Retail group says holiday sales 'back on track'

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of fraud for giving...

AMSTERDAM — Investors in Royal KPN NV, the Netherlands' largest telecommunications company, saw the value of their...

GENEVA — Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, posted Tuesday a 1.9 billion francs ($2.1 billion) loss for the...

TOKYO — An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug...

The future of Downtown Crossing's pushcarts is under review, and longtime vendor Craig Caplan hopes his...

Software giant Oracle's announcement yesterday that it will acquire Bedford's Acme Packet for 
$2.1 billion...

Shares of the company formerly known as Research in Motion rose
15 percent yesterday on its first day of trading since...

Massachusetts drivers faced a startling spike in gas prices this week, but energy experts say the 14-cent jump will...

Nypro sells for $665MBay State plastics manufacturer Nypro will be acquired by Jabil Circuit of Florida for $665...

BEIJING — Asian markets fell Tuesday following declines on Wall Street and in Europe amid concern about the political...

TORONTO — Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-...

LAS VEGAS — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control...

DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into...

NEW YORK — The euro fell against the dollar Monday as a political scandal in Spain worried investors.Spain's Prime...

TRENTON, N.J. — Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. declined Monday after two analysts downgraded their ratings,...

NEW YORK — If you missed any of the Super Bowl ads your friends and co-workers are talking about, Hulu, CBS and...

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Mall 'secret Santas' handing out goodies

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of fraud for giving...

AMSTERDAM — Investors in Royal KPN NV, the Netherlands' largest telecommunications company, saw the value of their...

GENEVA — Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, posted Tuesday a 1.9 billion francs ($2.1 billion) loss for the...

TOKYO — An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug...

The future of Downtown Crossing's pushcarts is under review, and longtime vendor Craig Caplan hopes his...

Software giant Oracle's announcement yesterday that it will acquire Bedford's Acme Packet for 
$2.1 billion...

Shares of the company formerly known as Research in Motion rose
15 percent yesterday on its first day of trading since...

Massachusetts drivers faced a startling spike in gas prices this week, but energy experts say the 14-cent jump will...

Nypro sells for $665MBay State plastics manufacturer Nypro will be acquired by Jabil Circuit of Florida for $665...

BEIJING — Asian markets fell Tuesday following declines on Wall Street and in Europe amid concern about the political...

TORONTO — Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-...

LAS VEGAS — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control...

DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into...

NEW YORK — The euro fell against the dollar Monday as a political scandal in Spain worried investors.Spain's Prime...

TRENTON, N.J. — Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. declined Monday after two analysts downgraded their ratings,...

NEW YORK — If you missed any of the Super Bowl ads your friends and co-workers are talking about, Hulu, CBS and...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of fraud for giving...

AMSTERDAM — Investors in Royal KPN NV, the Netherlands' largest telecommunications company, saw the value of their...

GENEVA — Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, posted Tuesday a 1.9 billion francs ($2.1 billion) loss for the...

TOKYO — An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug...

The future of Downtown Crossing's pushcarts is under review, and longtime vendor Craig Caplan hopes his...

Software giant Oracle's announcement yesterday that it will acquire Bedford's Acme Packet for 
$2.1 billion...

Shares of the company formerly known as Research in Motion rose
15 percent yesterday on its first day of trading since...

Massachusetts drivers faced a startling spike in gas prices this week, but energy experts say the 14-cent jump will...

Nypro sells for $665MBay State plastics manufacturer Nypro will be acquired by Jabil Circuit of Florida for $665...

BEIJING — Asian markets fell Tuesday following declines on Wall Street and in Europe amid concern about the political...

TORONTO — Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-...

LAS VEGAS — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control...

DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into...

NEW YORK — The euro fell against the dollar Monday as a political scandal in Spain worried investors.Spain's Prime...

TRENTON, N.J. — Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. declined Monday after two analysts downgraded their ratings,...

NEW YORK — If you missed any of the Super Bowl ads your friends and co-workers are talking about, Hulu, CBS and...

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Faithful flock to @pontifex

NEW YORK — Shares of Dell climbed in premarket trading Tuesday on reports the personal computer maker is nearing a...

TORONTO — The chief executive of Research In Motion said he's disappointed the new BlackBerry won't be released in the...

Readyforce, a San Francisco-based career network for college students, said it has acquired Umeqo, a Massachusetts...

With Sony expected to unveil the PlayStation 4 at a mystery event later this month and a new Xbox on the horizon, 2013...

"There are crazy cat people in the world. We are crazy dog people."So begins Elliot Pirate Epstein's tale of how he and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter confirmed Friday that it had become the latest victim in a number of high-profile cyber-...

TechStars has joined forces with another startup accelerator to set up shop in Chicago.As Tech Stars has expanded into...

Sycamore Networks Solutions has launched as a privately held company following Marlin Equity Partners'...

WASHINGTON — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S....

TOKYO — Japanese electronics makers Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. both stuck to full year forecasts for massive...

Sales of tablet computers soared during the holiday shopping season, as Apple's iPad continued to dominate the...

CryoXtract Instruments, a Woburn company that develops automation solutions for preserving and optimizing frozen...

TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will kick off a critical, long-overdue makeover when chief...

Bedford-based 1366 Technologies celebrated the opening today of its new, 25 megawatt wafer manufacturing facility with...

Southboro-based uTest said today it has launched a mobile app called Applause, which analyzes more than 50 million...

A Cambridge startup that focuses on detecting the bugs in apps announced this week it is being acquired by Twitter....

DataGravity, a Nashua, N.H.-based startup founded by former EqualLogic executives, said today it has raised $30 million...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of fraud for giving...

AMSTERDAM — Investors in Royal KPN NV, the Netherlands' largest telecommunications company, saw the value of their...

GENEVA — Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, posted Tuesday a 1.9 billion francs ($2.1 billion) loss for the...

TOKYO — An investigation into a lithium ion battery that overheated on a Boeing 787 flight in Japan last month found...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug...

The future of Downtown Crossing's pushcarts is under review, and longtime vendor Craig Caplan hopes his...

Software giant Oracle's announcement yesterday that it will acquire Bedford's Acme Packet for 
$2.1 billion...

Shares of the company formerly known as Research in Motion rose
15 percent yesterday on its first day of trading since...

Massachusetts drivers faced a startling spike in gas prices this week, but energy experts say the 14-cent jump will...

Nypro sells for $665MBay State plastics manufacturer Nypro will be acquired by Jabil Circuit of Florida for $665...

BEIJING — Asian markets fell Tuesday following declines on Wall Street and in Europe amid concern about the political...

TORONTO — Canada started phasing out its penny, the nuisance coins that clutter dressers and cost more than their one-...

LAS VEGAS — Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control...

DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into...

NEW YORK — The euro fell against the dollar Monday as a political scandal in Spain worried investors.Spain's Prime...

TRENTON, N.J. — Shares of drugmaker Merck & Co. declined Monday after two analysts downgraded their ratings,...

NEW YORK — If you missed any of the Super Bowl ads your friends and co-workers are talking about, Hulu, CBS and...

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Retail group says holiday sales 'back on track'

LONDON — Markets were subdued Monday following a stellar finish to last week, when many stock indexes around the world...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has...

Fort Point's burgeoning restaurant scene is slated to welcome yet another newcomer by this summer.Former Foundation...

Strong start on Wall St.The stock market may have packed much of its fun for the year into one exhilarating January.The...

WASHINGTON — A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and...

YORK, Maine — Lobstermen are worried that last summer's low prices could return this year.The Portsmouth...

WASHINGTON — At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type...

NEW YORK — Sick of pizza after the Super Bowl? Pizza Hut is hoping to tempt you with tiny new pies.The chain is...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sometime last summer, Andrew Beck says he stopped looking for work, stymied as he got nowhere...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that's intended to make it easier to...

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell sold a 25 percent stake to investors Sunday, raising close to $1.3...

ROME — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will...

A coalition crafted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will prod Congress this week to amend visa and green card...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out...

WASHINGTON — Port operators along the East Coast have reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union for...

Former multimillionaire convenience store magnate Christy Mihos' company has filed for bankruptcy, four months...

Wall Street rallied behind strong January jobs figures yesterday as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P...

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Mall 'secret Santas' handing out goodies

LONDON — Markets were subdued Monday following a stellar finish to last week, when many stock indexes around the world...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has...

Fort Point's burgeoning restaurant scene is slated to welcome yet another newcomer by this summer.Former Foundation...

Strong start on Wall St.The stock market may have packed much of its fun for the year into one exhilarating January.The...

WASHINGTON — A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and...

YORK, Maine — Lobstermen are worried that last summer's low prices could return this year.The Portsmouth...

WASHINGTON — At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type...

NEW YORK — Sick of pizza after the Super Bowl? Pizza Hut is hoping to tempt you with tiny new pies.The chain is...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sometime last summer, Andrew Beck says he stopped looking for work, stymied as he got nowhere...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that's intended to make it easier to...

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell sold a 25 percent stake to investors Sunday, raising close to $1.3...

ROME — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will...

A coalition crafted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will prod Congress this week to amend visa and green card...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out...

WASHINGTON — Port operators along the East Coast have reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union for...

Former multimillionaire convenience store magnate Christy Mihos' company has filed for bankruptcy, four months...

Wall Street rallied behind strong January jobs figures yesterday as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P...

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Fed urges growth as 'fiscal cliff' looms

LONDON — Markets were subdued Monday following a stellar finish to last week, when many stock indexes around the world...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has...

Fort Point's burgeoning restaurant scene is slated to welcome yet another newcomer by this summer.Former Foundation...

Strong start on Wall St.The stock market may have packed much of its fun for the year into one exhilarating January.The...

WASHINGTON — A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and...

YORK, Maine — Lobstermen are worried that last summer's low prices could return this year.The Portsmouth...

WASHINGTON — At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type...

NEW YORK — Sick of pizza after the Super Bowl? Pizza Hut is hoping to tempt you with tiny new pies.The chain is...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sometime last summer, Andrew Beck says he stopped looking for work, stymied as he got nowhere...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that's intended to make it easier to...

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell sold a 25 percent stake to investors Sunday, raising close to $1.3...

ROME — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will...

A coalition crafted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will prod Congress this week to amend visa and green card...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out...

WASHINGTON — Port operators along the East Coast have reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union for...

Former multimillionaire convenience store magnate Christy Mihos' company has filed for bankruptcy, four months...

Wall Street rallied behind strong January jobs figures yesterday as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P...

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Faithful flock to @pontifex

With Sony expected to unveil the PlayStation 4 at a mystery event later this month and a new Xbox on the horizon, 2013...

"There are crazy cat people in the world. We are crazy dog people."So begins Elliot Pirate Epstein's tale of how he and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter confirmed Friday that it had become the latest victim in a number of high-profile cyber-...

TechStars has joined forces with another startup accelerator to set up shop in Chicago.As Tech Stars has expanded into...

Sycamore Networks Solutions has launched as a privately held company following Marlin Equity Partners'...

WASHINGTON — High-level talks with the Chinese government to address persistent cyberattacks against U.S....

TOKYO — Japanese electronics makers Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. both stuck to full year forecasts for massive...

Sales of tablet computers soared during the holiday shopping season, as Apple's iPad continued to dominate the...

CryoXtract Instruments, a Woburn company that develops automation solutions for preserving and optimizing frozen...

TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. will kick off a critical, long-overdue makeover when chief...

Bedford-based 1366 Technologies celebrated the opening today of its new, 25 megawatt wafer manufacturing facility with...

Southboro-based uTest said today it has launched a mobile app called Applause, which analyzes more than 50 million...

A Cambridge startup that focuses on detecting the bugs in apps announced this week it is being acquired by Twitter....

DataGravity, a Nashua, N.H.-based startup founded by former EqualLogic executives, said today it has raised $30 million...

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center today announced the first global product launch of a technology funded in part...

Privacy advocates are pushing for a higher bar when it comes to government access to online data, after Google and...

Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, said today it has acquired medical...

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We're... No. 17 on Forbes' 'best states for business' list

LONDON — Markets were subdued Monday following a stellar finish to last week, when many stock indexes around the world...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has...

Fort Point's burgeoning restaurant scene is slated to welcome yet another newcomer by this summer.Former Foundation...

Strong start on Wall St.The stock market may have packed much of its fun for the year into one exhilarating January.The...

WASHINGTON — A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and...

YORK, Maine — Lobstermen are worried that last summer's low prices could return this year.The Portsmouth...

WASHINGTON — At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type...

NEW YORK — Sick of pizza after the Super Bowl? Pizza Hut is hoping to tempt you with tiny new pies.The chain is...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sometime last summer, Andrew Beck says he stopped looking for work, stymied as he got nowhere...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that's intended to make it easier to...

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell sold a 25 percent stake to investors Sunday, raising close to $1.3...

ROME — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will...

A coalition crafted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will prod Congress this week to amend visa and green card...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says 2013 can be a year of solid economic growth, but only if Washington gets out...

WASHINGTON — Port operators along the East Coast have reached a tentative deal on a new contract with the union for...

Former multimillionaire convenience store magnate Christy Mihos' company has filed for bankruptcy, four months...

Wall Street rallied behind strong January jobs figures yesterday as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P...

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