Economic CUV practical but fun

When the all-new 2013 Subaru Crosstrek rolled up, I looked forward to kicking its tires and thought this could be a nifty replacement for the Outback Sport. It's better. I found the new Crosstrek to be an easy- and fun-to-drive CUV that got fantastic...

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Job news boosts markets

A largely positive U.S. jobs report sent the stock market soaring as the Dow Jones industrial average traded above 15,000 for the first time before closing just below the mark and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at a record 1,614....

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Luxury rises to top 
at penthouse condo

Plagued by slow sales upon its completion in 2009, 45 Province St. is benefiting from the hot real estate market and is now building out some spectacular penthouse condos with fantastic views of downtown, the harbor, Back Bay and Cambridge. While it...

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Obama wraps up Latin trip with an eye back home

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — President Barack Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security while reaching out to a politically...

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Casinos brace for impact of Internet gambling

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — With legal gambling now moving beyond the casinos and onto the Internet, the industry is bracing for the most far-reaching changes in its history. A Las Vegas firm, Ultimate Gaming, on Tuesday became the first in the U.S. to offer...

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Outgoing Alibaba CEO Ma says he's 'old' for Web

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Alibaba founder Jack Ma, the billionaire who has run the Chinese e-commerce giant since 1999, says he's getting "a bit old" for the Internet. That's what the outgoing chief executive told a charitable event in Santa Monica Thursday...

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Price cuts are rare but out there

Home price reductions — get them while you still can! The number of condos and single-family homes in the Bay State with price changes during the past month was 847, down 83 percent from the 4,975 properties with price reductions during the same period...

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B&N to add Google Play app store to its Nook HD

NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets. The bookstore chain says it will add Google's Play app store to its 7-inch Nook HD and 9-inch HD+ products in the U.S. and...

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Facebook grows worldwide

Despite recent reports that Facebook is losing users in North America and Europe, the social networking giant yesterday announced that daily and monthly users were both up more than 20 percent over last year, while mobile users were up 54 percent. The...

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DreamWorks buying AwesomenessTV for about $33M

GLENDALE, Calif. — DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. is buying AwesomenessTV, a YouTube teen network, for about $33 million in cash as it looks to tap into the popularity of online content. DreamWorks said Wednesday that AwesomenessTV founder and CEO Brian...

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Google, T providing free public WiFi at South Station

Google, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures Corp. and the MBTA have partnered to build the infrastructure for free public WiFi service inside Boston's South Station.Starting today, free WiFi access will be available throughout South Station. Google has...

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Hospital system sues over failed bid for Landmark

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Massachusetts hospital chain has filed an anti-trust lawsuit alleging that insurer Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island improperly blocked its bid to acquire the Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. Steward Health Care...

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Newsstand tab to make Orleans paper daily again

NEW ORLEANS — Months after cutting its print edition to three days a week, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans on Tuesday announced plans for a three-day-a-week tabloid called TPStreet available in stores and newsstands on days when the full paper isn't...

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Oil price falls to $93 on China manufacturing data

BANGKOK — The price of oil fell to near $93 on Wednesday after data showed a slowdown in China's manufacturing growth. Benchmark oil for June delivery was down 45 cents to $93.01 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York...

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Mozilla: UK spyware company hijacking our brand

LONDON — The maker of one of the Internet's most popular browsers is taking on one of the world's best known purveyors of surveillance software. The Mozilla Foundation — responsible for the Firefox browser — accuses Britain's Gamma International Ltd....

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Nissan cuts prices on 7 US models

DETROIT — Nissan is cutting prices on seven of its 18 models in the U.S., hoping its cars and trucks will show up in more Internet searches by shoppers. The price cuts vary with the amount of equipment on each model and run from 2.7 percent, or $580,...

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Owner is at nexus of Bangladesh politics, business

SAVAR, Bangladesh — When the cracks in the building appeared early Tuesday afternoon, a stocky man in his early 30s, a feared political operative who a neighbor says dropped out of school in seventh grade, quickly arrived at the scene in this crowded...

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Samsung Galaxy’s mostly a star

Remember when there were rumors swirling that Samsung's next Galaxy smartphone would include eye tracking? And then Samsung held a big event and announced the new Galaxy S4 would identify facial expressions and scroll down automatically — and pause videos...

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The Ticker

Smartphone sales over 50% of market With worldwide shipments of 216.2 million units during the first quarter, smartphones grabbed 
51.6 percent of the total mobile phone market, according to InformationWeek. This is the first time that hardware makers...

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IT startup Acorio beefing up work force

A Hub-based IT startup said it will use a recent seven-figure investment to increase its sales and delivery teams while also creating tools designed to "augment" the capabilities of ServiceNow's software-as-a-service platform. Acorio, which launched...

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