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City Hall Plaza to 
boost food trucks Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the expansion of mobile food truck vending on City Hall Plaza to include a winter program for the current season and a year-round program moving forward. Eligibility is open to all...

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Janet Yellen decries income inequality

Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen said yesterday that rising income inequality in the U.S. is at odds with American values. "It is appropriate to ask whether this trend is compatible with values rooted in our nation's history, among them the high...

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Housing on Greenway, Brighton, Southie OK’d

Brighton, South Boston and downtown will get 195 new housing units — including apartments for veterans — under projects unveiled by the Boston Redevelopment Authority yesterday. Under a $40 million redevelopment of its campus, the nonprofit Brighton...

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Boston 2024 panel touts plan for getting around Olympics on foot

Boston's hopes to land the Summer Olympics will hinge upon creating a "compact" games, where venues would be either within walking distance of each other or accessible by mass transit, the head of Boston 2024 said yesterday. Many of the venues would...

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Here's what's been happening in markets this month

What a difference a month makes. On Sept. 18, the U.S. stock market reached a record high after a mostly uneventful summer. Long-term interest rates headed higher, a sign that investors expected steady U.S. growth. A widely watched measure of volatility...

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Massachusetts voters to decide fate of casino law

PLAINVILLE, Mass. — The second fight over gambling in Massachusetts pits the companies who have already won the right to operate casinos against mostly local activists who object to casinos largely on moral and religious grounds. If approved, the Nov....

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Robert Rodriguez sues over unpaid $7.7 million for 'Sin City 2,' 'Machete Kills'

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has sued the financers of "Sin City 2" and "Machete Kills," alleging non-payment of $7.7 million. The suit was filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday by Rodriguez and his affiliate companies against Sergei Bespalov,...

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Market turmoil: A gift for mortgage refinancers?

A sudden plunge in mortgage rates this week raised an urgent question for millions of Americans: Should I refinance my mortgage? Across the country, homeowners and would-be homeowners eager for a bargain rate fired off inquiries to lenders. The opportunity...

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Turner Broadcasting ends a tough week of write-downs, layoffs and exec uncertainty

The big news from HBO at Time Warner's investor meeting Wednesday overshadowed another surprise announcement that Turner Broadcasting would take a $400 million write-down on programming expenditures. Turner execs didn't elaborate on the specific shows...

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Ebola monitoring inconsistent as virus spread

DALLAS — The top administrator in Dallas County rushed to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital this week responding to urgent news: One of its nurses had caught Ebola from a patient. He quickly asked for the hospital's watch list to find out who else might...

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