Commission to rule on surrounding communities

The state Gaming Commission will hear Tuesday from nine cities and towns whose petitions for surrounding community status have yet to be accepted by the three casino operators vying for two gaming licenses. Mohegan Sun, which wants to build at Suffolk...

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Gillette’s sales clipped by furry fashion

Boston Red Sox left fielder Jonny Gomes' remarks this week that his straggly beard will be gone before the start of spring training likely was welcome news across town at Gillette's World Shaving Headquarters. The beard fashion trend — championed by...

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Care.com shares skyrocket to $24.30

Shares of Waltham-based Care.com shot up yesterday, marking a successful first day of trading for the Boston area's first tech IPO in a year and a half. Care.com shares closed at $24.30, up nearly 43 percent from the IPO price of $17 per share. Coming...

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Global markets hit by fears of growth slowdown

Fear is back in the market. Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for U.S. corporate profits and an end to easy-money policies in the United States and Europe. They're also fretting over country-specific troubles...

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US citizen and local filmmaker detained in Egypt

CAIRO — An American translator and an Egyptian filmmaker were detained in Cairo and have been held for three days in an undisclosed location, their lawyer said Saturday. Ahmed Hassan, a lawyer with the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, told The Associated...

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Beloved ‘Chet and Nat’ shared spotlight

Chet and Nat. They were a TV news anchor match made in heaven. Natalie Jacobson yesterday shared some kind words about her former husband Chet Curtis in a statement she read to the Herald. Curtis died Wednesday night at age 74 of pancreatic cancer....

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The Ticker

Credit Suisse buys 400 Atlantic Ave. Investment bank Credit Suisse bought 400 Atlantic Ave. in Boston for $50 million from New York's Colonnade Properties, according to Registry of Deeds documents filed this week. The law firm Goulston & Storrs...

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A million Neiman customer cards hit

The FBI is warning retailers to be on alert for more cyber-attacks involving malicious software used to steal customers' credit and debit card data as luxury retailer Neiman Marcus yesterday disclosed that more than 1 million customers' cards may have...

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Panel: Minimum on tax too low

The Gaming Commission is considering asking lawmakers to raise the minimum amount of winnings subject to state tax requirements, arguing that failing to do so could cost the Bay State as much as $58 million in lost revenue by driving gamblers to less...

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Mass. jobless rate dips, but trails U.S.

Massachusetts added more than 10,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate dipped slightly, but the gap between the state's and the nation's jobless rate continued to widen. "We're just staying the same and the U.S. has been going down," said Elliot...

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Funding lets Drizly uncork expansion plan

A Boston-based alcohol delivery­ startup has raised 
$2.25 million in venture financing­ aimed at helping the company become the "Amazon.com for alcohol." Drizly, started by three Boston College classmates in 2011, lets users order alcohol through an...

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Local life science companies flex muscles at conference

Life science com­panies — one of Massachusetts' key sectors — are coming off a week that showcased them at their strongest, according to local industry in­siders who attended the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. More than 240 biotech...

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The Ticker

Experts: Target hackers will be tough to find The hackers behind the recent Target data breach are likely a world away and nearly impossible to find. That's the consensus among outside cybercrime experts­ as Target, the Secret Service and the FBI continue...

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Chain targets part-timers

Target's decision to move its part-time workers from its own insurance program to Obama­care likely marks the opening of the floodgates for other com­panies to do the same, potentially pushing tens of thousands of Bay State part-timers onto government-sanctioned...

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Website woes seen months before launch

State officials overseeing the Health Connector website knew as early as February 2013 — some nine months before launch — that parts of the $69 million Obamacare gateway would probably be delayed, public records obtained by the Herald last night revealed....

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WeWork to rent desks to startups

A new collaborative office space for startups is coming to Boston, and organizers say it can add a sense of community to start-ups in Boston. "WeWork is going to bring the most amazing startup community in Boston," said Hunter Perry, a Boston startup...

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Boston Ponzi schemers get prison time

As three members of a West Roxbury family were sentenced yesterday for bilking their victims out of more than $10 million to fund their lavish lifestyle, officials warned potential investors to take steps to protect themselves from such Ponzi schemes....

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Builder bets on Eastie waterfront

Gerding Edlen is betting on a turnaround for East Boston waterfront development and prospects for a stalled New Street project. The Portland, Ore., developer paid $7.27 million for the 3.9-acre parcel at 6-26 New St., near LoPresti Park on the inner...

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Subcompact cars fare poorly in new crash tests

DETROIT — Subcompact cars fared poorly in new crash tests performed by an insurance industry group. None of the 12 minicars tested got the highest rating of "good" from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Chevrolet Spark was the only car...

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Maine seafood company owner pleads guilty

PORTLAND, Maine — The owner of a Maine seafood company has pleaded guilty to instructing an employee to make cash withdrawals to avoid Treasury Department reporting requirements, money used to bypass lobster coop purchasing rules. The Portland Press...

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West Coast firm buys One Kendall Square for $395M

San Francisco's 
Divco­West increased its Boston-area holdings last week with the $395 million purchase of the One Kendall Square office, lab and retail complex in Cambridge. The San Francisco real estate investment firm bought the nine-building, 670,000-square-foot...

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Drone bill headed to State House

A bill that would restrict how police in Massachusetts can use drones — requiring warrants and banning weapons — goes to a Transportation Committee hearing on Beacon Hill tomorrow. "I just want to ensure we don't have a major intrusion of our privacy...

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Asian stocks rise on Chinese central bank support

BEIJING — Asian stocks rose Tuesday after China's central bank injected extra credit into its financial system, helping to offset concern about slower Chinese growth. China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose just over 1 percent to 2,011.33 points...

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$20M-$30M cleanup eyed for Wynn site

Wynn Resorts says it is close to an agreement to clean the contaminated Everett site it is targeting for a casino and 500-room luxury hotel — on land a recent study concluded is too contaminated for residential use. An Aug. 27 action plan authored by...

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Ginger Man taps Fort Point again

A New York tavern boasting 70 taps and 160 varieties of bottled beer has its second lease in as many years for a spot in South Boston's Fort Point neighborhood. Bob Precious, owner of The Ginger Man, this time wants to move into a 6,000-square-foot...

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Tempo thermometer kinda cool, and that’s just how it leaves us

Tempo Bluetooth Smart Thermometer ($47, Bluemaestro.com) The latest edition to the "smart home" movement comes to us from U.K. startup Blue Maestro. This app-enabled temperature sensor can alert your smartphone when the temperature of a room is outside...

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Israeli company to unveil laser defense

JERUSALEM — A state-owned Israeli arms company says it will unveil a new laser-defense system next month that will be capable of shooting down short-range rockets and mortar fire. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. says the "Iron Beam" system will...

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Boeing, Etihad to develop aviation biofuels

Aircraft maker Boeing Co., Etihad Airways, the oil company Total and others say they will work together on a program to develop an aviation biofuel industry in the United Arab Emirates. Boeing says in a news release Sunday that the program will involve...

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New mayor embraces digital technology

For the first time ever, there is a computer on the desk of Boston's mayor, just one of several signs that a new digital era has arrived at City Hall. Mayor Martin J. Walsh has not one, but two iPhones — an iPhone 5 as his personal phone, and a shiny...

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Casino applicants wary about trade secrets

Lawyers for the state Gaming Commission are poring over a slew of casino application filings marked "confidential" to judge the merits of developers' claims that they include critical trade secrets — but City Hall suspects they may be overreaching. ...

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AP: Borgata ends fake chip-tainted NJ poker match

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Saying they have confirmed that one or more people used "a significant number of counterfeit chips" at an Atlantic City poker tournament, state casino regulators on Saturday canceled the tainted match and ordered all prize money...

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De Blasio expands NYC paid sick leave law

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio touted an expansion of the city's paid sick leave law Friday, the first legislative accomplishment of his administration and a muscular display of the new, left-leaning government running the nation's largest...

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Tech industry: Obama's NSA reforms 'insufficient'

SAN FRANCISCO — Technology companies and industry groups took President Barack Obama's speech on U.S. surveillance as a step in the right direction, but chided him for not embracing more dramatic reforms to protect people's privacy and the economic interests...

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Chestnut Hill attracts hip Back Bay shops

Newbury Street has long been the marquee address for posh brands to make their Boston debut. But lately a stretch of Boylston Street in Chestnut Hill is giving the Back Bay a run for its money with a slew of chic retailers opening new, bigger spaces....

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Boston company Global Rescue guarding U.S. skiers at Sochi

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is relying on a Boston company to get its team members out of a tight spot in the event of a terrorist attack or other crisis at next month's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. "When something does happen, it's...

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