Rowhouse renovated with style

This stylish duplex in the South End was completely renovated into a sunny condo in 2010 and the owners have added built-ins and other amenities in the past four years. Unit 2 at 77 Rutland St., one of three condos in the 1900-built rowhouse, occupies...

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MCCA plays up $1.1M temporary Lawn on D

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority spent $1.1 million to build a lush open space in the Seaport District to host concerts, artwork and lawn games, but it will be usable for no more than two years before the acres of newly laid sod and rows...

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B.R.A. vows no more secrets

The BRA's acting director hopes a new policy requiring the agency to hold public meetings and a 10-day open comment session before giving away any city-owned land will help restore some of the credibility it lost in the backlash over last fall's secret...

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Boston online retailer Wayfair files for public offering

Boston-based online home goods retailer Wayfair filed paperwork for its initial public offering yesterday, a long-awaited move for a company that has seen more than $1 billion in sales during the past 12 months. According to the paperwork filed with...

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Mercedes S550 worth its high price

When the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 4matic sedan was delivered for testing, my first thought was, why would anyone spend $128,000 on a car? After a few days behind the wheel, I now wish I had $128,000 to buy this car. Opulence, elegance, style, superb...

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Chuck Todd taking over NBC's 'Meet the Press'

NEW YORK — Embattled "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory is leaving NBC News and Chuck Todd will replace him on the venerable Sunday morning public affairs program, NBC said Thursday. Todd begins his new role on Sept. 7. He remains as NBC News'...

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David Gregory wasn't the real problem with NBC's 'Meet the Press'

To the surprise of no one, Chuck Todd was tapped Thursday to replace David Gregory in the anchor chair at NBC's struggling "Meet the Press." Rumors of his demise had been rampant for so long that his removal was a foregone conclusion. Even Gregory's...

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Connector seeks $80 million more

Massachusetts will seek another $80 million in federal funding for its new state-based Obamacare website, bringing the total cost of the problem-plagued project to a whopping $254 million, officials said yesterday. That includes up to $110 million for...

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Natalie Morales, Al Roker on the modern morning show: 'We have become very interactive'

For many people, "Today" wouldn't be "Today" without Natalie Morales and Al Roker. The show's news anchor and meteorologist have been with the program since 2006 and 1996, respectively. These days, when the show comes on the air, the camera is on four...

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400,000 must reapply for health coverage

BOSTON — The state is launching a major effort to reach out to almost 400,000 Massachusetts residents who must reapply for health insurance because they were enrolled in temporary plans after the state's health care marketplace website crashed last year....

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Raytheon pays feds for ineligible meal expenses

BOSTON — Raytheon has agreed to pay $350,000 to the federal government for charging the Department of Defense for ineligible meal expenses. Carmen Ortiz, the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, said in a statement Wednesday that the Waltham-based defense...

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Biotech center developer asks BRA for 70-year lease

An empty Marine Industrial Park parcel, the site of Cirque du Soleil's big top tents this summer, could be one step closer to being developed as a possible biotech center if the long-stalled project gets the BRA board's approval tonight. The Kavanagh...

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Workers: It’s not up to Deval Patrick

Market Basket workers said they won't take their cues from Gov. Deval Patrick, after the governor said yesterday protesting employees need to return to work to "stabilize" the crippled Tewksbury company. "We don't take direction from the governor,"...

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Reported deaths, injuries jump at major Mass. hospitals

The number of "serious reportable events," such as deaths or injuries, at Massachusetts acute-care hospitals more than doubled in the last three years, according to data collected by the state Department of Public Health. The total number of events...

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Massachusetts hospitals report more medical errors

BOSTON — The number of medical errors reported by Massachusetts acute-care hospitals has jumped 70 percent since the state expanded the type of incidents hospitals are required to report. Hospitals reported 753 serious medical errors and other patient...

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Entrepreneurship the answer for some with autism

NEW YORK — When Matt Cottle asked his boss to let him work in the supermarket's bakery, she told him he'd never do anything more than collect grocery carts. After six years of bagging groceries and pushing carts, Cottle wanted more. He had already learned...

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Amazon debuts mobile payment app and card reader

NEW YORK — Amazon is taking direct aim at mobile payment systems such as Square by introducing the Amazon Local Register, a credit-card processing device and mobile app designed to help small business owners accept payments through their smartphones...

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Ex-MIT professor, son, settle SEC allegations

BOSTON — A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and his son have agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle allegations that they misled investors in their hedge fund companies. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 69-year-old Gabriel Bitran...

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Macy's 2Q profit climbs nearly 4 percent

CINCINNATI — Macy's Inc. (M) on Wednesday reported a 4 percent increase in earnings in its fiscal second quarter as business rebounded from slow sales earlier in the year. But Macy's cut its full-year outlook for a key sales measure, saying it couldn't...

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US retail sales flat in July

WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales were essentially flat in July, providing evidence that consumers have yet to shed their doubts about the economy despite recent job gains. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that seasonally adjusted retail sales were...

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The Ticker

Big-city mayors meet to fight income gap More than 30 big-city U.S. mayors, including Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, gathered yesterday to fight the income gap between the rich and the poor in urban areas. The task force, called Cities of Opportunity...

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Market Basket’s board calls on parties to end impasse

The three self-described "independent" directors of Market Basket's seven-member board yesterday repeated their demand for an end to the "standoff" by store employees supporting ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, while an industry expert says he doubts the...

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Developer set to launch $210M Seaport cargo project

Groundbreaking on the $210 million Boston Cargo Terminal project in the Seaport will take place in a matter of weeks, a project official told the Herald yesterday. The nearly 30-acre property is expected to include three commercial warehouse buildings,...

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DEA improperly paid $854,460 for passenger lists

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak employee hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades to obtain confidential information it could have gotten for free, according to internal investigators at the railroad. According...

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Asbestos pushed in Asia as product for the poor

VAISHALI, India — The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, saves lives and brings roofs, walls and pipes to some of the world's poorest people. ...

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Why BuzzFeed is launching its own Hollywood studio

Are you ready for "Listicle: The Movie"? BuzzFeed, the Internet-media company best known for its shareable list-based articles, is expanding across multiple vectors -- including changing the name of its digital-video division into the grandiose-sounding...

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Medtech industry on life support

More than a year and a half after the implementation of a controversial medical device tax, the industry is still struggling in Massachusetts, experts say. "I can't tell you how many of my former associates are unemployed," said Ronald Adams, who was...

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Boston-based robot is meant to aid families

The world's first social robot for the family, "Jibo," is being made right here in Boston by a leading roboticist who believes that in a few years, the platform could be as ubiquitous as the iPad. "Jibo's role is to be your personal helper," said famed...

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Auction on New England's tallest lighthouse to end

YORK, Maine — The federal government is set to close out an auction on a Maine lighthouse that is the tallest in New England. The Boon Island Light Station, off the coast of York, is up for auction until 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Seven people have bid on...

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TripAdvisor completes $200M purchase of Viator

NEW YORK — Travel website operator TripAdvisor said Monday that it has completed its purchase of Viator, a website that lets consumers review and book trip activities like tours, for $200 million in cash. TripAdvisor agreed to buy Viator on July 24....

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Judge denies GM motion to dismiss ignition suit

NEW YORK — A Georgia judge has denied a motion by General Motors to dismiss a wrongful death case against the automaker and set a trial date for April 2016. The family of Brooke Melton, a 29-year-old nurse who died in a 2010 car crash near Atlanta,...

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Is it necessary for owner to baby his 2004 Corvette?

I own a 2004 Corvette coupe purchased new in 2003. It has only 6,000 miles on it and is driven once a month in spring, summer and fall. I have a battery tender and had the battery replaced in 2010 for safety. I originally had yearly services, have had...

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