that it "shares a passion...

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Fewer furlough days for Maine-NH shipyard workers

KITTERY, Maine — Union officials at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard say they're still concerned about lost work time following the Defense Department's announcement that furlough days will be reduced from 22 to 14. Furlough notices will be sent out in...

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Virtual reality, goggles and all, attempts return

SAN FRANCISCO — It's back. The virtual reality headset, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year's Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of video...

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US consumer spending, income jump in February

WASHINGTON — Consumers earned more and spent more in February, helped by a stronger job market that has offset some of the drag from higher taxes. The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending rose 0.7 percent in February from January....

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Groundbreaking set at former Herald site

The Boston Herald's former longtime South End headquarters will be feted next month before crews start demolition for its next life as the "Ink Block," a 471-unit apartment complex anchored by a Whole Foods supermarket. Newton-based National Development's...

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Casino rivals show off their grand designs

Developers behind two dueling, billion-dollar resort casino bids — one promising to save thoroughbred horse racing at Suffolk Downs and the other vowing to clean up a polluted waterfront in Everett — tried to steal each other's thunder yesterday by each...

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'Journey' sweeps Game Developers Choice Awards

SAN FRANCISCO — "Journey" arrived on top at the Game Developers Choice Awards. The artsy video game developed by thatgamecompany swept the 13th annual ceremony Wednesday with six wins, including game of the year and the innovation award. "Journey" was...

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Sporting News partners with digital video provider

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sporting News will add online highlight clips as part of a new business deal. Parent company American City Business Journals and digital video provider Perform will work together on Sporting News Media in the United States and Canada....

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US economy expands at 0.4 percent rate

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster but still anemic rate at the end of last year. However, there is hope that growth accelerated in early 2013 despite higher taxes and cuts in government spending. The economy grew at an annual rate...

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Google picks 8,000 winners of 'Glass' contest

SAN FRANCISCO — Google has picked out 8,000 people who will be given a chance to don a pair of Internet-connected glasses and make a fashion statement likely to be envied by gadget-loving geeks around the world. The pool selected by Google won a contest...

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Study: Health law to raise claims cost 32 percent

WASHINGTON — A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. What does that mean for you? It could increase premiums for at least...

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Cyprus uncertainty keeps markets in check

LONDON — Sentiment in the world's markets remained fragile Wednesday as investors awaited the details of the capital controls Cyprus is expected to introduce when its banks reopen. The country's banks, which have been closed for the best part of two...

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US futures down as jitters about Europe continue

NEW YORK — Concern about Cyprus and other nations in the Eurozone is weighing down U.S. stock market futures. Cyprus is formulating details for reopening its banks after a nearly two-week shutdown, following an international bailout agreement that calls...

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Study: Health law to raise claims cost 32 percent

WASHINGTON — A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. What does that mean for you? It could increase premiums for at least...

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US home prices rise 8.1 pct., most since mid-2006

WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices rose in January at the fastest pace since the summer of 2006, just before the housing bubble burst. The gain shows the housing recovery is strengthening ahead of the spring buying season. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller...

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Drop in Mass. home sales is first in 13 months

Single-family home sales in Massachusetts dropped last month, reversing 13 straight months of rising sales volume, but experts still expect a strong spring market. A total of 2,246 homes sold statewide in February, a 5 percent decrease from 2,366 sales...

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Panel: Minority businesses suffer from 'lack of capital'

Lack of capital remains one of the major challenges facing minority-owned businesses in Boston, according to members of a forum held Monday night at Darryl's Corner Bar and Kitchen on Columbus Avenue."In many cases, an assignment doesn't pay for three...

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Supervalu eliminating about 1,100 positions

NEW YORK — Supervalu is eliminating about 1,100 positions nationwide, or about 3 percent of its workforce, less than a week after the supermarket operator completed the sale of five of its grocery chains. The company said Tuesday that the reductions...

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US market futures up on mixed durable goods report

NEW YORK — U.S. stock market futures held onto their gains Tuesday after a report on February orders for machinery and other long-lasting items showed a sharp increase, reflecting a rebound in the commercial aircraft industry. The Commerce Department...

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Sandusky interview to air on NBC's 'Today' show

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — An interview with Jerry Sandusky is expected to be aired on NBC's "Today" show, a rare instance of the former Penn State assistant football coach giving his own side of the story. The network said the Monday morning broadcast will...

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NYC art museum accused of duping visitors on fees

NEW YORK — Before visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art can stroll past the Picassos, Renoirs, Rembrandts and other priceless works, they must first deal with the ticket line, the posted $25 adult admission and the meaning of the word in smaller...

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EU finance ministers approve Cyprus bailout deal

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus' Parliament president says a deal reached for his country to raise billions in order to qualify for an international bailout is a "painful one" for the island nation's people and a defeat for European solidarity. Yiannakis Omirou...

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Ford India apologizes over Berlusconi bondage ad

MUMBAI, India — The Indian unit of Ford Motor Co. has apologized for advertisements decried as demeaning to women, including one depicting Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a trio of bound women in the trunk of a car. A Ford India...

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Cyprus bailout deal prompts investors relief

LONDON — Investors breathed a sigh of relief Monday after Cyprus clinched a bailout deal with international creditors that will prevent it becoming the first country to ditch the euro — a prospect that could have worsened the crisis afflicting Europe's...

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Former workers find new life in industry

There is life beyond the ashes of Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, as seven former employees of the imploded Rhode Island gaming company came to PAX East yesterday to talk about the new studios they've started. Featured on a panel at the video gaming convention,...

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App gives more than ‘likes’

A new app launching in Boston April 3 aims to help businesses boost sales by offering customers rewards for promoting them on social media. Socii (pronounced so-she) was founded last year by three Boston-area college grads who noticed how companies...

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‘Thrones’ ascends with Facebook game

The epic power struggle between the Starks and the Lannisters on "Game of Thrones" has come to Facebook. A fast-growing local company is revolutionizing social media games by integrating a live strategy game with the widely popular medieval fantasy...

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Police: No hazardous material at Berezovsky site

LONDON — Chemical and radiation experts found no hazardous materials in their search of the property where Boris Berezovsky's body was found, as British police on Sunday investigated the unexplained death of the self-exiled Russian tycoon who went from...

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EU chief spurring negotiations on Cyprus deal

BRUSSELS — A top European official is leading a high-level meeting Sunday afternoon in a last-ditch effort to help Cyprus come up with a plan necessary for a 10 billion euro bailout loan that would save it from bankruptcy. The day of talks could prove...

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