Patriots fan’s paradise

The owner of this new Brookline home will be neighbors with Patriots owner Robert Kraft and quarterback Tom Brady. The 6,000-square-foot shingle-style home at 324 Heath St. occupies nearly an acre in the wealthy Chestnut Hill enclave of south Brookline,...

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Feds eye food defense vs. terrorism

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday proposed a rule that would require the largest food businesses to take steps to prevent its facilities from becoming the target of terrorists trying to contaminate the food supply. The proposed rule would apply...

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Ariad’s stock soars after drug approved by FDA

Ariad Pharmaceuticals' stock rose 16 percent yesterday after the company announced that the Food and Drug Administration had approved revised prescribing information and other steps the FDA required to allow Ariad to resume marketing and distribution...

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Boston OKs new farming rules

Boston officials are hoping to open up new opportunities for urban farmers by debuting city land-use regulations that make clear businesses growing fresh produce for inner city consumers are not only accepted, but welcomed. Outgoing Mayor Thomas M....

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Obama names China envoy, economic ties in mind

WASHINGTON — The nomination of veteran Sen. Max Baucus as U.S. ambassador to China reflects the importance to Washington of advancing the economic relationship with the Asian power despite recent strains on security issues. The Montana Democrat lacks...

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Lost piece of Chinatown to rise again

In the 1950s, Paul Lee's family was forced to leave a stretch of Hudson Street that was demolished to build the Southeast Expressway. Lee, now board chairman of the Asian Community Development Corp., recalled that the block "was full of Chinese families...

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Robert DeLeo: We’re not changing Mass. gaming law for Wynn

House Speaker Robert DeLeo yesterday said he doesn't think Massachusetts' gaming law should be modified to suit casino operators, as Las Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn suggested this week. "When we had written the casino law ... we wanted to make sure...

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Anti-Koch activists post T bus-stop ads

Environmental activists are launching a new wave of protests against conservative billionaire and WGBH board bigwig David Koch, sponsoring ads at MBTA bus stops with his image and the station's logo calling for his ouster. "We've discovered that as...

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AG targets chain after data breach

Hackers targeting Target Corp. hit the bull's eye, but the nation's second largest discounter said it has resolved a security breach that gave cyber-criminals access to the credit and debit card information of some 40 million customers during the busiest...

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Walgreen fiscal 1Q profit jumps 68 percent

Walgreen's fiscal first quarter earnings soared 68 percent, helped in part by investments that the nation's largest drugstore chain has made in other companies. The Deerfield Ill., company said Friday that it booked a total of $376 million in income...

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Target: 40M card accounts may be breached

Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high gear. The chain said that accounts of customers who made purchases by swiping...

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Daimler, Aston Martin in engine development deal

BERLIN — Daimler AG and British sports car maker Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd have signed a deal that will see the two companies develop engines together and the German company get a stake in Aston Martin. The companies said Thursday that Aston Martin and...

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Facebook to offer 70 million shares

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook plans to offer 70 million shares of its Class A stock in a sale that includes more than 41 million shares from chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who also will buy Class B shares that carry more voting weight. The secondary...

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Weekly US jobless claims hit 9-month high of 379K

WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 379,000, the highest since March. The increase may reflect volatility around the Thanksgiving holidays. The Labor Department said Thursday...

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Mass. jobless rate dips, but moves higher than US

BOSTON — For the first in more than six years, the monthly unemployment rate in Massachusetts is higher than the U.S. rate. The state Office of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday that the state's jobless rate dropped in November to 7.1 percent...

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Higher blood pressure threshold OK in older adults

CHICAGO — Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively, which could mean taking fewer pills to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from an expert panel. But not all experts are on board with the...

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JPMorgan Chase sues FDIC for more than $1B

JPMorgan is suing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to recover more than $1 billion tied to its purchase of Washington Mutual when that bank failed in 2008. In a federal court complaint, the New York bank said that the FDIC failed to honor obligations...

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Delta: No voice calls on our planes

MINNEAPOLIS — Delta Air Lines says it won't allow passengers to make voice calls from its planes. CEO Richard Anderson says the airline's frequent fliers believe that voice calls in the cabin would disrupt the travel experience. Delta says a majority...

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UK unemployment rate prompts rate rise talk

LONDON — Britain's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest rate in about four years, official figures showed Wednesday, in a development that's reinforced expectations that the Bank of England will start raising interest rates sooner than previously...

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Stocks rise ahead of final Fed statement of 2013

NEW YORK — Stocks were modestly higher in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as the Federal Reserve ends its last two-day policy meeting of 2013. Homebuilder stocks rose sharply after the government reported that construction of new homes surged...

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US homebuilder confidence surges in December

U.S. homebuilders' confidence bounced back strongly this month, suggesting many will ramp up construction and hiring in coming months. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index climbed to 58. That's up from 54 in...

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US consumer prices flat as gas costs keep falling

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices stayed flat in November, held down by falling gas prices. Inflation remains low across the broader economy, giving the Federal Reserve latitude to continue its extraordinary stimulus program. The consumer price index...

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Jury to weigh ex-BP engineer's case for 2nd day

NEW ORLEANS — A jury will return to a New Orleans courthouse for a second day of deliberations in the trial of a former BP engineer charged with trying to obstruct a federal probe of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jurors deliberated...

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NGOs: libel must not be criminalized in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania — Press freedom groups from around the world have urged Romanian leaders not to reinstate a law that makes libel and insult criminal offenses. The appeal Tuesday to Prime Minister Victor Ponta and the speakers of both chambers of...

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GSK to scrap individual sales targets

LONDON — British drug company GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday it is to scrap individual sales targets, just months after being embroiled in a bribery scandal allegedly conducted by some of its employees in China. The pharmaceutical group also said it would...

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US factory output rises solid 0.6 pct. in November

WASHINGTON — U.S. factories increased output in November for the fourth straight month, led by a surge in auto production. The gains show manufacturing is strengthening and could help boost economic growth at the end of the year. Factory production...

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Carrefour to buy malls next to its hypermarkets

PARIS — French big box retailer Carrefour plans to buy dozens of shopping malls next to its hypermarket stores. The retailer said Monday that it and eight investors would buy 127 malls in France, Italy and Spain from Paris-based Klepierre for 2 billion...

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US stocks sharply higher

Stocks rose sharply on Monday, powered by two big corporate deals and news that suggests the economy is getting stronger. The gains follow a down week. Stocks have turned volatile ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting that begins on Tuesday, as investors...

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Trial winds down for former BP engineer

NEW ORLEANS — A federal trial is drawing to a close for a former BP drilling engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jurors are scheduled to hear closing arguments...

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Court won't hear appeal over news release

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a CEO convicted because a news release misstated the results of a drug's effectiveness. The high court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Dr. W. Scott Harkonen, the chief executive of the...

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Fuel assistance drying up

Community activists are urging the federal government to increase fuel assistance funding, saying 50,000 households across the Bay State who depend on the aid to heat their homes may be left out in the cold by Christmas. "We have thousands of households...

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Reading the tech tea leaves

Predictions are a tricky business, but I did tell you last year that 2013 would be the year that Best Buy started to go bye-bye, that wearable devices like the Jawbone Up would be huge and that Apple's stock surge would start to collapse. So I'm reading...

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How the AP-GfK poll was conducted

The Associated Press-GfK poll on the health care overhaul was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Dec. 5-9. It is based on online interviews of 1,367 adults who are members of GfK's nationally representative KnowledgePanel. ...

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An unsettling time for real estate owners and investors

WASHINGTON — For one of the least productive congressional sessions in modern history, the final word about tax reform last week was entirely in character: Nothing's happening. But is that good news or bad news for homeowners, buyers and small-scale...

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AP-GfK poll: Health law seen as eroding coverage

WASHINGTON — Americans who already have health insurance are blaming President Barack Obama's health care overhaul for their rising premiums and deductibles, and overall 3 in 4 say the rollout of coverage for the uninsured has gone poorly. An Associated...

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