New Hub report denies a ‘brain drain’ exodus

A new BRA report debunks what Hub officials have long bemoaned as Boston's "brain drain" — the mass exodus of the young and college educated who flee the area soon after graduation and take their talents to high tech jobs in other cities. The report,...

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WHO: Number of Ebola-linked cases passes 10,000

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola, according to figures released Saturday by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread. Of those cases, 4,922 people have died. The Ebola epidemic in West...

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Land Rover made to go off-road

The Land Rover LR4 HSE is the luxury SUV for those who actually go off-road. More than just a boxier, gussied-up Jeep, the LR4 is equally at home on any surface. This upscale vehicle does it in style, with a straight-grained walnut-trimmed dashboard...

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SpaceX founder envisions building city on Mars

The serial entrepreneur behind Tesla Motors and the California-based SpaceX believes there are "plenty" of people who would consider a one-way trip to Mars. Sounding like a cross between Captain Kirk and L. Ron Hubbard, Elon Musk said SpaceX's long-term...

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Voters weigh expansion of bottle deposit law

BOSTON — Both sides in the debate over Question 2 on the Nov. 4 ballot say much has changed in the more than three decades since Massachusetts first passed a bottled deposit law. Proponents of the measure that would expand the scope of the law say a...

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The Ticker

N.H. co. settles with Apple A New Hampshire company that was manufacturing synthetic sapphire glass has reached a settlement with Apple, but at the expense of layoffs at its facilities in Salem and New Hampshire. GT Advanced Technologies said in a...

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Lumiere shines light on high-end Medford site

A large site across from the Mystic River Reservation in Medford is being turned into the area's latest luxury apartment development with views across the river to the Boston skyline. The 164-unit Lumiere is about a mile from the Wellington Orange Line...

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Pipeline ‘consumer’ advocates are gas industry insiders

A new group that claims to advocate for consumers by pushing for natural gas pipeline construction as a way to cut rising electricity costs is made up of industry insiders. Anthony Buxton, general counsel and spokesman for the Coalition to Lower Energy...

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Amazon’s new Kindles a perfect read

The new Kindle Voyage is the perfect binge-reader. It proves that the iPad isn't for bookworms anymore, because even the most old-school lover of dead trees should take a look at the Voyage, which takes all the best aspects of Amazon's previous e-readers...

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Dunkin' Donuts counting fewer beans

Weak consumer spending and increased competition for their breakfast business yesterday prompted the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts to warn that it might miss sales forecasts. It will be a "challenge" for Canton-based Dunkin' Brands to achieve the...

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US consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in September

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices edged up slightly in September, with the overall increase held back by a third straight monthly decline in gasoline prices. The tiny gain was the latest evidence that inflation remains benign. Consumer prices rose 0.1...

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Passenger jets push Boeing's profit up 18 percent

NEW YORK — Robust demand for commercial jets and an increased pace of production helped Boeing earn $1.36 billion in the third quarter, up 18 percent from the same period last year. On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had a profit...

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Total acts swiftly to replace CEO killed in crash

PARIS — French oil giant Total SA has named Patrick Pouyanne as chief executive to replace Christophe de Margerie, who was killed earlier this week in a plane crash in Moscow. Barely 36 hours after de Margerie's death, Total's board chose Pouyanne,...

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Government ups air bag warning to 7.8M vehicles

DETROIT — The U.S. government is adding more than 3 million vehicles to a rare warning about faulty air bags that have the potential to kill or injure drivers or passengers in a crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday...

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Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent

WASHINGTON — Millions of older Americans who rely on federal benefits will get a 1.7 percent increase in their monthly payments next year, the government announced Wednesday. It's the third year in a row the increase will be less than 2 percent. The...

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America says no to cappuccino potato chips

NEW YORK — America has rejected the idea of cappuccino-flavored Lay's potato chips. Frito-Lay says Wasabi Ginger won its contest that gives people a chance to create a new flavor, beating out the coffee-flavored chips and the two other finalists — Mango...

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CVS develops tobacco-free prescription network

First, CVS Health pulled tobacco from its store shelves. Now, it plans to make some customers think twice about filling prescriptions at other stores that still sell smokes. The nation's second-largest drugstore chain is developing a new tobacco-free...

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Apple beats Q3 earnings estimates, as Wall Street eyes huge iPhone sales pipeline

Apple handily beat analyst expectations for its September quarter, as the tech giant reported sales of 39.3 million iPhones -- and Wall Street anticipating an even bigger surge for the smartphone business during the 2014 holiday shopping season. The...

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Customer decline hits McDonald's sales, profit

NEW YORK — McDonald's says its profit and sales declined as the world's biggest hamburger chain saw customer traffic fall around the world. The company said sales fell 3.3 percent globally and in the U.S. during the third quarter. In the region encompassing...

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WHO: Ebola vaccine trials in W. Africa in January

GENEVA — The hunt for an Ebola vaccine will produce data soon about whether two experimental vaccines are safe and could lead to larger medical trials in West Africa by January, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday. Dr Marie Paule Kieny,...

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IBM to pay $1.5B to shed its costly chip division

NEW YORK — IBM will pay $1.5 billion to Globalfoundries in order to shed its costly chip division. IBM Director of Research John E. Kelly III said in an interview Monday that handing over control of the semiconductor operations will allow it to grow...

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Sears plans to raise more cash via rights offering

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears is looking to raise more cash, announcing that it is planning a rights offering that may raise up to $625 million. The company, which runs Kmart and its namesake stores, also said Monday that it struck a leasing deal with...

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Survey: Pay raises rarer despite strong US hiring

WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses were much less likely to boost pay in the third quarter than in previous months, even as hiring remained healthy, a sign that wage gains may remain weak in the coming months. A quarterly survey by the National Association...

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European markets fail to pick up Asia's baton

Global stock markets remained volatile Monday as European indexes failed to pick up Asia's baton and posted more big falls. Wall Street was also poised for further selling at the open following an end-of-week rally. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, the FTSE...

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Electrolux buoyed by US growth

STOCKHOLM — Growth in the U.S. and efficiency gains in Europe helped Swedish home-appliance maker Electrolux post a 42 percent jump in third-quarter profits. The company said Monday that it made a net profit in the July to September period of 933 million...

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Dunkin’ to go mobile

Dunkin' Donuts customers will be able to skip the lines when the Canton coffee-and-doughnut chain starts piloting mobile ordering by year's end, in advance of a planned U.S. rollout next year. "We are planning to test mobile ordering in the fourth quarter,...

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Ebola monitoring inconsistent as virus spread

DALLAS — The top administrator in Dallas County rushed to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital this week responding to urgent news: One of its nurses had caught Ebola from a patient. He quickly asked for the hospital's watch list to find out who else might...

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Startup’s software helps protect workers from emails sent by imposters

Boston University, Target and the New York Times in the past year all have been victims of targeted "phishing" attacks, in which hackers posing as employees' contacts have gotten them to open emails and unwittingly share their credentials or infect their...

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Bake sales boost breast cancer fight

There's nothing like a dose of nostalgia to get co-workers to donate to a worthy cause, especially when there's food involved. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Boston-based nonprofit Bakes for Breast Cancer revisited the days of selling...

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Guidelines suggest when tires should be repaired

I have a car that I drive only a couple of thousand miles a year. It had a slow leak in a tire more than 10 years old. I took it to a tire dealer who said that because of its age, he couldn't touch it. He told me that in Minnesota it's a $10,000 fine...

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