Oil, natural gas prices confound New England

HARTFORD, Conn. — Pipeline bottlenecks that drove up natural gas home heating prices in New England last winter could cause trouble when the weather again turns cold, but oil prices that once climbed to record territory continue to fall. That unusual...

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Kmart hit by data breach Retailer Sears Holdings Corp. said the payment data systems at its Kmart stores had been compromised, the latest in a series of computer security breaches to hit U.S. companies in recent months. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed...

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Artists for Humanity to be big draw

A South Boston nonprofit that pays Hub teens to work with professional artists and designers is planning a major expansion of its flagship facility that's a model for economical green building. The Artists for Humanity EpiCenter would nearly quadruple...

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Bowman: Microsoft CEO’s comments on awaiting raises thoughtless

Some men just don't get it. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, is one of them. More than 8,000 people from all over the world traveled to Phoenix this week to attend a conference to celebrate women in technology and to hear Nadella speak on the topic,...

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Box Office Mojo site disappears into IMDB

BoxOfficeMojo.com has vanished with the site redirecting to Amazon.com's IMDb. The Box Office Mojo site was acquired by Amazon in late 2008. Reps for Amazon were not immediately available for comment. The Box Office Mojo site was widely used by the...

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Activist shareholder demands EMC act to boost stock price

An activist shareholder has made public its calls for data storage giant EMC Corp. to spin off its VMware virtualization software unit or pursue merger opportunities with other companies. New York's Elliott Management Corp., which has a 2.2 percent...

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HubSpot prices shares at $25 for today's IPO Cambridge-based HubSpot, an inbound marketing and sales software company, last night priced its initial public offering at $25 a share, above the expected range of $22 to $24 a share. The 5 million common...

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TD Garden goes gourmet

The TD Garden showed off the first phase of its 
$70 million renovation yesterday — including digital screens that show fans' tweets and fancier food options such as a surf and turf burger — hours before the Bruins took to the ice for their home opener....

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City orders one-day suspension of club’s license

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday slapped a local nightclub with a one-day license suspension for failing to call police about an alleged sexual assault on its dance floor. Mac Dauber, the Royale's security director, told the board Tuesday that the...

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Carl Icahn to Tim Cook: Apple shares are worth double current price

Activist investor Carl Icahn, who owns 53 million shares in Apple, posted a letter to CEO Tim Cook Thursday urging the company to use its cash hoard to increase share repurchases and saying the company's stock is currently trading at half its value according...

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Monsanto posts larger-than-expected 4Q loss

ST. LOUIS — Agriculture business giant Monsanto Co. reported a wider-than-expected loss Wednesday for its fourth quarter on higher expenses, including a one-time legal settlement. Nonetheless, the company said it expects "strong double-digit to mid-teens...

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Russia approves sanctions compensation

MOSCOW — Russia's parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill granting compensation to those affected by Western sanctions and allowing the government to seize the assets in Russia of countries that have imposed the penalties. In an unusually...

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Do-it-yourself flu vaccine? Study shows it works

Do-it-yourself flu vaccine? It could happen. Military folks who squirted vaccine up their noses were as well-protected as others who got it from health workers, a study found. There's no reason civilians couldn't do the same, especially for children...

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UK cleared to heavily subsidize $39B nuclear plant

BRUSSELS — The European Union has approved Britain's bid to heavily subsidize a new nuclear power plant, overriding opposition from environmentalists and questions over the project's 24.5 billion pound ($39 billion) price tag. The EU's executive Commission...

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Fox Networks Group streamlines global business affairs for Fox Sports

Fox Networks Group is expanding the portfolio of Claudia Teran, promoting the veteran business affairs exec to general counsel of Fox Sports. The move expands Teran's turf to include all global business and legal affairs for Fox Sports, giving her oversight...

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Robots to learn from nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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On the witness list: Paulson, Geithner, Bernanke

WASHINGTON — It could be an awkward reunion. Three top former government leaders who devised the 2008 financial bailouts — Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke — are set to testify this week in a lawsuit over the government's rescue of the...

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Navy: Self-guided unmanned patrol boats make debut

NORFOLK, Va. — Self-guided unmanned patrol boats that can leave warships they're protecting and swarm and attack potential threats on the water could join the Navy's fleet within a year, defense officials say, adding the new technology could one day...

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Robots to learn from nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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California drought worries pool industry

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The drought in California has made waves in the state's swimming pool industry. More than three dozen water districts have placed some kind of restrictions on swimming pool water and the industry worries that future restrictions...

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