http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:15:33 -0500 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:14:41 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff Health insurance carrier Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Boston's Caritas Christi Health Care, a chain of six community hospitals in eastern Massachusetts, said Friday they have signed a new five-year "alternative quality contract."... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/blue_cross_cari.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/blue_cross_cari.html Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:15:33 -0500 Associated Press Starent Networks Corp. of Tewksbury Friday said it had agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit over its pending acquisition by Cisco Systems Inc. Starent, a maker of equipment wireless networks, has agreed to pay the plaintiff's legal costs... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/starent_to_settle_shareholder_suit_over_cisco_buy.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/starent_to_settle_shareholder_suit_over_cisco_buy.html Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:12:03 -0500 Associated Press Canadian biotechnology company QLT Inc. said it will pay Massachusetts General Hospital $20 million to settle a lawsuit over product royalties. The Vancouver company said the payment is for "all past and future royalty obligations" related to Visudyne,... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/firm_will_pay_m.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/firm_will_pay_m.html Life sciences Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:00:59 -0500 Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine - As the economy lurches toward recovery, northern New England's ski industry is viewing the upcoming season with optimism, saying the amount of snow nature sends the region is a much bigger factor in determining how... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/northern_new_en.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/northern_new_en.html Economy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:21:45 -0500 Globe Staff Here's a saga about love, the Red Sox, a TV game show, and a fuel-efficient car called Millie. The stars? Millie, of course, which is officially a 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid. Then there's Lindsay Clubine, the new... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/a_wedding_bouqu.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/a_wedding_bouqu.html Markets Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:17:36 -0500 Globe Staff They don't believe much in down-time at the Dunkin' Donuts publicity department, where carpal tunnel syndrome is presumably rampant among the prolific flacks typing up all those press releases. In today's news flash, the Canton-based coffee-and-baked-goods chain wants... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/dunkin_trills_a.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/dunkin_trills_a.html Economy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:48:18 -0500 Globe Staff Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. said today that Novartis AG, the Swiss drug company with large research operations in Cambridge, will terminate its research collaboration agreement with Idera in February. In 2005, Cambridge-based Idera entered into a research collaboration and... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/novartis_will_e.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/novartis_will_e.html Life sciences Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:28:01 -0500 Globe Staff Black Friday is hurtling our way, and the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation is offering some tips to consumers eager to practice responsible shopping. "Stick to a budget" is one bit of holiday shopping advice... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/state_offer_bla.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/state_offer_bla.html Economy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:55:38 -0500 Globe Staff The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. said it has donated complete turkey dinners for more than 850 families to the Greater Boston Food Bank, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, and the Open Door Food Pantry. "The donation... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/stop_shop_comes.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/stop_shop_comes.html Economy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:37:56 -0500 Amid high unemployment, some positions are hard to fill Even with the country’s unemployment rate at its highest in decades, some companies are having trouble hiring highly skilled employees. Phil Nachman, an Arlington recruiter for medical device companies, sees the... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/today_in_globe_205.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/today_in_globe_205.html Economy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:09:24 -0500 By Beth Healy, Globe Staff A former Fidelity Investments trader was found liable a federal jury in Boston for insider trading in his mothers' account for buying a technology stock that Fidelity itself was actively trading. In a case brought... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/former_fidelity_1.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/former_fidelity_1.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:54 -0500 By Beth Healy, Globe Staff State Street Corp.'s outgoing chief executive, Ronald E. Logue, will receive a $6 million "transition award" for retiring in March and staying on as chairman until Jan. 1, 2011, the company disclosed in a regulatory... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/_state_street_c.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/_state_street_c.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:20:09 -0500 Globe Staff NSTAR, the Boston-based electric and gas utility, said it has been awarded $7.6 million in federal stimulus funds for two projects designed to modernize and enhance the electric grid. This award from the US Department of Energy is... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/nstar_gets_76m.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/nstar_gets_76m.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:34:33 -0500 Globe Staff Beacon Power Corp., a Tyngsborough company that offers products and services to support efficient electricity grid operation, said today that the US Department of Energy has announced that Beacon Power has been awarded a stimulus grant valued at... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/beacon_power_is_1.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/beacon_power_is_1.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:00 -0500 Associated Press BEDFORD - Interactive Data Corp., a provider of financial market data, said that it's buying certain online financial data operations from Dow Jones & Co. for $13.5 million in cash. Interactive Data sells real-time market data and other... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/interactive_dat_14.html http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/11/interactive_dat_14.html Economy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:38:07 -0500