http://www.bostonherald.com/business/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:09:56 -0500 systems@heraldinteractive.com 120 http://cache.heraldinteractive.com/images/siteImages/rss_logo.jpg http://www.bostonherald.com/business/?srvc=rss 100 48 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/ZRD0u0NDeRA/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/da5a607324_pags_11122009.jpg Democratic Senate candidate Stephen Pagliuca is calling for a public-private partnership to jump-start construction at Harvard University's $1 billion biotech center... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:53:59 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1211268&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1211268&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/tutmZhz73nk/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/bf9a3f166a_graph_11122009.jpg A majority of Bay State voters say Gov. Deval Patrick has mishandled the state's economy, according to a poll released this morning. The Suffolk University/7 News... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:53:09 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211269&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211269&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/m-lR-gHvnjs/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/b21396a345_simmons_11122009.jpg ESPN heavyweight Bill Simmons is taking on WEEI powerhouse "The Big Show," blasting the top-rated afternoon yackfest on Twitter and on the air at new sports radio... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:41:06 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211302&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211302&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/Gy0AENPCR3o/view.bg Boston digital marketing firm Digitas is losing two big accounts. Candy maker Wrigley announced this week that Digitas would no longer serve as its digital agency of... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:55:10 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211306&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211306&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/-oP-DUiyRow/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/e07bca22de_Furg_11122009.jpg Harvard economic historian Niall Ferguson, whose "The Ascent of Money" book and TV series traced the world's financial system, last night painted a pessimistic... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:48:22 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211303&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211303&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/9-2df3vIpAg/view.bg Security at WRKO radio is on alert after a caller threatened to gut Tom Finneran's producer "like a pig" and leave him "for dead" over comments he... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:18:38 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211300&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211300&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/2gZPyILOAyQ/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/9242561565_Brighams_11112009.jpg It's the ultimate economic meltdown. Brigham's Ice Cream on High Street served its last banana split, Buffalo wings and chicken fingers yesterday as the shop... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:16:29 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211034&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211034&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/eLGXNwHR1oo/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/a02ddf632b_Dobbs_11112009.jpg NEW YORK - CNN host Lou Dobbs says he is leaving CNN effective immediately. The longtime host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" said Wednesday on his show that it would... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:10 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211263&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211263&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/VWVfSVpNV3Q/view.bg CNN host Lou Dobbs shocked his viewers yesterday when he announced that he would be leaving the network effective immediately. The longtime host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight"... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:59:53 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211280&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211280&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/NmFuHmIniGs/view.bg Altus liquidates Waltham-based Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, after winding down drug development and selling off equipment in recent weeks. Lowell... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:21:59 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211267&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211267&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/bZ_OUDhj3kY/view.bg NEW YORK - Another weak day for the dollar and upbeat economic news from China gave investors more reason to keep buying stocks. A drop in the dollar lifted gold and oil... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:28:09 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211149&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211149&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/spCvs3CAZN4/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/af7958a790_ltp3com111109.jpg PALO ALTO, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard Co., looking to expand into a business long dominated by Cisco, said Wednesday it has agreed to buy networking software and equipment maker... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:23:04 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211228&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211228&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/o2ZMEENghJQ/view.bg SANTA CLARA, California - Applied Materials is laying off 1,300 to 1,500 people over the next year and a half to cut costs as the company grapples with a downturn in business. The... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:35:18 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211230&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211230&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/BcX7tYEyK6o/view.bg DETROIT - General Motors Co. says it will release its preliminary third-quarter earnings on Monday morning. The company is not expected to make a profit but has hinted... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:21:40 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/automotive/view.bg?articleid=1211226&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/automotive/view.bg?articleid=1211226&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/L1G1enVRIFM/view.bg WASHINGTON - Heavy government stimulus spending and near-zero interest rates did little to end a "lost decade" of stagnation and mushrooming debt in Japan. Some... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:51 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211215&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211215&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/WfQXWsIp8Ng/view.bg Microsoft Corp. and Web search startup Wolfram/Alpha announced today that Microsoft's new Bing search engine will be one of the first customers for Wolfram/Alpha's... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:08:39 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211210&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211210&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/sBCJrLhZLS4/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/ba302c3423_dummy11112009.jpg The tight rope act is over for a mannequin balancing on an Interstate 93 billboard after 9-1-1 operators started fielding calls from people who thought they were looking at... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:02 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211146&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211146&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/5M0-52ChQts/view.bg Massachusetts ranked first in the nation per capita for the number of patents produced by higher education institutions, according to a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:51:32 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211184&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211184&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/2sqPqMX8BUw/view.bg An Innovative chemical staple that can hold up human cells in their three-dimensional states has opened doors into a new field of cancer-fighting research, scientists at the... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:43:07 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1211182&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view.bg?articleid=1211182&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/etWAqKjZAgU/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/de85e3adfa_Build_11112009.jpg His home has just been painted a crisp Colonial blue and his windows sparkle, but it's a bittersweet Veterans Day for John MacPherson, a South Boston native and World... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:26:52 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211040&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211040&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/hMZF71qVuaA/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/0fc5cf1b54_toast.jpg PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - While many restaurants are struggling, most restaurateurs don't talk about their woes until they suddenly close, but the owner of The Friendly Toast... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:49 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211168&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211168&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/WD2ppbXTNq8/view.bg NEW BEDFORD - Though street-level crime has increased this year in New Bedford, officials say the joint efforts of law enforcement and community groups over the last several... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:40:04 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1211166&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view.bg?articleid=1211166&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/nxNp-OOpuUs/view.bg BOSTON - A new review has found that the number of jobs created or saved by federal stimulus money in Massachusetts has been greatly exaggerated. The Boston Globe reports... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:37:42 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211155&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1211155&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/Yo_JmPYZmKk/view.bg http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/stp/ebf2f8fe58_cnn11112009.jpg NEW YORK - The latest rough patch for CNN illustrates the two contradictions at the network's heart. In a brutal time for the news business, CNN is one of the few... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:32:33 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211141&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1211141&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/business/~3/TpGuWF_wLSc/view.bg Q. The other day, my Internet service went down as it does from time to time. But this particular time, I needed to check my e-mail for an important reply I was expecting.... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:19 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211137&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1211137&srvc=rss