Modern upgrade, authentic charm

This turn-of-the-century townhouse on Beacon Hill with five levels of living space was updated in a way that preserved its authentic charm while adding contemporary features. The 10-room single-family brick rowhouse at 22 Joy St. — built in 1890 — was...

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Judge orders limited use of Falmouth wind turbines

BARNSTABLE, Mass. — The town of Falmouth was ordered by a judge on Friday to limit the hours two town-owned wind turbines operate after neighbors blamed them for a series of health problems. Effective immediately, the energy-generating turbines at the...

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Guilty plea in bird deaths at wind farms a first

WASHINGTON — A major U.S. power company has pleaded guilty to killing eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and agreed to pay $1 million as part of the first enforcement of environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities....

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Obama seeks to shift focus to economic progress

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy is improving even if its progress has been overshadowed by political gridlock and the messy rollout of his health care law. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama is seeking to shift...

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China company sorry for oil blasts that kill 47

BEIJING — China's largest oil refiner apologized Saturday for explosions from a ruptured oil pipeline that killed 47 people and injured 136 others in one of the country's worst industrial accidents of the year. Sinopec's expansion of petrochemical projects...

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Mass. jobless rate at 7.2 percent in October

BOSTON — The Massachusetts unemployment rate stood at 7.2 percent in October, up slightly from the previous month, while the state added more than 9,000 jobs, according to the state Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The agency on Friday released...

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Luxury rental tower springs up

If you've driven down Essex Street in Boston heading toward South Station, you've undoubtedly noticed the construction project that's been in development at 120 Kingston St. The project, which broke ground in September 2012, is within months of completion....

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Land deal may not hurt Wynn bid

The head of the state Gaming Commission yesterday said a federal investigation into whether a businessman with a criminal record is a secret part-owner of the Everett site of Steve Wynn's proposed $1.3 billion casino may not affect Wynn's chances of...

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Jury awards $24.4M to parents of Tufts patient

The parents of a boy whose intestines were damaged by an infection that went undetected in Tufts Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit for nearly a day have been awarded a 
$24.4 million judgment by a jury, but will receive only $5.3 million...

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Apple takes $290M bite of Samsung

In an industry where ripping off another company's ideas is the norm, Samsung took copycatting too far with its mobile devices, according to a federal jury that ruled yesterday that the Korean manufacturer must pay Apple $290 million on top of $600 million...

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US unemployment benefit applications drop to 323K

WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits fell 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 323,000 last week, the lowest since late September and further evidence of an improving job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that...

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Harvard sues over bell crack

Harvard University has resorted to legal action to settle a dispute over a cracked church bell whose morning tolls were the bane of many a bleary-eyed freshman. The Ivy League school is suing Chime Master Systems, accusing the Ohio company of installing...

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Two biotechs get $100M-plus injections

Two Cambridge biotech companies added more than $100 million to their coffers yesterday, but for every different reasons. Moderna, a biotech company that developed a way to force specific cells to manufacture drugs on demand, announced it raised $110...

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Fed tapering concern weighs on markets

LONDON — Renewed jitters over when the U.S. Federal Reserve will start reducing its monetary stimulus kept markets in check Thursday. The catalyst to the caution was the publication Wednesday of the minutes to the last Fed policy meeting. The minutes...

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Pinterest launches location-based pins

NEW YORK — Pinterest, the online pinboard for sharing everything from wedding china ideas to travel inspiration, is now letting users add location to their pins. San Francisco-based Pinterest says that its "Place Pins," were designed to "combine all...

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German official cautions over more ECB stimulus

FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany's top central banker said it's too soon for the European Central Bank to talk about a further shot of stimulus for the struggling eurozone economy. Jens Weidmann said the ECB only this month loosened monetary policy with...

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US consumer prices drop 0.1 pct. on cheaper gas

WASHINGTON — Cheaper gasoline lowered overall U.S. consumer prices slightly in October. But outside the steep drop at the pump, inflation stayed mild. The consumer price index fell 0.1 percent last month, down from a 0.2 percent increase in September,...

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Frederick Sanger, double Nobel winner, dies at 95

LONDON — British biochemist Frederick Sanger, who twice won the Nobel Prize in chemistry and was a pioneer of genome sequencing, has died at the age of 95. His death was confirmed Wednesday by the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology — which Sanger helped...

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Markets remain lackluster in run up to Fed minutes

AMSTERDAM — Markets got a modest lift Wednesday after tame U.S. inflation figures eased investor fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will feel pressure to reduce its monetary stimulus soon. U.S. consumer prices fell slightly in October, due to lower...

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US creates economic advisory team for Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. is sending a team of federal officials to help Puerto Rico manage an economic crisis as the island braces for its eighth year of recession. A U.S. administration official said Wednesday that the team will be composed...

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Oxford Dictionaries: 'Selfie' is word of the year

LONDON — Michelle Obama shared one with her "first dog" Bo, Hillary Clinton tweeted one with her daughter Chelsea. Now "selfie" — the smartphone self-portrait — has been declared word of the year for 2013, according to Britain's Oxford University Press....

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Bangladesh police clash with garment workers

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police said they fired rubber bullets and tear gas Tuesday to disperse thousands of garment workers who rampaged through industrial towns in Bangladesh to protest the killing of two factory workers during a demonstration for higher...

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OECD cuts global growth forecasts

PARIS — Global growth is expected to lag this year and next, but for the first time in a long time, it's not all Europe's fault. That's the view of a leading international economic body, which said Tuesday that a slowdown in emerging economies and the...

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United aims for $2B in cost savings

United Airlines says it will cut costs, overhaul its website, and shift flying from Asia to Europe as it aims to keep shareholders happy. United disclosed the initiatives Tuesday as part of a presentation to investors. The airline, run by United Continental...

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EU parliament finally approves budget cut

BRUSSELS — The European Union's parliament on Tuesday finally approved the first spending cut in the history of the 28-nation group. Over two years of haggling ended when the EU legislature approved the budget, which will fall to 960 billion euros ($1.3...

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Dow hits 16,000 for first time, S&P 500 hits 1,800

NEW YORK  — Stock market indexes are hitting new milestones on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 16,000 points for the first time early Monday and the Standard & Poor's 500 index crossed 1,800 points. Stocks have been rising...

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Colorado mine accident kills 2, injures 20

OURAY, Colo. — Authorities are trying to determine exactly what sort of accident occurred in a mine in southwestern Colorado that left two miners dead of carbon monoxide poisoning and injured 20 others. The Ouray County sheriff's office was called to...

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Photographer shot at French newspaper office

PARIS — A gunman opened fire in the lobby of a French newspaper office in Paris on Monday, gravely wounding a photographer's assistant before fleeing. Soon afterward, shots were fired at the headquarters of a major French bank west of Paris, and a gunman...

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Activists: Kuwait, UAE sentences for tweets

KUWAIT CITY — Twitter users in two Gulf Arab countries received prison terms Monday, rights activist said, in the latest sign of widening crackdowns in the region on social media for posts considered offensive or against state security. The court decisions...

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Washington Post Co. will become Graham Holdings

NEW YORK — The Washington Post Co. is changing its name to Graham Holdings to reflect the sale of its namesake newspaper. The switch will become official on Nov. 29, and its New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol will change to "GHC" from "WPO." Washington...

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Geithner to join private equity firm

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who played a central role in the government's response to the financial crisis of 2008-2009, is joining private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC. The firm announced Saturday that Geithner will serve as...

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Obama struggles to save his cherished health law

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's health care law risks coming unglued because of his administration's bungles and his own inflated promises. To avoid that fate, Obama needs breakthroughs on three fronts: the cancellations mess, technology troubles...

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Trans fat ban irks eateries

Many local restaurants and bakeries could be forced to revise their menus and change their food — thanks to the Food and Drug Administration's decision to ban artery-clogging trans fats — not long after they scrambled to meet different trans fat guidelines....

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Young entrepreneurs get real

A group of entrepreneurs, armed with business plans, prototypes and mock-ups, pitched their start-ups to a panel of potential investors, and then got back to work on college applications. High school seniors taking an entrepreneurship class at Beaver...

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Pontiac problem is a thing called piston slap

I have a 2003 Pontiac Vibe with 135,000 miles on it. This past winter it would knock for a minute or so on a cold start. A GM tech told me that it has a cold piston slap and it will go for a long time. I could faintly hear it this summer. Could it be...

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