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Local union officials are unhappy with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority's plans to bring in a new food and beverage provider.

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CVS's benefits operation has disappointed investors

How big is CVS Caremark Corp., the pharmacy juggernaut from Rhode Island? The nation’s largest distributor of prescription drugs should generate over $100 billion in sales this year. CVS earned just over $1 billion in the latest quarter, more than the profits of the two largest public companies in Massachusetts combined. It filled or managed more than 1 billion prescriptions ...

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Hoping to get the attention of buyers, a developer and his wife will auction their row house on Brimmer Street in Beacon Hill, a rare event in this part of the city.