Amazon’s big stock slide shows strategy’s shaky

Time for Amazon to hit the Mayday Button. Investors are beginning to wake up and realize that maybe this whole thing about putting long-term profits over short-term profits isn't as enchanting and magical as CEO Jeff Bezos once made it seem. Amazon's...

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Family feud sparks revolt at grocery store chain

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — It's been called a David vs. Goliath story, a "Tale of Two Arthurs" and even the "ultimate Greek tragedy," but the characters in this drama are not Biblical or literary figures. They're grocery store owners. A workers' revolt...

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North Dakota industrial fire cleanup to take weeks

WILLISTON, N.D. — Cleanup efforts at the still-smoking site of an oil field supply company in North Dakota that caught fire earlier this week could take weeks, an Environmental Protection Agency Official said Friday. EPA On-Scene Coordinator Paul Peronard...

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Google reportedly finalizes deal for live-stream service Twitch

Google Inc. has reportedly finalized a deal to buy game live-streaming service Twitch Interactive Inc. for $1 billion and fold it into its YouTube unit. By acquiring the San Francisco company, YouTube is making a big bet on the growing audience for...

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Tamr of Cambridge to add 3 well-known advisers

Tamr, a Google-backed bid data start-up that has raised $16.1 million in venture funding, will add three well-known advisers to the company. Frank Moss, an entrepreneur and former head of the MIT Media Lab, Dave Girouard, founder and CEO of Upstart,...

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Bose sues Beats over noise-canceling patents

Audio giant Bose Corp. has sued luxury headphone maker Beats Electronics for allegedly infringing on its patented noise-canceling technology in its headphones. In a lawsuit filed in federal court and in a complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission,...

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California state senator facing additional charge

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal grand jury on Friday charged a California state senator with more felonies in addition to the eight counts he already faced in a sweeping organized crime and public corruption case centered in San Francisco's Chinatown. A new...

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Home Showcase: Cabot mansion unit receives updates

This unit is part of the former mansion of Godfrey Lowell Cabot, founder of the Cabot Corp., that has seen extensive updating over the past several years. Unit 3 at 242 Beacon St. is one of nine units carved out of the grand mansion. And Unit 3's living/dining...

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Is Marty right to bunker down?

A day after the state Gaming Commission suggested Boston was "abandoning" Charlestown, neighborhood residents were split yesterday on whether Mayor Martin J. Walsh did the right thing by breaking off talks with Wynn Resorts about how much money the city...

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Car Smart: New Kia Soul offers spirited ride, features

The 2014 Kia Soul 2.0 L is a five-seat wagon with an oddball shape and quirky angular front windows. It looks like anything but a luxury automobile. However, it's equipped like a car twice its cost, boasting some features seen only in high-end models....

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