Zakim view showcased in Causeway condo unit

This updated condo on the 10th floor of Strada 234 on Causeway Street has a large outdoor terrace whose view of the Zakim Bridge will be maintained when a Lovejoy Wharf condo complex goes up in front of it. Unit 1003, which has been completely updated...

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Monday the deals shift to the Web

Black Friday shoppers have collapsed on their couches and finally gotten a chance to digest that turkey after a hectic day of deal-hunting, but it all starts again Monday on the Internet. "Online shopping has been very, very strong," said Chris Christopher,...

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Stores eye green in black

Retailers are hoping to capitalize on the Black Friday frenzy and defy analysts' predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season, despite fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. Stores were buzzing yesterday as shoppers hunted for...

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Small Business Saturday puts focus on independent retailers

Mom-and-pop stores today are gearing up for a Small Business Saturday that they hope will top the bustle of Black Friday. "(Today) for us is usually bigger — by double," said Philip Celeste, owner of On Centre, a specialty gift and accessory store in...

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Nonstop flights connect Boston, China

The first nonstop air service between Boston and Beijing will be announced next week, the Herald has learned — and it promises to dramatically boost business between a leading world technology and research zone here in the Hub and China's massive emerging...

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World of differences

With Hainan Airlines due to connect Boston and Beijing as never before, the Freedom Trail and the Great Wall of China — as well as Kendall Square and China's factories — have never been closer. Here's a look at the soon-to-be linked economic and cultural...

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Safety first for Black Friday frenzy

Massachusetts stores will be beefing up security, staggering lines and handing out first-come, first-served tickets for hot Black Friday sale items to avoid the kind of stampede that killed a Wal-Mart employee five years ago in New York. "The busy shopping...

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Casino gambles on Revere

Mohegan Sun and its New York-based investor would be the sole owners of a $1 billion Revere casino — not Suffolk Downs — under a new eleventh-hour agreement finalized just days before the two sides could learn whether they're legally free to build a...

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Stores ‘discounting like it’s 2009’ on Black Friday

Shoppers venturing out the day after Thanksgiving can expect the biggest Black Friday promotions since at least 2009. They won't see the fire sales of 2008 — when 75-percent-off tags were all over the mall amid the fallout of the Great Recession — but...

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John Henry tossing Worcester paper

A Springfield media mogul and losing bidder for the Boston Globe says he won't buy the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, but John J. Gormally Jr. predicts there will be plenty of local players interested, including media chain GateHouse Media. "If I...

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The Ticker

U.S. residential building permits top a million Permits for future U.S. home construction rose to their highest in nearly 5-1⁄2 years in October and prices for single-family homes notched big gains in September, suggesting a run-up in mortgage interest...

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World stocks post gains ahead of US holiday

MANILA, Philippines — World stock markets eked out modest gains Wednesday as Wall Street looked set to add to a string of milestones ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Nasdaq composite closed above 4,000 for the first time in 13 years Tuesday. That...

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