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Rosengren: No rush for Fed to raise rates Federal Reserve officials shouldn't be in a hurry to unwind monetary stimulus because elevated slack in the U.S. job market is keeping inflation below the Fed's target, said Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren....

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Wynn eyes way in with T land

The MBTA is "aiding and abetting" Wynn Resorts' plans to develop a casino in Everett by offering to sell a combined two-acre block of land that would give the casino giant a new way to access the proposed site, allowing it to skirt using any land in...

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Updates have duplex seeming brand new

This Beacon Hill duplex near the State House is newly redone, thanks to many improvements the current owners have made in the past year. The first-floor and basement Unit 47 at 47 Mount Vernon St. is one of 14 condos in two adjoining brick buildings....

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Job growth hits yearly low

The nation's job growth last month slipped to its lowest level of the year, as fewer people sought work and the food industry took a hit from the Market Basket dispute. Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics...

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Starbucks debuts at Hub Star Markets

Shoppers at two Star Markets in Boston can now turn to Starbucks to fuel their trips through the supermarkets' aisles. The Seattle coffee chain debuted its first locations inside Star Markets yesterday in the Fenway neighborhood and on Morrissey Boulevard...

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Tesla CEO: "Nevada is it;" $1.3B package offered

RENO, Nev. — The Biggest Little City in the World is about to get a new neighbor: the biggest lithium battery factory in the world that Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval asserted will create more than 22,000 new jobs and pump $100 billion into the state's economy...

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Motorola emphasizes design in circular smartwatch

NEW YORK — Motorola rolled out a circular smartwatch Friday, counting on a more traditional design to win over consumers who have so far shunned other computerized wrist devices. Smartwatches so far have had rectangular faces, a shape that has turned...

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Most fines upheld for Irene outages

The state's highest court yesterday reduced fines against two utilities for their handling of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and a subsequent October snowstorm, but upheld the standard state regulators used to assess the companies' response to widespread...

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Rules loosen for casinos

The state Gaming Commission has softened its requirement that the subcontractors that casino vendors hire automatically submit to criminal background checks, a change the commission says will streamline permitting but gaming critics fear will add a layer...

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SiriusXM to broadcast 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

SiriusXM announced Friday that it will start broadcasting syndicated daytime talker "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" beginning Sept. 8 along with the new season. The satellite radio provider will air the audiocast on channel 109 at 10 a.m. weekdays, with...

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Sale of former North Adams hospital closes

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Medical Center has closed on its $4 million purchase of the former North Adams Regional Hospital facility, a step hailed as an important milestone in restoring health care services to residents of northern Berkshire County....

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NFL Now adds 2 shows, expands to Yahoo and more devices for regular-season debut

The National Football League is stocking its NFL Now online network with two new original series and has launched on five additional platforms leading up to the kickoff the 2014-15 regular season as the league hopes to super-serve fans -- and generate...

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Michael Bloomberg to return as head of media company

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is returning to lead Bloomberg LP, the media empire he founded and which he remains its majority shareholder. The company said that Daniel Doctoroff will step aside as president and CEO of the company at the end...

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Fox to stream 101 NFL games online this season, but only to some pay-TV subscribers

Fox Sports will serve up 101 live NFL games during the 2014-15 season on the web, the first time a broadcaster is making regular-season games available streamed over the Internet -- but there are a few catches. Gridiron fans must subscribe to a participating...

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Selfie-centric phone among new Microsoft offerings

BERLIN — Microsoft will seek to draw more people to its Internet-based services with two new mid-range smartphones it unveiled Thursday, including one designed to help people take better selfies. The devices are under the Lumia brand Microsoft bought...

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Ukraine cease-fire news lights up European markets

LONDON — News of an apparent cease-fire agreement in eastern Ukraine lit up European stock markets on Wednesday as investors hoped it would lead to a political situation where the West and Russia might withdraw their economic sanctions. KEEPING SCORE:...

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David Muir's 'journey' begins on 'ABC World News Tonight'

David Muir replaced Diane Sawyer on Labor Day, which, in news circles, qualifies as a soft launch. The question now is how much his network's rechristened "ABC World News Tonight" will tip the balance toward soft news as well. Although Muir received...

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NBC Sports takes stake in fantasy-sports startup FanDuel as part of $70 million round

Fantasy-sports startup FanDuel announced that it has closed $70 million in financing from investors including NBC Sports Ventures. The latest investment round -- which brings the company to $88 million raised to date -- was led by Shamrock Capital Advisors,...

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CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early

As CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation's second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the sale of tobacco nearly a month sooner than planned. CVS Caremark said it will now be known as CVS Health, effective...

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Starbucks sorry for not serving woman with dog

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Starbucks has apologized to a 24-year-old woman who said she wasn't allowed in a Rochester-area store because she had a service dog. The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports  that Amy Kaplan of suburban Brighton said she...

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Bad weather shuts down concerts, delays flights

PHILADELPHIA — Severe thunderstorms across the Northeast on Sunday slowed operations at airports, wreaked havoc at outdoor sporting and musical events in New York and Philadelphia and sent people scurrying from a beach after three men were struck by...

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Massachusetts launches 2-month tax amnesty program

BOSTON — Labor Day marks the launch of a two-month tax amnesty program in Massachusetts. The state Revenue Department says residents who owe taxes face no penalties if they pay during the period that begins Monday and ends Oct. 31 About 300,000 people...

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Device could quickly deliver wide-ranging medical info

A Cambridge company is attempting to create a real-world version of the famous tricorder on "Star Trek" — an instant scanning and analysis device that would be able take crucial vitals, as well as run dozens of medical tests — on one drop of blood, telling...

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Obama promoting economic gains as elections near

WASHINGTON — Boosted by recent economic gains, President Barack Obama is sounding more bullish about the nation's recovery from the Great Recession and the White House is encouraging Democrats to show similar optimism as they head into the November mid-term...

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Brace yourselves: Campaign cash buying tons of ads

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's airwaves are already jammed with political ads, most of them negative, in one of the Senate races nationwide that will decide which party claims the majority. The ads come one after another in an onslaught of spin that galls...

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Keep all four tires the same size or hurt drive train

My co-worker had a flat left front tire on her 2002 Jeep Liberty. She had no spare and the service station didn't have her size. They sold her a bigger tire than the other three. I told her she would have handling issues, mileage would be affected and...

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Few women in construction; recruiting efforts rise

NEW YORK — Janice Moreno graduated from college with a degree in English literature, but never landed a job paying more than $12 an hour. Now, at 36, she's back in the classroom — in safety glasses and a T-shirt — learning how to be a carpenter. "I...

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EU threatens Russia with more sanctions

BRUSSELS — Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia's increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away. Instead, the 28-nation bloc's heads of state and government...

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Device opens DNA testing to masses

When Sebastian Kraves was growing up in Argentina, his grandmother gave him something transformative: "The Voyage of the Beagle," Charles Darwin's account of his voyage to the Galapagos Islands, where he made observations that led to his theory of evolution....

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To Market, to Market

Market Basket's 71 locations will be back to business as usual early this week, area store directors said yesterday, as a steady stream of grateful customers returning to fill their carriages said they were happy to find fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy...

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