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Prominent investor sides with Yahoo
NEW YORK - Legg Mason Capital Management Inc. chairman Bill Miller is backing Yahoo Inc. chief executive Jerry Yang in a fight for control of the board, saying a proxy contest with Carl Icahn would be disruptive.
Growing in Andover
Royal Philips Electronics NV, already one of the Bay State's largest employers, is becoming even bigger.
Buying back Social Security benefits can prove profitable, if you have the means
Q. I am 73 and have looked into buying back the Social Security benefits I took at 62. The buyback number is $158,529. My current monthly benefit is $1,231. A total buyback would give me a new monthly benefit of $2,019.
Logan sees 5% fewer passengers in first half of year
Passenger traffic through Logan International Airport dropped nearly 5 percent in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period in 2007, as airlines cut back on unprofitable routes and travelers responded to sharply higher ticket prices.
Citigroup's third-straight quarterly loss totals $2.5b
NEW YORK - Citigroup has become the latest big bank to quell Wall Street's worries about a financial sector implosion, posting a $2.5 billion second-quarter loss that was smaller than expected.
Ex-Boston Garden boss named BostonCoach CEO
THE REGION Former president of New Boston Garden Corp., Larry Moulter, has been named chief executive of BostonCoach, the limousine firm controlled by FMR LLC, the parent of Fidelity Investments. Moulter, 57, succeeds Jonathan Danforth, who BostonCoach said left in January to pursue other opportunities. Moulter joins BostonCoach at a challenging time for the company, which recently confirmed it laid ...
A dramatic sell-off cuts price of oil, but worst may not be over
NEW YORK - A stunning sell-off dragged oil prices to their biggest weekly drop ever and gas at the pump slipped by more than it has in months, giving consumers a rare breather in a year of record fuel prices.
Venture investing rises 5.5% in state
US venture capital funding slowed in the second quarter as investors diverted a record sum of money into backing late-stage companies that are having trouble going public or being acquired, according to the MoneyTree report being released today.
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Textbooks, free and illegal, online
Faced with soaring prices for textbooks, cash-strapped students have discovered a tempting, effective, but illicit alternative - pirated electronic books, available for free over the Internet.
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Money can derail a marriage
How you handle money at the beginning of your marriage can have an enormous impact on the rest of your lives together. Or your lives not together.
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Jury finds for J&J in Motrin suit
MALIBU, Calif. - Johnson & Johnson and its McNeil unit were cleared by a California jury of liability for injuries suffered by a girl whose allergic reaction to Children's Motrin left her blind.
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Fine print on foreclosure sales
Buying from a lender adds complications, but diligence and patience can land you the home you want.
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