Top brokers draw wealthy clients

Selling super high-end properties in Boston, those over $10 million, is a rarefied world dominated by a handful of Hub brokers. Sometimes these brokers represent the sellers, sometimes they bring buyers to the deal. Jonathan Radford of Coldwell Banker...

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Spotify snags Echo Nest

Music streaming company Spotify has bought The Echo Nest, a Somerville company that powers many online streaming radio services. Founded at the MIT Media Lab, The Echo Nest has more than a billion data points about more than 35 million songs, information...

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Staples to clip 225 more stores

Staples Inc. will close up to 225 more stores — 
12 percent of its U.S. and Canadian locations — and cut $500 million in costs in the next two years as the office supplies chain continues to falter with retail consumers faced with a growing list of alternatives....

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US employers add 175K jobs despite harsh weather

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers stepped up hiring in February despite a blast of harsh winter weather, likely renewing hopes that the economy will accelerate this year. The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 175,000 jobs, up from 129,000...

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CEO of bitcoin exchange found dead in Singapore

SINGAPORE — The American CEO of a virtual currency exchange was found dead near her home in Singapore. A police spokesman said Thursday that initial investigations indicated there was no suspicion of "foul play" in the Feb. 26 death of 28-year-old Autumn...

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Former IRS official refuses to testify at hearing

WASHINGTON — Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner is once again refusing to answer questions at a congressional hearing on the targeting of tea party groups. Lerner headed the IRS division that improperly targeted tea party and other...

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US stock futures little changed after jobs survey

NEW YORK — Stocks opened little changed Wednesday after a survey showed that U.S. companies added slightly more jobs in February than in the previous month. The Standard & Poor's 500 surged to an all-time high a day earlier with its biggest gain...

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Target tech chief resigns as it overhauls security

NEW YORK — Target Corp. says Chief Information Officer Beth Jacob is resigning effective Wednesday as the retailer overhauls its information security and compliance division in the wake of a massive data breach. In a statement released to the Associated...

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US stocks are little changed after payroll survey

NEW YORK — Stocks are little changed in early trading, a day after setting a record high, as traders were unimpressed by a slight increase in hiring at private companies last month. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was flat at 1,874 shortly after...

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EU ready to provide Ukraine aid worth $15 billion

BRUSSELS — The European Union is ready to give Ukraine 11 billion euros ($15 billion) in loans and grants over the coming years to help stabilize its economy, the head of the bloc's executive arm said Wednesday. The aid comes on top of $1 billion in...

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Wayfair expands HQ amid rapid growth

Wayfair is growing so fast, the home decor e-commerce company has already outgrown its new Back Bay headquarters before moving in. The company said today it has more than doubled the space it is leasing in The Offices at Copley Place, upping the square...

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Many taxpayers pay more than required

UNDATED — Are you giving the government more money than you owe it? H&R Block senior tax adviser Richard Gartland says his company conducted a survey that found about half of the people who prepare their own taxes had some kind of inaccuracy in...

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Piers Morgan emailed support to Brooks on hacking

LONDON — Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks says she felt "revulsion" when she learned the newspaper had hacked the voicemails of a murdered 13-year-old girl. Brooks said Tuesday that as the storm raged over the revelation she received death...

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Chinese plead for Canada to let them immigrate

BEIJING — Chinese millionaires on Tuesday pleaded for the Canadian government not to throw away the immigration applications of thousands of Chinese nationals as part of its plans to end a backlogged investor program. At a news conference, 10 investor...

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Berlusconi's publishing house launches pope weekly

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has scored plenty of magazine covers but now he's got a magazine all to himself. The Mondadori publishing house, which lists the popular celebrity gossip rag Chi among its titles, said Tuesday it is launching a new magazine...

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Men's Wearhouse, Jos. Bank signal they're talking

NEW YORK — Men's Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. are moving a bit closer to a possible combination, announcing they are exchanging certain confidential information with each other. Men's Wearhouse Inc. said Monday that it's also received a...

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Bad weather bites Olive Garden, Red Lobster

ORLANDO, Fla. — The parent company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster said bad winter weather, along with expenses related to its plan to split off its Red Lobster chain, hurt its third-quarter net income. Darden Restaurants Inc., which is based in Orlando,...

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Ford's US sales down 6 pct in February

DETROIT — Ford's U.S. sales dropped 6 percent in February as winter weather kept many buyers at home. Ford's car sales dropped 14 percent and utility sales were down 4 percent. Pickup truck sales remained a bright spot. Ford's F-Series sales were up...

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GM blames weather as Feb. sales drop 1 percent

DETROIT — General Motors' U.S. sales fell 1 percent last month as winter storms pounded much of the nation. The country's largest automaker conceded that the weather had an impact but said sales started to thaw toward the end of the month. GM says...

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GM, Ford Feb. sales fall as weather pounds nation

DETROIT — General Motors and Ford reported U.S. sales declines last month as frigid temperatures and snowstorms pounded much of the nation. The country's top two automakers both said the month started slowly but sales began to recover in the second...

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MIT’s Sloan conference gets competitive

The word for Day 2 of MIT's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference was competition. For eight years, the conference has united professional sports teams, sports industry organizations and cutting-edge academics, all in the pursuit of appreciating and understanding...

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A strong February wipes out S&P 500's January loss

NEW YORK — After two months of trading, the stock market is back where it started. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 4.3 percent in February, the biggest gain since October 2013, helped by strong corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve that...

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App will put you in your spot

Parking in the Hub is getting easier, thanks to a new crop of apps and services designed to put your car in a spot without the hassle or stress of searching for one. The newest of these apps is SpotHero, which is now live in Boston. Touting itself as...

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Area hospitals get healthier

The sustainability trend is finally coming to the hospital industry in a big way. Dozens of Massachusetts hospitals — including six in just the past month — have signed on to a national initiative to get "healthier" by improving their food options,...

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Volvo needs 20 minutes of highway driving to warm up

I have an issue with my car warming up slowly when the temperature gets down around 0 degrees F. The car is a 2011 S40 Volvo with the T5 engine. The dealer confirmed that the issue I describe is happening but say they checked another 2011 S40 they had...

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