MCCA plays up $1.1M temporary Lawn on D

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority spent $1.1 million to build a lush open space in the Seaport District to host concerts, artwork and lawn games, but it will be usable for no more than two years before the acres of newly laid sod and rows...

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Mercedes S550 worth its high price

When the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 4matic sedan was delivered for testing, my first thought was, why would anyone spend $128,000 on a car? After a few days behind the wheel, I now wish I had $128,000 to buy this car. Opulence, elegance, style, superb...

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B.R.A. vows no more secrets

The BRA's acting director hopes a new policy requiring the agency to hold public meetings and a 10-day open comment session before giving away any city-owned land will help restore some of the credibility it lost in the backlash over last fall's secret...

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Boston online retailer Wayfair files for public offering

Boston-based online home goods retailer Wayfair filed paperwork for its initial public offering yesterday, a long-awaited move for a company that has seen more than $1 billion in sales during the past 12 months. According to the paperwork filed with...

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Shoppers gear up to sales tax holiday weekend

BOSTON — Massachusetts shoppers hitting the stores this weekend will be able to enjoy a discount as part of the state's sales tax free holiday. On Saturday and Sunday items at stores costing $2,500 or less will be exempt from the 6.25 percent sales...

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David Gregory wasn't the real problem with NBC's 'Meet the Press'

To the surprise of no one, Chuck Todd was tapped Thursday to replace David Gregory in the anchor chair at NBC's struggling "Meet the Press." Rumors of his demise had been rampant for so long that his removal was a foregone conclusion. Even Gregory's...

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Experts: GE Healthcare move will be healthy for Mass.

GE Healthcare's decision to move potentially hundreds of jobs to Massachusetts — and the already-existing cluster of major life sciences companies — could help reduce health care costs and create greater access to cutting-edge medical technology in the...

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400,000 must reapply for health coverage

BOSTON — The state is launching a major effort to reach out to almost 400,000 Massachusetts residents who must reapply for health insurance because they were enrolled in temporary plans after the state's health care marketplace website crashed last year....

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Chuck Todd taking over NBC's 'Meet the Press'

NEW YORK — Embattled "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory is leaving NBC News and Chuck Todd will replace him on the venerable Sunday morning public affairs program, NBC said Thursday. Todd begins his new role on Sept. 7. He remains as NBC News'...

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Natalie Morales, Al Roker on the modern morning show: 'We have become very interactive'

For many people, "Today" wouldn't be "Today" without Natalie Morales and Al Roker. The show's news anchor and meteorologist have been with the program since 2006 and 1996, respectively. These days, when the show comes on the air, the camera is on four...

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Massachusetts unemployment rate creeps up

BOSTON — The Massachusetts unemployment rate crept up to 5.6 percent last month even though the state added almost 14,000 new jobs. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday that with July's job additions, the state...

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Reported deaths, injuries jump at major Mass. hospitals

The number of "serious reportable events," such as deaths or injuries, at Massachusetts acute-care hospitals more than doubled in the last three years, according to data collected by the state Department of Public Health. The total number of events...

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Biotech center developer asks BRA for 70-year lease

An empty Marine Industrial Park parcel, the site of Cirque du Soleil's big top tents this summer, could be one step closer to being developed as a possible biotech center if the long-stalled project gets the BRA board's approval tonight. The Kavanagh...

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Raytheon pays feds for ineligible meal expenses

BOSTON — Raytheon has agreed to pay $350,000 to the federal government for charging the Department of Defense for ineligible meal expenses. Carmen Ortiz, the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, said in a statement Wednesday that the Waltham-based defense...

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Massachusetts hospitals report more medical errors

BOSTON — The number of medical errors reported by Massachusetts acute-care hospitals has jumped 70 percent since the state both expanded the scope of incidents hospitals are required to report and adopted a computerized system to more easily notify health...

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Macy's 2Q profit falls short; sales outlook cut

NEW YORK — Macy's Inc. on Wednesday reported a 4 percent profit increase in its fiscal second quarter as business rebounded from slow sales earlier in the year. But the department store chain cut its full-year outlook for a key sales measure, saying...

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Insurer WellPoint plans name change to Anthem

INDIANAPOLIS — WellPoint, one of the biggest players on the health care overhaul's new insurance exchanges, wants to switch its corporate name back to the Anthem brand its customers know by the end of this year. The nation's second-largest health insurer...

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Amazon debuts mobile payment app and card reader

NEW YORK — Amazon is taking direct aim at mobile payment systems such as Square by introducing the Amazon Local Register, a credit-card processing device and mobile app designed to help small business owners accept payments through their smartphones...

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US businesses boosted stockpiles 0.4 pct. in June

WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses added to their stockpiles at a slightly slower pace in June compared with May, possibly reflecting weaker sales in the past two months. Business stockpiles increased 0.4 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis after...

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Ex-MIT professor agrees to plead guilty to fraud

BOSTON — A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and his son who ran hedge funds have agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud charges that federal prosecutors say cost their investors $140 million. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday...

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Developer set to launch $210M Seaport cargo project

Groundbreaking on the $210 million Boston Cargo Terminal project in the Seaport will take place in a matter of weeks, a project official told the Herald yesterday. The nearly 30-acre property is expected to include three commercial warehouse buildings,...

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DEA improperly paid $854,460 for passenger lists

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak employee hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades to obtain confidential information it could have gotten for free, according to internal investigators at the railroad. According...

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Asbestos pushed in Asia as product for the poor

VAISHALI, India — The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, saves lives and brings roofs, walls and pipes to some of the world's poorest people. ...

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US job openings in June hit 13-year-plus high

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers in June advertised the most monthly job openings in more than 13 years. Employers posted 4.67 million jobs in June, up 2.1 percent from May's total of 4.58 million, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The number of advertised...

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Atlantic City's Revel Casino to close in September

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City's newest casino is shutting its doors just over two years after opening amid high hopes of turning around the crumbling seaside resort's gambling market. Revel Casino Hotel will shut down next month after failing...

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Amazon Studios to bow 5 pilots in third pilot wave

Amazon.com will debut five pilots as part of its third pilot season on Aug. 28 in the U.S. and the U.K., including comedies from Steven Soderbergh and Whit Stillman. The five pilots to be available later this month are: half-hour comedies "The Cosmopolitans,"...

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Why BuzzFeed is launching its own Hollywood studio

Are you ready for "Listicle: The Movie"? BuzzFeed, the Internet-media company best known for its shareable list-based articles, is expanding across multiple vectors -- including changing the name of its digital-video division into the grandiose-sounding...

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Ga. plant manager says mold, mildew at processor

ALBANY, Ga. — A former plant manager says he saw mildew, mold and dirty equipment at a Georgia peanut processor linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak. Samuel Lightsey testified Monday about photographs depicting plant conditions during the trial of...

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Al-Jazeera America logs first anniversary

NEW YORK — Al-Jazeera America marks its first anniversary on the air next week, and if you haven't watched much, you're not alone. The news network has recorded some startlingly low ratings and recently shown signs of retrenchment with layoffs and by...

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NBCSN adds 'Men In Blazers' to draw interest to soccer

NBCSN said it had lured Embassy Row President Michael Davies and writer Roger Bennett to its fold to produce soccer program "Men In Blazers" for TV and digital outlets in an attempt to burnish the network's investment in English Premier League soccer....

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Judge denies GM motion to dismiss ignition suit

NEW YORK — A Georgia judge has denied a motion by General Motors to dismiss a wrongful death case against the automaker and set a trial date for April 2016. The family of Brooke Melton, a 29-year-old nurse who died in a 2010 car crash near Atlanta,...

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Is it necessary for owner to baby his 2004 Corvette?

I own a 2004 Corvette coupe purchased new in 2003. It has only 6,000 miles on it and is driven once a month in spring, summer and fall. I have a battery tender and had the battery replaced in 2010 for safety. I originally had yearly services, have had...

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Boston ‘permits’ hacks

Boston kicked off its first "hackathon" yesterday, turning to the local tech community to come up with ways to improve the city's outdated permitting system. "Today is the first step in creating a user-friendly, fully online, permitting process," Mayor...

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Market Basket: Arthur S. blasts Arthur T.

In a blistering statement late last night, Market Basket shareholders aligned with majority owner Arthur S. Demoulas said they had repeatedly offered to sell the embattled grocery chain to Arthur T. Demoulas and accused the ousted CEO of acting in bad...

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