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Liberty Mutual CEO says taxes too high
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Liberty Mutual CEO says taxes too high

By Thomas Grillo
A member of an exclusive lobbying group made up of leaders from the Bay State’s biggest companies says Massachusetts is the priciest place to do business. “It’s...
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  1. Hospitals, colleges rake in Mass. stimulus cash

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Hospitals, colleges rake in Mass. stimulus cash

TOP OF THE CLASS: Massachusetts universities and teaching hospitals were among the top recipients of federal stimulus grants and contracts in the last quarter: See above graphic.
By Jay Fitzgerald
Massachusetts’ top universities and hospitals are getting a...
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South End pair to open healthy deli

ICE CAPADES: Chef Thorarinn Eggertsson, owner and head chef of Orange restaurant in Reykjavik, Iceland, preps Icelandic salted cod and pan-fried langoustines at a preview party on Tuesday night at the Rustic Kitchen in Boston.
By Donna Goodison / Turning the Tables
The Wholy Grain, a bakery and deli emphasizing healthy fare, is coming to the South End this...
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Panel gives thumbs down to cutting film tax credit

By Donna Goodison
A legislative panel yesterday all but killed a proposal to roll back the state’s film tax...
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Real Estate

Lower vacancy rates set to hike Hub-area rents

By Thomas Grillo
Vacancy rates in Greater Boston’s apartment buildings are expected to decline in 2010,...
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Cambridge drug maker Aveo’s stock market debut a downer

By Herald wire services
Cambridge’s Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc. sold $81 million of shares in its initial public offering, raising 23 percent less than it sought...
  1. Stocks trade flat after mixed economic reports
  2. Retail sales rise 0.3 percent in February
  3. UBS says IRS has 20 Swiss banks in its sights

A place with fatal attraction

GLENN CLOSE: Actress lists $11.8M Manhattan pad.
By Associated Press
Actress Glenn Close has reportedly put her Manhattan co-op up for sale, priced at $11.8 million....
  1. Mass. Pike project crashes
  2. Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years
  3. Mortgage rates remain below 5 percent

Get Whif of chocolate, coffee inhaler

PUFFED: Harvard professor David Edwards demonstrates Le Whif, a lipstick-shaped chocolate and coffee inhaler, at its Cambridge launch yesterday.
By Donna Goodison
A product billed as the first “breathable food” had its stateside...
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  1. Game review: ‘Final Fantasy XIII’ falls flat
  2. Google Fiber efforts off-track, bloggers say
  3. TV distributors ask FCC to set new rules preventing blackouts

Pink Floyd albums can’t be split up for iTunes

RULING: Pink Floyd, including Dave Gilmore, left, and Roger Waters, won a dispute with record company EMI.
By Associated Press
LONDON - Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: A British court says...
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  1. Lions Gate rejects Carl Icahn offer to buy shares
  2. Don Imus won’t be in Boston for St. Paddy’s
  3. Old Spice ad connects women to male brand with a wink

U.S. Auto regulator eyes more authority

David Strickland.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in...
  1. Horsepower has reached a crescendo. So what’s next?
  2. Toyota engineer to assist probe of NY Prius crash
  3. Toyota Tundra, meant to undermine U.S. trucks, has fallen short

RI cancer screening program runs out of money

By Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federally funded program that provides free cancer screenings for Rhode Island women without health insurance has...
  1. Business group backs health-care price caps
  2. EMT goes to rescue of injured travelers
  3. Panel: Hospital, doctor policies steering women to repeat C-sections

Ellen Alemany capitalizes on ‘around the corner, around the globe’

Ellen Alemany, chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group and RBS Americas
By Helen Graves
Ellen Alemany, chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group and RBS Americas, believes today’s...
  1. Mary Nee updates the goals for permanently housing the homeless
  2. Not child’s play: Mary Reed keeps early education front and center
  3. Giving voice to and advancing issues important to women


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