Judge orders limited use of Falmouth wind turbines

BARNSTABLE, Mass. — The town of Falmouth was ordered by a judge on Friday to limit the hours two town-owned wind turbines operate after neighbors blamed them for a series of health problems. Effective immediately, the energy-generating turbines at the...

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Mohegan shifts bet to Revere

Four days before a recount it requested, Mohegan Sun has abandoned plans to build a casino in Palmer and is one of the companies in talks with Suffolk Downs to build one in Revere. Mitchell Etess, CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, said yesterday...

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Turbines stopped on Sundays

A judge has limited the hours of operation of Falmouth's two wind turbines, siding with a couple who say the towering windmills have caused health problems, and potentially costing the town thousands of dollars in lost revenue. Barnstable Superior Court...

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Obama seeks to shift focus to economic progress

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy is improving even if its progress has been overshadowed by political gridlock and the messy rollout of his health care law. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama is seeking to shift...

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Apple takes $290M bite of Samsung

In an industry where ripping off another company's ideas is the norm, Samsung took copycatting too far with its mobile devices, according to a federal jury that ruled yesterday that the Korean manufacturer must pay Apple $290 million on top of $600 million...

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Land deal may not hurt Wynn bid

The head of the state Gaming Commission yesterday said a federal investigation into whether a businessman with a criminal record is a secret part-owner of the Everett site of Steve Wynn's proposed $1.3 billion casino may not affect Wynn's chances of...

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Luxury rental tower springs up

If you've driven down Essex Street in Boston heading toward South Station, you've undoubtedly noticed the construction project that's been in development at 120 Kingston St. The project, which broke ground in September 2012, is within months of completion....

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Jury awards $24.4M to parents of Tufts patient

The parents of a boy whose intestines were damaged by an infection that went undetected in Tufts Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit for nearly a day have been awarded a 
$24.4 million judgment by a jury, but will receive only $5.3 million...

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Two biotechs get $100M-plus injections

Two Cambridge biotech companies added more than $100 million to their coffers yesterday, but for every different reasons. Moderna, a biotech company that developed a way to force specific cells to manufacture drugs on demand, announced it raised $110...

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Casino repeal group files 90,000 signatures

Organizers of the Repeal the Casino Deal campaign yesterday said they had collected and filed more than 90,000 signatures from across the state — roughly 20,000 more than they set out to gather to get the measure on the 2014 statewide ballot. "The momentum...

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Harvard sues over bell crack

Harvard University has resorted to legal action to settle a dispute over a cracked church bell whose morning tolls were the bane of many a bleary-eyed freshman. The Ivy League school is suing Chime Master Systems, accusing the Ohio company of installing...

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Shift in Fed stimulus views spooks global stocks

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Global stock markets, except Japan, were in the red Thursday amid jitters over new signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it may cut monetary stimulus sooner than expected. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British...

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Foxwoods loses Milford hand

The state's eastern casino license region has been pared down to just one contender with a successful host community vote — Everett's Wynn Resorts proposal — after Milford voters rejected Foxwoods yesterday in a classic "David vs. Goliath" beatdown,...

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Mass. to get $34M from JPMorgan

Banking giant JPMorgan Chase will pay $13 billion — with $34.4 million going to Massachusetts — in the largest settlement from a single group in history, to settle claims by the federal government that it misrepresented investments, leading to the housing...

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Nordblom plans 602 apartments in South End near old Herald site

A new development featuring more than 600 residential units has been proposed for the booming South End area opposite where the Herald once stood. The proposed development at 345 Harrison Ave. would consist of two buildings — 13 and 14 stories tall...

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GM re-enters small-pickup market with Colorado

DETROIT — GM has reimagined its small pickup truck to cater to outdoorsy folks who haul smelly wet dogs and kayaks. In other words, Subaru buyers. The new Chevrolet Colorado, to be unveiled Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show, has little in common...

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NFL, MLB threaten to pull games over Aereo

Major League Baseball and the National Football League threatened to stop broadcasting games on free broadcast channels if upstart Internet TV company Aereo is not ordered to shut down, according to a brief filed with the Supreme Court. MLB and the...

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Google to pay $17M to settle privacy suit

Computing giant Google will pay $17 million, including more than $350,000 to Massachusetts, to settle allegations the company tracked some consumers' Web usage without their knowledge. The suit, brought against Google by 37 states and Washington, D.C.,...

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Westboro IT co. raises $58M, to hire 150

A Westboro-based IT infrastructure company has raised $58 million, which it plans to use to hire 150 more people in Massachusetts over the next year. SimpliVity's goal is to simplify IT infrastructure by taking 12 different products — such as storage...

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European carmakers get 2nd hopeful sign

MILAN — The European car market may have seen the bottom. The European carmaker's association reported Tuesday that EU passenger car sales rose in October for the second consecutive month. It is the first time since September 2011 that European car...

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Google takes flight to NSA

Google is becoming a leading voice against government cyber-spying, with rank-and-file employees as well as top executives issuing scathing — and even expletive-laced — rebukes of the National Security Agency. The unusual activism by Google — which...

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All the dirt on the best Roomba yet

iRobot Roomba 880 ($699.99, irobot.com) The new Roomba robotic vacuum features a totally rebuilt dirt removal system that does away with those pesky bristles, which do little more than become tangled with hair and debris. The Roomba 880 automatically...

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Final cut for pot dispensaries

After paring down the number of prospective medical marijuana dispensaries to 158 applicants qualified to compete for the 35 slots statewide, Massachusetts public health officials are waiting to see how many of those proposals will be submitted by Thursday...

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Once a leader, Oregon exchange struggles

PORTLAND, Ore. — With all the problems facing the rollout of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, nowhere is the situation worse or more surprising than in Oregon, a progressive state that has enthusiastically embraced the federal law but has...

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Obama struggles to save his cherished health law

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's health care law risks coming unglued because of his administration's bungles and his own inflated promises. To avoid that fate, Obama needs breakthroughs on three fronts: the cancellations mess, technology troubles...

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Trans fat ban irks eateries

Many local restaurants and bakeries could be forced to revise their menus and change their food — thanks to the Food and Drug Administration's decision to ban artery-clogging trans fats — not long after they scrambled to meet different trans fat guidelines....

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Young entrepreneurs get real

A group of entrepreneurs, armed with business plans, prototypes and mock-ups, pitched their start-ups to a panel of potential investors, and then got back to work on college applications. High school seniors taking an entrepreneurship class at Beaver...

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Pontiac problem is a thing called piston slap

I have a 2003 Pontiac Vibe with 135,000 miles on it. This past winter it would knock for a minute or so on a cold start. A GM tech told me that it has a cold piston slap and it will go for a long time. I could faintly hear it this summer. Could it be...

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