China's inflation stays at 2.3 percent in July

BEIJING — China's consumer price index rose 2.3 percent in July from a year earlier, well below the ruling Communist Party's 3.5 percent target for the year. The latest inflation rate was unchanged from June, according to data released Saturday by the...

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Boston trackers chart outbreak

HealthMap.org, a high-tech infectious disease tracking system run by Boston epidemiologists, has emerged as a critical tool in the battle against Ebola in West Africa — tracking its rapid and unusual spread ahead of official reports by monitoring thousands...

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Ex-Microsoft manager: 2 years for insider trading

SEATTLE — A former senior Microsoft manager who pleaded guilty to feeding inside information to a stock trader was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for insider trading. The U.S. attorney's office says the two men made $415,000 from three trades....

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Nevada complaint seeks to require condoms in porn

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Judge grants preliminary injunction to Lionsgate over 'Expendables 3' piracy

Lionsgate was granted a preliminary injunction on Friday in its attempt to limit the scope of piracy of "The Expendables 3" after a leaked high-quality copy of the film showed up on file-sharing sites. U.S. District Judge Margaret Morrow earlier this...

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Market Basket cuts hours of hundreds of part-timers

Hundreds of part-time Market Basket employees will be without a job come Monday as store managers scramble to keep up with the demands of the embattled grocery chain's leadership, and while the company promises there will be no layoffs, those on the...

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Logan employees hold rally for higher wages, union

Mobilizing to form a union in a quest for "livable wages," service workers at Logan International Airport rallied yesterday, flanked by Democratic pols, including gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Martha Coakley and state Treasurer Steve Grossman....

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Live large in Danvers 
brick estate

A million dollars buys a lot less house these days, and it's become the going rate for two-bedroom condos in Boston's most desirable neighborhoods. But with this brick estate at 9 Kenmore Drive in Danvers, you get a lot of house for $1.15 million —...

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GM issues third recall on SUVs that can catch fire

General Motors' troubles with safety recalls have surfaced in another case, this time with the company recalling a group of SUVs for a third time to fix power window switches that can catch fire. The problem, revealed in documents posted by federal...

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West buy big suburban mansion

We know we're a bit behind the 8-ball on this but a complicated computer snafu tied our digital hands for the last nearly 24 hours. However, in the interest of keeping up the celebrity real estate Joneses and just in case any of the children somehow...

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Market Basket workers keep faith, but feel $$ pinch

After their third consecutive day of booing potential applicants away from Market Basket job fairs, protesters claim they are winning — but acknowledged the prolonged dispute is putting pressure on their families. "If they end up hiring all of the two...

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Checking out the new Foursquare

On the verge of obsolescence, the formerly popular social check-in app Foursquare reinvented itself yesterday as a local search and review expert that has all the makings of a Yelp-killer. From the moment you open the app and see the sleek, intuitive...

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Mixed report on effect of Obamacare medtech tax on Massachusetts jobs

Many of the biggest medical device companies continue to grow despite an Obamacare medical device tax, according to a new report, but industry leaders in the Bay State say small and medium companies are in a holding pattern. A report by EP Vantage found...

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The Ticker

Pfizer pays $35M to settle marketing case Pfizer will pay $35 million to resolve allegations by 42 states that its subsidiary, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, illegally marketed an organ transplant drug for unapproved uses. Massachusetts will get $726,000 under...

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Obama indicates opposition to Internet 'fast lanes'

When President Obama spoke at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum on Tuesday, he was asked about his position on net neutrality, the rules of the road for the Internet that are pending before the FCC. At the center of the debate is whether the FCC will pass...

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Samsung, Apple agree to drop lawsuits outside US

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung and Apple Inc. have agreed to end all patent lawsuits between each other outside the U.S. in a step back from three years of legal hostilities between the world's two largest smartphone makers. However, Samsung Electronics...

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German factory orders decrease in June

BERLIN — German factory orders were down in June compared to the previous month due to a decrease of large orders. The Federal Statistics Office said Wednesday that industrial orders were 3.2 percent lower than in May, when they also fell by 1.6 percent....

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Apple expected to announce iPhone 6 on Sept. 9

There's finally a date for the iPhone 6 announcement: Sept. 9. According to influential tech blog Re/Code, Apple will formally unveil its latest smartphone next month. The device is expected to feature a 4.7-inch screen, larger than any iPhone before...

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Cars.com sale shows success, struggle for news companies

WASHINGTON — The Gannett Co.'s announcement Tuesday that it was buying out its four media partners in Cars.com to the tune of $1.8 billion is both a success story for the struggling newspaper sector and a sign of the challenges ahead. The largest U.S....

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GM reveals pricing on Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon pickups

General Motors set a wide range of prices for its 2015 mid-size trucks — with starting prices as low as $20,995 — as the auto industry's pickup tug-of-war intensifies. GM said the base model of the four-cylinder extended-cab Chevrolet Colorado pickup...

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States increasingly raising transportation taxes

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — States are taking it upon themselves to raise revenues for roads and mass transit as federal lawmakers remain stymied on long-term highway funding. An Associated Press review found that one-fourth of the states have enacted transportation...

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LG headphones get job done, but at hefty cost

LG Heart Rate Monitor Earphones (Best Buy, $179.99) LG has started an entirely new product category by deciding to stick heart rate sensors into something you're already likely wearing while you're working out. These double-duty headphones are Bluetooth-enabled...

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NIH's Fauci says vaccine for Ebola not far away

WASHINGTON — The nation's top infectious disease official says there's hope that a vaccine against Ebola will be available as early as next July. Dr. Anthony Fauci (FOW'-chee) of the National Institutes of Health says such a preventive vaccine has been...

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Wal-Mart's website to personalize shopping

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart, in its latest bid to compete with nemesis Amazon.com, is rebuilding its website to further personalize the online shopping experience of each customer. Wal-Mart is rolling out a feature that will enable its website to show shoppers...

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Stocks recover some ground but questions remain

LONDON — Global stock markets recovered some recent lost ground Monday in the wake of last week's U.S. jobs data. However, questions over whether the recent sell-off in markets, which saw the Dow Jones industrial average in the U.S. slip into negative...

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Cool idea for saving produce

A MassChallenge finalist is developing mobile refrigeration units that run on sun and water and are capable of saving the nearly one-half of developing-world produce that spoils before it ever reaches the consumer. Evaptainers was the brainchild of...

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5 things to know about Ebola outbreak in W. Africa

Three West Africa nations are struggling to control an outbreak of Ebola. The virus was first discovered nearly four decades ago in Congo in a village near the Ebola River. Since then there have been sporadic outbreaks. Five things to know about Ebola...

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US doctor with Ebola in Atlanta for treatment

ATLANTA — The first Ebola victim to be brought to the United States from Africa was safely escorted into a specialized isolation unit Saturday at one of the nation's best hospitals, where doctors said they are confident the deadly virus won't escape....

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Explorer’s odd symptoms point to torque converter

My 2000 Ford Explorer 4-liter Control-Trac 4WD has 120,000 miles on it. At 84,000 miles the O/D (overdrive) light began flashing randomly. The shop identified fault code P0741, indicating a potential issue with the transmission. I chose to keep driving...

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Massachusetts big on farm-fresh goods

Massachusetts has the sixth-largest number of farmers markets in the nation, as farmers turn to new venues to supplement their incomes and consumers seek out ways to buy fresh, local food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's newly updated...

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