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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...
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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....

E-mail leak turns up heat on global warming advocates

By Herald staff
In an embarrassing blow to the movement to combat global warming, hackers have posted hundreds of e-mails from a world-renowned...
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Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States,...
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Michael Jackson glove among items at music auction

In this Tuesday, March 24, 2009 photo, Michael Jackson’s Crystal Shoe is on display at the Hard Rock Cafe, in New York’s Times Square.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK — A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the now iconic rhinestone-studded glove he...

Ben & Jerry’s names new flavor after Hannah Teter

Maple Blondie is Ben and Jerry’s new limited edition flavor with gold-medalist snowboarder and Vermont native, Hannah Teter.
By Associated Press
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Ben & Jerry’s has named its newest ice cream flavor...
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Mexico says new data reflect economic recovery

By Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Rising oil prices and increased exports are slowly dragging Mexico’s economy out of a severe recession,...
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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

Donald Trump.
By Christine McConville
The Trump brand has long been affiliated with gold-plated high rises, glittering...
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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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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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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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Panel OKs $9M for Gillette footbridge

Patriot Place at Gillette Stadium.
By Jay Fitzgerald
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will get his pedestrian bridge connecting...
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