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The Toy Hall of Fame

The ball, among others, has entered the Toy Hall of Fame.
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Family business feuds

Business and family don't always mix. See 11 reasons why.
Making Cabot cheese

Making Cabot cheese

From cows to curds, see the life cycle of cheddar cheese.
The crash of 1929

The crash of 1929

Eighty years after the crash, a look back in photographs.

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Track stimulus spending

Track stimulus spending

Recovery.org tracks where the funds are being spent in Massachusetts.
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Top Places preview

See which Bay State companies rank as the best in this preview of the Globe's 100 Top Places to Work magazine.

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A Berkeley Alum at MIT: Google CEO Eric Schmidt Stops By
During his swing through Cambridge this week, Eric Schmidt sat...
Managing Your Money
Nine tax planning strategies for businesses for 2009
With 2009 coming to a close, I am now meeting with clients, looking at their projected financial results for the year and considering some ideas...
No good deed goes unpunished.
One of my clients and I were talking about his house. He’s owned it for almost a decade and has done some improvements over that...
Dealing with a unresponsive employee
Q. How do you respond to an employee who you...
Sneak peek: Rally Fighter before SEMA unveil
(All photos: Clifford Atiyeh/Boston.com)Local Motors CEO Jay Rogers makes an adjustment on the trunk of the Rally Fighter. WAREHAM – Jay Rogers isn’t sleeping until...
Who's what, where?
Here's your guide to personnel changes in Massachusetts.

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Job Doc Q&A

Job Doc Q&A

Our weekly Job Doc chats return to Mondays. Pattie Hunt Sinacole took your job-related questions.
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Tech Lab Software and Gadget Reviews

Tech Lab

Video reviews from Globe tech writer Hiawatha Bray.

Property owners face steep insurance hikes with new flood zone boundaries

Thousands of Massachusetts property owners are discovering their homes and businesses are in newly designated federal flood zones, forcing them to buy additional insurance coverage that can easily exceed $2,000 annually.

Boston Scientific agrees to pay $296m settlement

Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday said it has agreed to pay $296 million to settle a US Department of Justice investigation into charges that its Guidant heart-device subsidiary made faulty product reports to the Food and Drug Administration.

Sox owner trims quarter of staff at Fla. firm

John Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, has fired more than a quarter of the staff at his investment company in Boca Raton, Fla., a result of declining assets and “the current market environment,’’ a spokesman said.

MetroWest wants new deal with Blue Cross

MetroWest Medical Center has told employees it may end its contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts unless the insurer narrows the gap in payments between the hospital and its competitors.
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Google adds value to Droid
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Google adds value to Droid

Hiawatha Bray writes that he loves it when big, rich technology companies battle, because you'll find some pretty cool gadgets poking out of the wreckage.

Personal finance

Beware: Debt-settlement firms often promise more than they can deliver

Reduce your debt by 60 percent! The siren song of debt-settlement firms is harder to ignore these days, especially if creditors are knocking at the door.

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Healthcare

MetroWest wants new deal with Blue Cross

MetroWest Medical Center has told employees it may end its contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts unless the insurer narrows the gap in payments between the hospital and its competitors.

Real Estate

Senate extends jobless, home buyer aid

The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to extend jobless benefits for up to 20 weeks and expand a first-time home buyer tax credit to include a far larger pool of people entering the dormant housing market.

Jobs

Evergreen shifts work to China

Little more than a year after cutting the ribbon at a new factory in Devens, Evergreen Solar said that it will shift its assembly of solar panels from there to China.

Cars

Opel workers protest GM move

Fearing widespread layoffs, thousands of Opel workers walked off the job across Germany to protest GM's decision to abandon the unit's sale to new owners.

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What's next for Mass.?

What's next for Mass.?

The outlook for the state's major industries.
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On the water

Coverage of the Fort Point Channel's revival.