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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Harvard to cut professors

STILL HURTING: Harvard University’s $11 billion in losses to its endowment fund continues to sting as the school now says it will cut the size of its 720-member faculty.

By Jay Fitzgerald

Still reeling from the endowment-fund hit it took last year, Harvard University is...

2 Comments

Pumpkin stock OK at stores

FLOODED: Farmer John Ackerman inspects a neighbor’s waterlogged pumpkin field in Illinois last week.

By Thomas Grillo

Thanksgiving might be as easy as pie after all. Despite a potential shortage of pumpkin pie filling, local supermarkets...

The Ticker

By Staff and wire reports

Brigham’s meltdown The Brigham’s restaurant chain, owned by Luke Cooper of Baltimore’s Deal Metrics, did not file for bankruptcy as expected....

Goldman gets turkey day garbage detail

By Associated Press

The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free turkey dinners across New York City this Thanksgiving - meals planned by a star chef, cooked by a ritzy caterer...

Friday, November 20, 2009

Bay State outshined in fight to lure solar factories

IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN...The Bay State’s Evergreen Solar Inc. is shipping jobs to China because of price pressures, but at the same time China’s Suntech Power is setting up similar jobs in sunny Arizona.

By Christine McConville

What does Arizona have that Massachusetts doesn’t? Well, when it comes...

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Newbury vitamin company gets boost with Donald Trump as partner

By Christine McConville

The Trump brand has long been affiliated with gold-plated high rises, glittering...

22 Comments

Govenor to retailers: Sales-tax holiday may return in ’10

AWARDING: Gov. Deval Patrick, top, is keynote speaker at a retail awards event yesterday with Herald publisher Patrick Purcell in attendance.

By Donna Goodison

Gov. Deval Patrick offered a little hope yesterday for Bay State retailers that have...

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Breakdown at Brigham’s chain

OUT OF WORK: Employees at Brigham’s in Boston, which closed earlier this month.

By Donna Goodison

News of a looming bankruptcy filing by the Brigham’s restaurant chain didn’t...

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Panel OKs $9M for Gillette footbridge

By Jay Fitzgerald

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will get his pedestrian bridge connecting...

109 Comments

Ames hotel opens in Boston

From left are Ames partner Seth Greenberg, Justin Krebs of Normandy Real Estate, and Marc Gordon and Fred Klesner, top executives at Morgans Hotel Group.

By Herald Staff

Morgans Hotel Group celebrated the opening of the Ames, a 114-room hotel featuring the Woodward restaurant-bar, at 1...

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Jobs scene looks up

By Jay Fitzgerald

The Massachusetts economy continued its roller-coaster ride last month as the state’s jobless rate plunged to 8.9 percent after lurching upward to 9.3...

The Ticker

By Staff and wire reports

Taunton verdict A jury says the city of Taunton must pay $5.3 million for some 70 acres of private land taken by eminent domain for conservation use...

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

By Associated Press

NEW YORK — The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government...

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved...