http://www.boston.com/business Business News- Read national business news as well as local, Massachusetts business news from The Boston Globe and other sources. en-us 2009-11-20T22:55:18Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/10/29/economy_grows_in_3q_signals_end_of_recession?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news After a record four straight losing quarters, the economy finally grew again. It was hardly a boom, and it was almost all because of government spending. But it was enough to change the question from when the recession will end to whether the recovery will hold. Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer 2009-10-29T04:16:04Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/11/19/microsoft_makes_modest_strides_to_regain_ground_in_smartphones?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news Remember when Microsoft Corp. seemed unbeatable, like the New England Patriots with a 17-point lead? Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2009-11-19T04:09:19Z eco http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2009/11/20/more_college_bound_students_express_willingness_to_help_pay_burgeoning_costs?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news Listen up, parents, would-be parents, and grandparents who want to help: The best time to start saving for a child’s college education is as soon as Mommy is pregnant. The best way to do it is as a family, with the children contributing what they can. Humberto Cruz 2009-11-20T03:54:39Z eco http://www.boston.com/business/markets/articles/2009/11/20/treasury_prices_drop_yields_inch_off_lows?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news Treasury prices mostly fell Friday, pushing their yields higher. Yields on short-term bills hovered near their lows of the year. Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer 2009-11-20T20:10:53Z http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/11/20/beverly_hospital_site_in_danvers_losing_jobs?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news Pressed by growing uncertainty in the health care industry, Northeast Hospital Corp., parent company of Beverly Hospital and an outpatient affiliate in neighboring Danvers, said it has eliminated 22 jobs in an effort to become leaner and more efficient. Robert Weisman, Globe Staff 2009-11-20T03:47:43Z eco http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/11/18/weak_home_building_a_drag_on_economic_recovery?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news WASHINGTON -- The budding economic recovery isn't getting much help from the home-building industry, which normally creates jobs and drives growth when a recession ends. Alan Zibel and Martin Crutsinger, AP Business Writers 2009-11-18T13:40:56Z http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/09/30/in_haverhill_former_mills_churn_out_apartments?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news HAVERHILL - On the once-contaminated site of a decaying shoe factory, a thriving neighborhood is growing with the opening of hundreds of chic apartments, part of a renaissance in this Merrimack River mill city, which has seen plenty of hard times. Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff 2009-09-30T02:40:40Z eco http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/11/20/bay_states_jobless_rate_ebbs_bucking_national_trend?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped last month for the first time in two years, and job losses slowed - signs the state’s beleaguered job market may be stabilizing. Robert Gavin, Globe Staff 2009-11-20T06:04:53Z eco http://www.boston.com/bostonworks/news/articles/2008/11/09/the_caring_community?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Top+business+news WINCHESTER - Anne Lang, head of human resources at Winchester Hospital, pulls out a simple, black box and flips it open. Inside is a small but telling stack of reasons why this 229-bed community hospital is the state's top place to work. Maggie Jackson, Globe correspondent 2008-11-09T05:00:00Z works