Hopes, fears, doubts surround Cuba's oil future

MIAMI — One of the most prolific oil and gas basins on the planet sits just off Cuba's northwest coast, and the thaw in relations with the United States is giving rise to hopes that Cuba can now get in on the action. It's a prospect welcomed by Cubans...

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Why the Sony hack isn't big news in Japan

Japan's biggest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, featured a story about Sony Corp. on its website Friday. It wasn't about hacking. It was about the company's struggling tablet business. Over at newswire Kyodo News, just after the FBI formally blamed North...

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N. Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Saturday proposed a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of "serious" consequences if Washington rejects a probe that it believes would prove Pyongyang...

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A Facebook TV show? HLN teams with social-media giant on pilot

Facebook is trying its hand at TV, teaming with Time Warner's HLN network to produce a pilot for a series that will use the popular social network to find and tell interesting stories. "We don't and they don't want this to feel like 'The Facebook Show,'"...

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Sony hit with fourth class action lawsuit over hacking attack

The litigation continues: Sony Pictures Entertainment now faces yet another class action lawsuit from ex-employees alleging that the studio failed to take adequate precautions to protect private information. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los...

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Chrysler to recall about 288K Ram pickup trucks

DETROIT — Chrysler is recalling about 288,000 older Ram pickup trucks in North America and elsewhere because the rear axle can seize or the drive shaft can fall off. The recall covers Ram 1500 pickups from the 2005 model year. Chrysler says in documents...

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Harvard prof: Boston.com dis driven by cash-making clicks

The Harvard professor at the center of a $4 Chinese food bill dispute reported in a series of stories posted by the Boston Globe's 
Boston.com said yesterday he believes the extensive coverage was driven by a desire for cash-producing clicks, not balance....

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Decision to reel back movies draws scorn

Hollywood's humiliating surrender to computer hackers was roundly mocked and ridiculed yesterday — as movie theaters were even forced to pull scheduled 10-year anniversary screenings of "Team America," just one day 
after Sony Pictures nixed "The Interview...

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Uber to roll with William Evans

The head of Uber's Boston office will meet with Boston Police Commissioner William Evans next week in the wake of four alleged sexual assaults connected to the global ridesharing giant. On Wednesday, Alejandro Done, an Uber driver, was arraigned on...

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Innovation expansion urged: Four areas envisioned as new Boston ‘districts’

A task force appointed in September by Mayor Martin J. Walsh is eyeing four neighborhoods as potential innovation hubs, Boston's economic development czar said yesterday. Although its final recommendations are not due until Jan. 30, the four areas most...

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Gas pipeline woes halt National Grid hookups on Cape

Residents of eight Cape Cod towns will have to wait years before new natural gas lines can be installed after National Grid instituted a moratorium on new hookups. The company will not install any new gas connections for five to seven years after the...

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Fung Wah gets feds’ conditional approval

Nearly two years after shutting it down, federal regulators have given Boston-­based Fung Wah Bus Transportation conditional approval to resume carrying passengers, but authorities say they'll be watching to see if the company slips back into a pattern...

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Sony has 'no further release plans' for 'The Interview'

Sony Pictures Entertainment has walked out on "The Interview," deciding against releasing the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy in any form -- including VOD or DVD. "Sony Pictures has no further release plans for the film," a spokesman said Wednesday....

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Reports: North Korea ordered the Sony attack

Federal authorities have determined that hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government were behind the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to published reports. "We have found linkage to the North Korean government," a source...

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Seth Rogen surreptitiously picks up Hollywood Hills estate

 So the celebrity real estate scuttlebutt goes, white-hot Hollywoodite Seth Rogen has quietly a gated estate tucked high in to the Nichols Canyon area of the Hollywood Hills for somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 million. BUYER: Seth Rogen LOCATION:...

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Ruble slides to new low, Wall St. looking down

FRANKFURT, Germany — Market participants were transfixed Tuesday by a stunning slide in the Russian ruble that presented President Vladimir Putin with one of the biggest challenges of his 15-year rule. The currency, under pressure from lower oil prices...

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Stiff upper lip: 007 carries on after script leak

LONDON — Filming is underway on James Bond thriller "SPECTRE," despite the leak of a draft script in a huge hack of material from Sony Pictures. Daniel Craig and co-star Rory Kinnear took to a London canal in a speedboat on Tuesday for a waterborne...

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US home construction drops 1.6 percent in November

WASHINGTON — Construction of new homes fell slightly in November, reflecting weakness in construction of single-family homes. Builders started construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.03 million homes and apartments last month, the Commerce...

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Amazon extends Christmas shipping deadlines

NEW YORK — Amazon is courting last-minute holiday shoppers by extending its free-shipping deadline by one day to Dec. 19. Orders over $35 are eligible for free shipping. Last year's deadline was Dec. 18. The e-commerce company says members of its $99...

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Parents flock to eBay for a royal sweater

LONDON — Parents looking to dress their toddlers like Prince George for Christmas may be too late. The royal toddler was seen wearing a blue sweater decorated with soldiers of a Guards regiment in bearskin hats and red tunics in official holiday pictures...

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UN commission asks for Ebola debt forgiveness

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A U.N. commission is asking for more debt cancellations for the three West African nations hardest hit by the Ebola virus. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa said Monday that it is crucial that the current Ebola...

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Boston among 14 cities to get Bloomberg 'innovation team' grants

NEW YORK — Fourteen cities ranging from Long Beach, California, to Jerusalem are getting up to $3 million from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation to create "innovation teams" to jump-start new approaches to poverty, public safety,...

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Belgian strike paralyzes traffic, idles industry

BRUSSELS — A general strike paralyzed Belgium's air and rail traffic and idled scores of companies across the country Monday as trade unions capped a month of labor action against government austerity policies. The strike targeted measures by the nation's...

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Factory output eclipses pre-recession high

WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturing output in November surpassed its pre-recession peak, as auto production kicked into a higher gear. The Federal Reserve said Monday that factory production rose 1.1 percent last month, up from a 0.4 percent improvement...

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US homebuilder sentiment slips in December

U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less confident in their sales prospects heading into next year, even as their overall sales outlook remains favorable. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index slipped this...

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Drug companiess to lose $65 billion on patents

Pharmaceutical companies will lose an estimated $65 billion in sales by 2019 due to patent expirations of leading drugs, according to one research and consulting firm. The companies that will likely be hardest hit include Otsuka, Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca,...

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Journalists, police are detained in Turkish raids

ANKARA, Turkey — Police conducted raids in a dozen Turkish cities Sunday, detaining at least 24 people — including journalists, TV producers and police — known to be close to a movement led by a U.S.-based moderate Islamic cleric who is a strong critic...

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Hackers to Sony: ‘Christmas gift’ to be the worst

Sony hackers have promised to release a disastrous "Christmas gift" that will "put Sony Pictures into the worst state" — another round of embarrassing personal emails, according to multiple news reports. One of the emails allegedly ridicules Leonardo...

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Crunch time again for health insurance sign-ups

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's push to cover America's uninsured faces another big test Monday. This time, it's not only how the website functions, but how well the program itself works for millions who are starting to count on it. Midnight...

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UMass Lowell gets $1.4m grant for eye injury study

LOWELL, Mass. — A University of Massachusetts Lowell researcher has received a $1.4 million grant to fund a study into the link between serious eye injuries and lifting heavy objects. Professor David Kriebel, a faculty member in the school's Department...

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