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Vidgame couple build new venture around 'social gaming' trend
If you're a Facebook user, you've no doubt been...
Bubble trouble
In 2008 we experienced the “real estate bubble” – home prices, which had appreciated greatly in a short time period, suddenly experienced a steep decline. ...
Last licks on the Two Income Trap
This concludes the first Boston.com Real Estate Now book discussion. We got to schools, inflation, causes of financial failure and how to avoid that....
They’re always whispering. Is it about me?
Q. I am not a manager but an administrator. Two...
Top Subaru saleswoman wins friends, and sells cars
Deb Brewster visited Planet Subaru in Hanover back in 2003 to look at a Forester for transporting her rowing shell. She not only bought the car but also in the process, sold herself so well, the dealership offered her a job selling cars....
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Here's your guide to personnel changes in Massachusetts.
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Cities make Google pitches
Over 600 communities - including Ann Arbor, Mich. (above) and Boston - applied to be part of Google's pilot high-speed network. The deadline to apply was today.
- Photos and videos Cities woo Google Fiber
- Boston won't get FIOS as Verizon winds down expansion
New loan plan unveiled
The government announced a plan today to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans, in an effort to prevent foreclosures.
- Q&A; Details of the plan | Also Housing rebound elusive
- 03/25/10 Countrywide cuts mortgage amounts for some
Nordstrom opens to crowds in Braintree
This morning, about 800 people attended the grand opening of the three-story, 150,000-square-foot Nordstrom at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree.
TJX hacker sentenced for another case
The Miami hacker who was sentenced to 20 years yesterday won't be spending singificant extra time in prison for his role in another hacking case.
- Today's Globe Computer hacker gets 20-year term
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- Darden Restaurants names chief marketing officer
- Court says Sears chairman Lampert can be deposed
- Summary Box: Chrysler to reinstate 50 dealers
- Hacker sentenced in Boston in 3rd theft case
- Answers to questions about new mortgage aid plan
- UnitedHealth Group spent $940k lobbying in 4Q
- Kansas Senate Democrats to offer tax plan
- Summary Box: Gold above $1,100 on weaker dollar
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Gamers take center stage
Tens of thousands of video gamers will flood the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center this weekend for the PAX East gaming convention.
- Photos Convention scenes | Games made in Mass.
- Blog Video gaming couple build 'social gaming' venture
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Study: Retirees need $250k for care
A couple retiring this year will need a quarter of a million dollars, on average, to cover medical expenses in retirement, according to a Fidelity study.
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Dollar and precious metals at a glance
Key currency exchange rates Friday, compared with late Thursday in New York: Dollar vs: Exchange Rate Pvs Day Yen 92.54 92.76 Euro $1.3401 $1.3291 Pound $1.4892 $1.4822 Swiss franc 1.0670 1.0735 Canadian dollar 1.0285 1.0228 Mexican peso 12.5480 12.4880 Metal Price (troy oz.) Pvs Day NY Merc Gold $1104.20 $1092.70 NY HSBC Bank US $1105.00 $1091.00 NY Merc Silver $16.894 ...
Health Care
Lots for AG to ponder on Caritas deal
This isn’t the most efficient way to get a memo across town, but I’m counting on it getting to the right desk.
Real Estate
Mass. housing rebound elusive, data say
More than 2,000 Massachusetts homes went into foreclosure in February, a sign the state’s housing problems are not going away soon.
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Shaw's pickets get backups
As dozens of unions prepare to join striking Shaw's workers across New England, the supermarket chain agreed to meet with the union Monday.
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Chrysler to let 50 dealers rejoin network
Chrysler sought to cut 789 dealers from its sales network as part of its bankruptcy restructuring last year. But many had been appealing the decision.
- Timeline Tracking Toyota's recall problems
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