Car Smart: New Kia Soul offers spirited ride, features

The 2014 Kia Soul 2.0 L is a five-seat wagon with an oddball shape and quirky angular front windows. It looks like anything but a luxury automobile. However, it's equipped like a car twice its cost, boasting some features seen only in high-end models....

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California state senator facing additional charge

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal grand jury on Friday charged a California state senator with more felonies in addition to the eight counts he already faced in a sweeping organized crime and public corruption case centered in San Francisco's Chinatown. A new...

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Amazon’s big stock slide shows strategy’s shaky

Time for Amazon to hit the Mayday Button. Investors are beginning to wake up and realize that maybe this whole thing about putting long-term profits over short-term profits isn't as enchanting and magical as CEO Jeff Bezos once made it seem. Amazon's...

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Home Showcase: Cabot mansion unit receives updates

This unit is part of the former mansion of Godfrey Lowell Cabot, founder of the Cabot Corp., that has seen extensive updating over the past several years. Unit 3 at 242 Beacon St. is one of nine units carved out of the grand mansion. And Unit 3's living/dining...

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Is Marty right to bunker down?

A day after the state Gaming Commission suggested Boston was "abandoning" Charlestown, neighborhood residents were split yesterday on whether Mayor Martin J. Walsh did the right thing by breaking off talks with Wynn Resorts about how much money the city...

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Nigeria nabs accused $6 million Facebook fraudster

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian security forces say they have arrested a suspected internet fraudster accused of stealing nearly $6 million from people who thought were paying fees to apply for government jobs. Emmanuel Okeh, a spokesman for the Nigeria Security...

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Family feud sparks revolt at grocery store chain

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — It's been called a David vs. Goliath story, a "Tale of Two Arthurs" and even the "ultimate Greek tragedy," but the characters in this drama are not Biblical or literary figures. They're grocery store owners. A workers' revolt...

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Report: Google seals deal to buy Twitch for $1 billion

Google has finally clinched a deal to buy videogame-broadcasting company Twitch for $1 billion, VentureBeat reported, citing anonymous sources. Variety first reported in May that Google had reached a preliminary pact to acquire Twitch for $1 billion...

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FCC signs off on Sinclair's purchase of Allbritton stations

The FCC gave the greenlight to Sinclair Television Group's $985 million purchase of Allbritton Communications stations, after Sinclair agreed last month to divest one of the seven Allbritton outlets in order to get the deal through federal scrutiny....

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Experts ask judge to block hospital takeover

BOSTON — A petition signed by 21 antitrust experts and health economists asks a Massachusetts judge to block efforts by the state's biggest health care system to absorb three more hospitals. The Partners HealthCare System's planned takeovers of South...

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Ex-Market Basket boss wants to buy company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. — The former chief executive of the Market Basket supermarket chain whose ouster has led to employee protests, customer boycotts and empty shelves wants to buy the entire company. Arthur T. Demoulas said in a statement Wednesday that...

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Imax revenues fall, earnings rise

Imax has emerged unscathed from the recent box office downturn. The big screen company saw revenues dip slightly, but earning rise in the second quarter of 2014. Imax profits rose 12% to $13.3 million, or 19 cents per diluted share, for the three months...

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Don Chiofaro’s Harbor plan met with praise, scorn

Developer Don Chiofaro bowled over some members of a key advisory committee yesterday with newly unveiled renderings of his proposed $1 billion, twin-towered office and hotel-condo complex on the site of his Harbor Garage, but he also attracted stiff...

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FAA lifts ban on US flights to Tel Aviv airport

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its ban Wednesday on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of planes being hit by Hamas rockets. The decision was effective at 11:45 p.m. EDT....

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European carriers suspend more Tel Aviv flights

BERLIN — Air France and Germany's two largest airlines on Wednesday canceled more flights to Tel Aviv because of safety concerns amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Lufthansa and Air Berlin extended their cancelations through Thursday and Air...

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Stocks open mostly lower following mixed earnings

NEW YORK — Stocks are mostly lower in early trading as traders look over a mixed batch of earnings reports. Whirlpool, Ryder systems and Boeing all fell Wednesday morning after reporting their latest quarterly results. Apple was slightly higher after...

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US stocks mixed as earnings reports roll in

NEW YORK — Stock indexes were little changed in early trading Wednesday as mostly positive earnings in the technology sector were outweighed by disappointing news out of aircraft giant Boeing. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 30...

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Md. state senator must drop Hershey-bar-like signs

BALTIMORE — A federal judge says a political candidate whose last name is Hershey must stop using campaign materials that mimic the look of the famous chocolate bar. The judge ruled Thursday that Maryland state Sen. Stephen Hershey Jr. must stop using...

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Al Jazeera: Israeli Foreign Minister says network Is enemy

Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has set his sights on a new enemy: the television network Al Jazeera. As Israel enters its third week of a bloody confrontation with Hamas in Gaza, Lieberman on July 21 called the Qatari network a crucial piece...

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Madeline Amgott dead: Pioneering female TV news producer dies at 92

Madeline Amgott, who was one of the only women to produce TV news programming in the 1950s and '60s, died of lymphoma on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 92. But Amgott's achievements went beyond just successfully penetrating a male-dominated arena. She...

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US home sales increase 2.6 percent in June

WASHINGTON — Sales of previously owned homes rose for a third straight month in June, pushing activity to the highest level in eight months and providing evidence that housing is regaining lost momentum. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday...

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US consumer prices up 0.3 percent in June

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices rose in June at a slightly slower pace than in May with two-thirds of the June advance driven by the largest jump in gasoline prices in a year. Prices rose 0.3 percent in June following a 0.4 percent rise in May, the...

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Drizy to expand to Denver

Boston-based alcohol delivery start-up Drizly will start delivering in the Rocky Mountain Cold, making Denver the latest city in the company's plans for rapid expansion to become the "Amazon for alcohol delivery." In January, Drizly announced a round...

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Coke's sales miss estimates as Diet Coke flags

ATLANTA — Coca-Cola Co. reported quarterly sales that fell short of Wall Street estimates on Tuesday as demand weakened for Diet Coke in North America. Globally, the world's biggest beverage maker, said sales volume rose 3 percent, boosted by gains...

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Federal appeals court deals blow to health law

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court delivered a serious setback to President Barack Obama's health care law Tuesday, potentially derailing billions of dollars in subsidies for many low- and middle-income people who bought policies. In a case before...

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US stock slip to start the week; Six Flags sinks

NEW YORK — The stock market drifted lower to start the week as more companies line up to post their quarterly earnings. Hasbro and Six Flags sank after their results disappointed investors. Concerns over tensions between Russia and the West weighed on...

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US companies report rising sales, employment in 2Q

DETROIT — Rising sales helped boost hiring and wages at U.S. businesses in the second quarter, and companies are optimistic that the trends will continue this fall, according to a new survey by the National Association for Business Economics. Fifty-seven...

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Verizon boosts FiOS uploads to match downloads

NEW YORK — Verizon is boosting the upload speeds of nearly all its FiOS connections to match the download speeds, vastly shortening the time it takes for subscribers to send videos and back up their files online. Starting Monday, all new subscribers...

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ABC's Paula Faris gets weekend anchor job

NEW YORK — Paula Faris is replacing the departing Bianna Golodryga as the news anchor on the weekend edition of "Good Morning America." ABC News said Monday that Faris will start Aug. 8. The "World News Now" anchor joined the network in 2012 from the...

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Obama gives protection to gay, transgender workers

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday gave employment protection to gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, after being convinced by advocates of what he called the "irrefutable rightness of your cause."...

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This catalog gives back

School fundraising drives just got a lot hipper. Close Buy, a Portland, Maine-based catalog, forgoes standard wares such as wrapping paper and popcorn to showcase pencils that turn into potted plants and old fleece jackets repurposed as tablet cases....

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In preliminary count, FairPoint strike authorized

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Unions representing FairPoint Communications workers in northern New England say preliminary vote counts suggest an overwhelming majority of members support authorizing a strike. Negotiations began in April on a contract that expires...

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Electric locks make doors hard to open if power fails

I was shocked to see a news broadcast of a man whose car caught fire and he couldn't get out because the electric door locks were inoperative. He was saved because someone was able to bend the top of the door and break the glass to pull him out. This...

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RJ Reynolds vows to fight $23.6B in damages

MIAMI — The nation's No. 2 cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. executive J. Jeffery Raborn has...

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Anti-Russia sentiment running deep in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Many Malaysians are urging their government and world leaders to take a tough stance against Russia after pro-Russia rebels allegedly shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet, with some calling for economic sanctions and a boycott of...

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