March figures hint at larger economic slowdown

Employers added fewer jobs in March than expected as the labor market began to fall in line with other signs that the economy is lagging, said analysts who predict slower hiring will continue in the coming months. "Disappointing is the key word for...

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Westport farm restricted from selling animals

A Westport dairy farm has agreed to stop selling animals for human consumption after federal regulators said they found illegal drug residues in cattle. During an inspection last June, the Food and Drug Administration documented multiple violations...

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Brooks rocks lobster shoe for marathon

Brooks Running Co. has launched a limited edition Boston-themed version of its Launch 2 sneaker, just in time for the Boston Marathon. The Lobster Launch 2 has images of the crustacean, a blue ocean midsole, rope laces and wood lace aglets that represent...

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Benz with 449 hp is a head-turner

Here's what a friend of mine had to say about the 2015 Mercedes-Benz S550 4­Matic Coupe: "It looks like it's going 100 mph sitting still!" This handsome and fast coupe's interior is elegantly trimmed in "Designo" Napa leather with piano black lacquer...

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Restored church worthy of worship

A growing number of shuttered churches in the Boston area have been converted to condominiums, but few have been to such beautiful effect as the former Mount Vernon Church in the Back Bay. Built around 1891 by C. Howard Walker, the church at the corner...

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Marty Walsh, Stephen Lynch want feds to nix local pipeline OK

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and elected officials representing West Roxbury are asking federal regulators to reconsider their approval of a natural gas pipeline proposed near an active quarry, saying it's a potential public safety nightmare and they...

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B.R.A. joins digital world

The Boston Redevelopment Authority has converted its 108 property leases into digital files and is preparing to audit if it has received all of the money it was owed after a scathing report last year faulted the agency for losing track of delinquent...

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Wage hike move sparks protest at McDonald’s

Boston-area fast-food workers and their supporters demonstrated outside a McDonald's yesterday, a day after the company announced it was giving workers at restaurants it owns a pay raise — a move protesters said was a publicity stunt that would only...

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Plans filed for 69-room hotel in West Roxbury Plans have been filed with the city for a 69-room hotel — the King David Hotel — in West Roxbury. Builder Nissim Trabelsi is proposing a four-story limestone and brick hotel with a restaurant and bar, ballroom,...

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Helping new grads calculate rent

With cap and gown season approaching for local colleges, a new interactive mapping tool reveals the best places for newly 
minted graduates to live based on how much of their salary would go toward rent. "College graduates today face the challenge of...

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Test drives city to expand ParkBoston

The city is expanding its ParkBoston app to all 8,000-plus parking meters, letting drivers pay remotely with their cellphones, after a successful pilot of the program in the Back Bay. "Thousands of Bostonians have already embraced this new and convenient...

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Putnam tees up PGA players for campaign

Putnam Investments has added to its athlete marketing roster with the signings of two more PGA Tour players. The Boston investment management company has new sponsorship deals with Hopkinton native Jon Curran and Brendan Steele, who'll be part of its...

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Southie industrial site slated for housing, retail

A six-block mini-community with hundreds of housing units, a grocery store and a public green is under design for a swath of unused industrial land in South Boston. Boston developer Core Investments Inc. and real estate investment firm Ad Meliora LLC's...

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Clouds on horizon for solar projects

Municipal and large commercial solar projects in Massachusetts are being stymied by caps on net metering, which gives a credit for any unused energy they provide to the electrical grid, and incentive to install new panel arrays, advocates said yesterday....

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Owner of Mystic Pizza pleads guilty to tax charges

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The owner of the Mystic Pizza restaurant made famous in a 1988 movie has pleaded guilty to federal tax charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 48-year-old John Zelepos of North Stonington faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading...

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Dot proposal could aid ill with housing needs A 39-unit apartment building that would allow people with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases to live independently is being proposed in Dorchester. The Boston Home Inc., which operates a...

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App troubleshoots car issues, delivers quotes

It strikes fear in the hearts of drivers — the ominous "check engine" light. But a Cambridge-based startup is aiming to take the worry out of car ownership, launching a new service that can alert drivers when there's a problem with their vehicle, remotely...

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Committee to tackle wage equity

A new advisory committee tackling wage equality in Massachusetts can expect to encounter two types of CEOs: those whose hearts are in the right place, but have to be shown how to implement it, and those who must be convinced it's of value to their companies...

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Discount Chromebooks spur laptop war

The release of Google's cheapest Chromebook laptops yet — two versions priced at $149 each — is good news for students, and the cost will likely go even lower in the company's ongoing price war with Microsoft, analysts said. "It really is excellent...

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Domestic workers enjoy tougher protections as law kicks in

BOSTON — Domestic workers in Massachusetts can begin enjoying tougher labor protections under a new law set that takes effect Wednesday. The law requires people who hire nannies, caregivers and other domestic workers in Massachusetts to adhere to established...

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Business Protocol: Executive assistant to CEO? Commitment, confidence key

If you've been an executive assistant for 20 years and developed experience enough to be a top manager, how do you break through and move up? Can it be done? Yes, indeed. I have groomed several executive assistants for executive director positions....

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Jay Z launches Tidal streaming-music service at star-studded event

Music impresario Jay Z has launched Tidal -- positioned as an ad-free, high-quality streaming-music subscription service priced starting at $10 per month -- with the participation of numerous big-name artists including Alicia Keys, Beyonce (who is married...

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BU business school gets $50M gift from graduate Boston University received $50 million, its largest gift ever, for its management school from retailing executive Allen Questrom and his wife, Kelli. The renamed Questrom School of Business will use the...

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Harman buying Bang & Olufsen Automotive audio business

NEW YORK — The audio and electronic systems company Harman International Industries Inc. will buy Bang & Olufsen Automotive for about $157.3 million. Bang & Olufsen makes sound systems, which are available in high-end luxury cars including Audi,...

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US home prices rise modestly, weigh on affordability

WASHINGTON — U.S. home price increases continued to rise at a steady pace in January, as the housing market deals with affordability problems and few properties listed for sale. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 4.6...

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US consumer spending edges up 0.1 percent in February

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers spent just slightly more in February even though their income rose by a healthy amount. But economists hope bigger paychecks will give spending a bigger boost in the coming months. Consumer spending edged up a tiny 0.1 percent...

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PlayStation gets Spotify, replacing Sony's own music service

NEW YORK — Spotify is coming to the PlayStation, replacing Sony's own Music Unlimited service, as the company continues to expand the game console into an entertainment hub beyond video games. Spotify hits the PlayStation 3 and 4 on Monday, with a new...

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Lincoln Continental, the car of presidents, is returning

DEARBORN, Mich. — Elvis Presley had one; so did Clark Gable. It was even the sedan of presidents. Then the name vanished amid an invasion of newer luxury cars from Europe and Asia. Now, the Lincoln Continental is back. Thirteen years after the last...

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Cook calls 'religious objection' laws dangerous

NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook said that so-called "religious objection" legislation being introduced in a number of states is dangerous and bad for business. The bills, like the one enacted last week in Indiana, create a legal framework for individuals,...

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JetBlue computer outage causes delays for passengers

NEW YORK — A computer outage that caused delays for thousands of JetBlue Airways passengers early Monday morning has been resolved, the company said. JetBlue Airways said it had fixed a systemwide computer problem by 6:15 a.m. Eastern that has caused...

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Mad*Pow forum mixes health care, design, tech

As co-founder and chief experience officer at Mad*Pow, a Portsmouth, N.H.-based company that has offices in Boston, Amy Cueva focuses on "human-centered" design that "involves people — the ones who'll be affected by the solutions we create — in the creative...

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Bird flu found in a top Minnesota turkey producing county

MINNEAPOLIS — An outbreak of a deadly bird flu strain spread to one of the top poultry producing counties of the nation's top turkey producing state of Minnesota, government officials confirmed on Saturday, raising fears that the that the highly contagious...

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Fatal bird flu outbreak widens in Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS — An outbreak of a bird flu strain that is deadly to poultry deepened yesterday when state and federal officials confirmed a third Minnesota turkey farm has been infected, this time in one...

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AG developing online claims system for consumers

The state Attorney General's office is working on an online system for people to file claims when its Consumer Protection Division obtains judgments or settlements calling for restitution to consumers. The idea of an online claims system was broached...

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Revamped prayer book offers 
modern take for Reform Jews

Hundreds of thousands of Reform Jews will celebrate the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur this fall with a revamped prayer book that puts a new emphasis on inclusiveness toward gays, lesbians and atheists, according to a Boston rabbi who was...

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