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Kmart hit by data breach Retailer Sears Holdings Corp. said the payment data systems at its Kmart stores had been compromised, the latest in a series of computer security breaches to hit U.S. companies in recent months. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed...

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Designer Regatta unit boasts luxury, views

This designer-created 20th-floor unit at the Regatta Riverview in East Cambridge has great views of the Zakim Bridge, the Charles River, NorthPoint Park, Charlestown and the Boston skyline. The 436-unit two-tower Regatta was built on land across from...

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Bowman: Microsoft CEO’s comments on awaiting raises thoughtless

Some men just don't get it. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, is one of them. More than 8,000 people from all over the world traveled to Phoenix this week to attend a conference to celebrate women in technology and to hear Nadella speak on the topic,...

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State report asks business to close gender wage gap

Gov. Deval Patrick is challenging businesses to close the wage gap and recruit more women to senior positions as a task force yesterday released a report showing women still earn less than men in comparable positions. The "Successful Women, Successful...

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Artists for Humanity to be big draw

A South Boston nonprofit that pays Hub teens to work with professional artists and designers is planning a major expansion of its flagship facility that's a model for economical green building. The Artists for Humanity EpiCenter would nearly quadruple...

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Asian stocks sink after Wall Street plunge

BANGKOK — Asian stocks sank Friday after Wall Street suffered its worst day of the year and weak German trade data fueled worry Europe is sliding into recession. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index plunged 1.3 percent to 15,286.25 points and Hong...

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Boston Public Market gets fresh start

Chefs, fishermen, farmers and local specialty food producers yesterday joined public officials and benefactors to mark the start of construction of the Boston Public Market — the Hub's first indoor public food market since Quincy Market was built in...

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Taxi interests, Uber rep clash at meeting

A group of transportation leaders met for the first time yesterday to start hashing out the differences between ride-sharing services, such as Uber, and taxis, and try to come up with new guidelines, but much of the session was dominated by finger-pointing....

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HubSpot’s shares soar on first trading day

Shares of Cambridge-based software company HubSpot shot up on their first day of trading yesterday, marking the third successful initial public offering for a Boston tech company in the past three weeks. HubSpot shares closed up 20 percent, valuing...

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Dow down 334 points, its worst day of 2014 Just one day after the market had its best day of 2014, it had its worst day of 2014. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 334 points yesterday as a decline in energy stocks and worries about the global...

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HubSpot prices shares at $25 for today's IPO Cambridge-based HubSpot, an inbound marketing and sales software company, last night priced its initial public offering at $25 a share, above the expected range of $22 to $24 a share. The 5 million common...

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Report: Mass. makes 60 percent of N.E. requests for H-1B visas

Although New England accounts for only a small share of the national requests for visas for highly skilled immigrants, it has some of the highest demand for such visas relative to total employment, according to a new report from the Boston Fed's New...

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City orders one-day suspension of club’s license

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday slapped a local nightclub with a one-day license suspension for failing to call police about an alleged sexual assault on its dance floor. Mac Dauber, the Royale's security director, told the board Tuesday that the...

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TD Garden goes gourmet

The TD Garden showed off the first phase of its 
$70 million renovation yesterday — including digital screens that show fans' tweets and fancier food options such as a surf and turf burger — hours before the Bruins took to the ice for their home opener....

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Activist shareholder demands EMC act to boost stock price

An activist shareholder has made public its calls for data storage giant EMC Corp. to spin off its VMware virtualization software unit or pursue merger opportunities with other companies. New York's Elliott Management Corp., which has a 2.2 percent...

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NBC wins second week of season in demos; CBS rolls in total viewers

CBS got the NFL overrun on Sunday, but it wasn't quite enough to enable the net to catch NBC last week, as the Peacock opened the season with a second straight demo victory. With "Sunday Night Football" and "The Voice" accounting for three of the week's...

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Bruins’ practice rink striking glass

The Boston Bruins' new practice facility at New Balance's Boston Landing project complements the high-glass design of the athletic footwear company's adjacent headquarters, according to preliminary renderings filed with the city. The rink's glass facade...

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Monsanto misses 4Q profit forecasts

ST LOUIS — Monsanto Co. (MON) on Wednesday reported a loss of $156 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The St. Louis-based company said it had a loss of 31 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 27 cents per share. The...

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Viacom chief vows to beef up Channel 5, expand U.K. presence with Spike TV launch

LONDON -- Viacom is set to launch Spike TV in the U.K. as part of its strategy to beef up its British presence following the purchase of terrestrial network Channel 5. Spike will arrive in Blighty next spring in what will mark the first rollout of the...

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Company recalls floor mats fitting GM trucks

DETROIT — A company that makes after-market floor mats for General Motors full-size pickup trucks and SUVs is recalling more than 45,000 of them because they can interfere with the gas pedal. Omix (AH-Mix) Ada of Suwannee, Georgia, says the recall covers...

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US health providers expand their Ebola precautions

NEW YORK — Public hospitals in New York City are concerned enough about Ebola that they've secretly been sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how well the triage staffs identify and isolate possible cases. A small hospital...

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SodaStream says it's losing fizz in US

NEW YORK — SodaStream says it isn't winning over enough new customers in the U.S. and reported preliminary sales results that fell short of Wall Street expectations. The company's stock tumbled 17 percent to $22.88 in premarket trading. Over the past...

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Slower growth for US home prices in August

WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices increased in August, yet the pace of these gains continues to slow, helping to improve affordability for would-be buyers. Prices rose 6.4 percent in August compared with a year ago, Real estate data provider CoreLogic said...

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AOL hires Viacom's Dermot McCormack head of video, as Ran Harnevo steps aside

AOL has tapped Viacom exec Dermot McCormack as president of its video division, replacing Ran Harnevo, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Harnevo has been with AOL since its September 2010 acquisition of 5min Media, the web-video...

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Astronauts resume routine spacewalks for NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two astronauts are taking a spacewalk 260 miles up. They're performing NASA's first routine maintenance outside the International Space Station in more than a year. American astronaut Reid Wiseman and German spaceman Alexander...

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Global stocks remain supported by US jobs data

SEOUL, South Korea — Global markets were mostly higher on Monday as investors continued to draw confidence from upbeat U.S. jobs data from last week. KEEPING SCORE: Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.4 percent to 6,555.12 and Germany's DAX advanced 0.9 percent...

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Disney sets $1.25 billion bailout plan for Disneyland Paris

Disney has unveiled a $1.25 billion bailout plan for Disneyland Paris as attendance slumps at the park. Disney confirmed late Sunday that it has set a 1 billion Euro recapitalization plan for the park that has had a rocky performance since it opened...

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Hewlett-Packard splits off PC, printer businesses

NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard is splitting itself into two companies, one focused on its personal computer and printing business and another on technology services, such as data storage, servers and software, as it aims to drive profits higher. Hewlett-Packard,...

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APNewsBreak: Trump name coming off closed casino

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Trump name will be coming off the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City. Ivanka Trump tells The Associated Press that Trump Entertainment Resorts will begin removing letters spelling out the Trump name on the casino's...

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Mipcom: CBS, Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 extend deal

In the run-up to next week's TV content market Mipcom, CBS Studios Intl. and Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 Group have inked a multi-year extension of their content licensing agreement that will bring CBS's programming to ProSiebenSat.1 channels throughout...

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Robots to learn from nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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Anchorage asks court to stop ride-sharing company

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage is taking court action to stop ride-sharing company Uber from operating in the city. The city requested an injunction and a temporary restraining order against Uber Technologies Inc. in civil superior court on Friday, KTUU...

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Artisan’s Asylum seeks to reinvent mission

The "bang, bang, bang!" in the background at Artisan's Asylum sounds startlingly like gunshots, but Ecco Pierce assures that it's only one of her compatriots at work. "Your first impression when you walk in here is overstimulation," says Pierce, a 28-year-old...

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Robots to learn from nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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Navy: Self-guided unmanned patrol boats make debut

NORFOLK, Va. — Self-guided unmanned patrol boats that can leave warships they're protecting and swarm and attack potential threats on the water could join the Navy's fleet within a year, defense officials say, adding the new technology could one day...

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