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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...
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
Our weekly Job Doc chats return to Mondays. Pattie Hunt Sinacole took your job-related questions.
Previous chats
- 10/30/09 Mass. economy Q&A
- 10/27/09 Job Doc transcript
- 10/27/09 Long-term care Q&A
- 10/20/09 Job Doc transcript
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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
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.
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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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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.
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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.
- 10/17/09 Mass. bet millions on Evergreen | Green in Mass.
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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