Coin mimics your credit cards

I'm not one to pre-order a product before I've seen it in person. But yesterday I took the unusual step of paying $55 for a new form of digital payment technology called Coin that I won't even get my hands on until the summer. Unlike so many mainstays...

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On jobs, Obama calls 2014 'a year of action'

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling 2014 "a year of action" for creating jobs and economic opportunities for American families. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the first step is for Congress to extend unemployment insurance...

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High court to hear Aereo case

Internet TV company Aereo will square off against the nation's biggest broadcast networks in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, pitting an upstart company with Boston ties against the giants of television. The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear arguments...

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Victorian features tasteful updates

This 1895 country Queen Anne Victorian in West Concord has a lot of its original charm, but has been updated with an expanded kitchen, master bedroom suite and bedroom/office addition. The four-bedroom house at 1394 Main St. sits on a 16,000-square-foot...

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Zucker: GOP being run from Fox News headquarters

PASADENA, Calif. — The chiefs of CNN and Fox News Channel are throwing shots at each other, each suggesting the other's network is essentially out of the news business. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes struck first, saying in an interview published this...

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More towns eye casino $

The state Gaming Commission is bracing for a rush of petitions from cities and towns that believe casino developers have wrongly denied them surrounding community status, which entitles them to payments to make up for the stress casinos would put on...

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Bill key to Obama trade push faces Dem opposition

WASHINGTON — Legislation key to President Barack Obama's agenda to boost exports to the fast-growing economies of the Asia-Pacific is being welcomed by business but faces stiff opposition from Obama's fellow Democrats. A bill to grant the president...

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Micro-units perfect fit for young pros

Micro-apartments aren't for everyone, but for young professionals starting out who embrace a leaner and more collegial lifestyle, it doesn't seem that it's that much of a compromise. A recent tour of Factory 63 on Melcher Street in South Boston's Fort...

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Briar defends breach delay

The Briar Group is defending a six-week delay in notifying the public that its restaurant customers' credit card data were stolen last fall, saying it took that long to confirm hackers had breached its system. But security experts say it shouldn't take...

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Cambridge company wins NASA job

NASA has awarded Cambridge-based Charles River Analytics a contract to build a system that analyzes satellite imagery to detect major changes, including volcanic eruptions, so scientists can respond more quickly to environmental events. The $750,000...

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The Ticker

Internet experts pull out of security conference At least eight researchers or policy experts have withdrawn from an Internet security conference after the sponsor, Bedford-based RSA Security, reportedly used flawed encryption technology deliberately...

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Keolis to run commuter rail

The French company that will run Massachusetts' commuter rail system starting July 1 will face much higher penalties than the previous operator if trains don't run on time. The state Department of Transportation's board of directors yesterday voted...

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John Henry pitches change at Globe

Boston Globe publisher Christopher Mayer's abrupt resignation yesterday appears to signal the start of an extensive restructuring of the broadsheet and came just hours after new owner John Henry hinted at new multimedia initiatives to Hub bigwigs. Henry,...

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Center Plaza deal good sign for Boston

Shorenstein Properties is the new owner of Boston's landmark Center Plaza in a $307 million deal. At $400-plus per square foot, the San Francisco real estate investment firm's purchase of the three Government Center buildings at 1-3 Center Plaza, totalling...

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Report: Wasteful health care spending up in Mass.

BOSTON — A new report is estimating that nearly four out of every 10 dollars spent on health care in Massachusetts is doing little to improve the lives of patients. The report by the Health Policy Commission said between 21 percent and 39 percent of...

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JetBlue to credit passengers

JetBlue Airways said it will compensate thousands of passengers hit by flight cancellations and expects to rebook all those left stranded by severe winter weather by week's end. "We own it ... and I think we have to make it right," chief operating officer...

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Tunnel rehab moves along well, but it’s taking toll on commuting

A week and a half after the Callahan Tunnel closed for construction, work is proceeding on schedule, officials say, but drivers are still navigating their way through detours that have substantially lengthened their commutes. "This week is the big test...

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US Sen. Warren: New mortgage rules will aid buyers

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is hailing new mortgage rules set to go into effect this week. Warren said that under the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, lenders must determine that a borrower has the ability to repay a mortgage...

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Madoff-related fraud to cost JPMorgan $2.5 billion

NEW YORK — For more than 15 years, there were signs something was amiss with what federal prosecutors in Manhattan call the "703 account" at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Money was being transferred back and forth for no reason. The account holder was recording...

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Tainted frozen food sickens hundreds in Japan

TOKYO — Hundreds of people fell sick across Japan after eating frozen food that may have been tainted with a pesticide. Food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings used full-page ads in major newspapers Wednesday apologizing and warning consumers not to eat...

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Intel says its processors are now 'conflict-free'

LAS VEGAS — Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of computer processors, says its processors are now free of minerals from mines held by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's the first major U.S. technology company to make such...

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The Ticker

GE to buy Thermo Fisher units for $1.06 billion General Electric Co.'s health care unit agreed to buy several life-science businesses from Waltham-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for about $1.06 billion, its third biopharmaceutical acquisition in...

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3 challenges awaiting Yellen as next Fed chairman

Janet Yellen, confirmed Monday evening to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, will confront numerous challenges when she begins the job Feb. 1. Here is a look at three of them. BOND PURCHASES The Fed announced in December that...

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Markets recover after lackluster start to year

LONDON — Markets recovered some ground Tuesday despite some concerns over the Chinese and U.S. economies. Stocks around the world have started the new year in lackluster fashion — especially compared with how they closed out 2013 — after surveys indicated...

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Showdown set on unemployment bill in Senate

WASHINGTON — The new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and Republicans decidedly unenthusiastic about supporting legislation without changes....

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MIT's ‘Tech Trek’ students hit road

Dozens of MIT Sloan School of Management MBA students will test the job market waters this week when they visit some of the nation's top companies on their annual job-hunting, network-building 
"Tech Treks." This year's treks will include stops in Seattle...

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Health law leaves volunteer firefighting in limbo

FREEPORT, Maine — Fire chiefs and lawmakers are working to protect the system of volunteer firefighting that has served rural America for more than a century but is threatened by an ambiguity in President Barack Obama's health care law. Small and rural...

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Plane slides off runway at NYC's JFK; no injuries

NEW YORK — A plane from Toronto slid into snow as it turned onto a taxiway after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday, halting flights at the airport for two hours and causing residual delays. "It could have been worse, a much...

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Selling social media clicks becomes big business

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Celebrities, businesses and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore "click farms," where workers tap, tap, tap the thumbs up button, view videos or retweet...

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Inauguration brings pressure

Days before Martin J. Walsh's inauguration, organizers drove across the state, hand-delivering about 100 credentials and parking passes to performers because FedEx could not guarantee delivery because of last week's storm. For more than a month, a team...

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Malibu’s loss of coolant turns into a torrent within

My husband and I have a four-cylinder 2006 Chevy Malibu with 137,000 miles on it. Since the fall of 2012, the car has been leaking coolant. It's not leaking to the ground and it's not leaking into the engine — oil is clean. Five shops including a Chevy...

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Targeting individual health

In 2014, expect medicine to get personal. Doctors and researchers around Boston are working to make drugs and health care delivery more individualized than ever. And patients will play a bigger role both in medical research and in their own health care,...

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DPU may generate regs for electric vehicle charging

The state Department of Public Utilities has started investigating the possible regulation of electricity as a motor vehicle fuel. Though there isn't a huge number of electric vehicles on the road today, the DPU considers their widespread adoption as...

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Boeing contract cuts into local labor influence

SEATTLE — A new labor contract that was approved in a close vote by Boeing machinists secures a major airplane contract for the Seattle area, but it also moves workers away from pensions. National union leaders, the state's governor and the company...

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