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Expanded help for homeowners
The Obama administration has expanded the Making Home Affordable program, their mortgage refinancing program, by increasing the loan-to-value limit. Now homeowners whose mortgages are up...
Is the Bill of Rights outdated?
Bill Wendell at the Real Estate Café has been a consumer advocate for real estate consumers since before it was popular. Another ally, Erle Rowlins,...
Travel reimbursement: know before you go
Q. As part of the search for a new position,...
who's what, where?
Find out who's going where
Here's your guide to personnel changes in Massachusetts.
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Economy in crisis
Follow the collapse of the subprime loan market and the transformation of Wall Street.
Nominate a company
Is your company a great place to work? Then nominate it for inclusion the The Globe 100's Top Places to Work for 2009.
US jobless rate up to 9.5%
Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high, suggesting the road to recovery will be bumpy.
Talbots completes sale of J. Jill
Hingham apparel retailer Talbots Inc.announced in June that it would sell the J. Jill franchise to focus on rejuvenating its core business.
Madoff's penthouse seized
The US Marshals Service has taken possession of the $7 million Manhattan penthouse where financier Bernard Madoff and his wife lived.
- Photo gallery Madoff's seized assets
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- FDIC proposes tough private equity guidelines
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One call rings them all
While Google Voice is still in trial mode, it could one day be at least as possible as Gmail, which is currently used by more than 100 million people.
Personal finance
Refinancing rules eased further
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin refinancing mortgages with loan-to-value ratios of as much as 125 percent as the Obama administration seeks to boost participation in its antiforeclosure programs.
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Treasurys move higher on disappointing jobs report
Treasury prices moved higher Wednesday as investors sought safety in the wake of a discouraging labor market report.
Healthcare
Cambridge’s CombinatoRx agrees to merger with Canadian firm
CombinatoRx Inc., a Cambridge biotechnology company that last year eliminated two-thirds of its workforce in a bid to stretch its cash, yesterday said it has found a Canadian merger partner that will bring an infusion of cash and create a stronger pipeline of drugs.
Real Estate
Ultimatum for Columbus Center
The Patrick administration has ordered developers of the $800 million project to either move forward with construction or to remove staging at the site.
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Jobs
Retailers cut 21,000 jobs in June
Retail job cuts moderated in June, but weakness in the overall job market looms over retailers, who need consumers to spend more freely.