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Walsh names entirely new licensing board

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh yesterday replaced all three members of the city's Licensing Board, which regulates liquor licenses, restaurants, bars and hotels.

The three-member board now comprises Hyde Park attorney Christine A. Pulgini, a partner with the Law Offices of Joseph J. Pulgini P.C; Lisa Maki, a city of Boston lawyer since 2010; and Keeana Serene Saxon, deputy general counsel to the state's Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development since 2012. They started their six-year terms Monday.

State legislation passed this year moved responsibility for Licensing Board appointments from the governor to the mayor for the first time since 1906.

State's export growth seen lagging

Economists say Massachusetts has been lagging behind the nation as a whole in one key area of international trade.

MassBenchmarks, a journal of the state's economy, said in a report that Massachusetts ranked 49th out of the 50 states in export growth between 2009 and 2013. While U.S. exports have increased 50 percent since the Great Recession, exports from the Bay State have been, in the words of the economists, "fairly anemic," rising by just 14 percent.

Lower income tax for Mass. taxpayers

Massachusetts taxpayers will start paying a lower state income tax rate beginning in January.

Revenue Commissioner Amy Pitter confirmed that all the requirements needed to automatically lower the personal income tax rate from 5.2 percent to 5.15 percent beginning Jan. 1 have been met.

As a result, revenue collections for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends June 30, will drop by about $70 million, contributing to an estimated $329 million budget gap.

Today

 Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims

 Selected chain retailers release November sales comparisons.

 European Central Bank's governing council meets to set monetary policy for the eurozone.

TOMORROW

 Labor Department releases employment data for November.

 Commerce Department releases international trade data and factory orders for October.

THE SHUFFLE

Codeship, a continuous delivery platform for software developers, announced the appointment of Jim Schley to vice president of engineering. Schley brings more than 15 years of successful product delivery experience to lead Codeship's expanding engineering team, with eight engineers across its Cambridge and Vienna offices.

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