Silverado redo earns its awards

Never one to shy from a full-sized pickup truck fight, Chevy redesigned the 2014 Silverado 1500 by trimming some weight, updating the interior and reworking the engine to improve gas mileage. And for this year it's captured Truck of the Year honors from...

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Stock investors hit from all sides in January

NEW YORK — Stock investors were hit from all sides in January. Concerns about the global economy and U.S. company earnings, as well as turmoil in emerging markets, led the Dow Jones industrial average to its worst start since 2009. However, many investors...

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Mass. women promote Cape Ann gourmet sea salt

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — The location of the harvest is a secret because ... well, because the Salt Ladies want to keep it that way. And it does not do to cross the Salt Ladies. The unseasonably balmy 40-degree temperatures of Martin Luther King Jr. Day...

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Obama running out of reasons to reject Keystone XL

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is running out of reasons to say no to Keystone XL, the proposed oil pipeline that's long been looming over his environmental legacy. Five years after the pipeline's backers first asked the Obama administration for...

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New Seaport rentals launch

Transportation and retail needs of the South Boston waterfront are being pushed to the forefront as the building boom continues with the latest luxury apartment building officially opening yesterday. "It's going to propel the conversation, the public...

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Panel: We’d refund $85M casino fees

The state Gaming Commission is advancing an idea to refund casinos their hefty $85 million licensing fee if a well-funded push to overturn the Bay State's gaming law is successful, which would put a serious crimp in the state budget that relies on those...

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They’re sold on Magoun Square

If you want to gauge the energy in Somerville's Magoun Square, take a look at the retail storefronts and the empty lots and old garage sites filling up with new housing. Two years ago there were about a dozen empty storefronts in the retail district...

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Porter Sq. Galleria goes to L.A. firm

The Porter Square Galleria has a new owner under a $35.55 million deal that closed yesterday. Los Angeles real estate investment management firm CBRE Global Investors bought the 57,265-square-foot retail center from KS Partners. Built in 1989, the...

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Nintendo profit falls on sluggish Wii U sales

TOKYO — Profit at Nintendo Co. fell 30 percent in the first nine months of the fiscal year as sales of Wii U home consoles, 3DS devices and game software languished. Top executives announced they would take pay cuts. The Japanese maker of Super Mario...

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Web attack traffic soars

The U.S. had the third-highest percentage of observed cyber attack traffic in the third quarter of 2013, and hackers managed to shut down websites more often in the first three quarters of the year than in all of 2012, according to a new report. Akamai,...

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Expert: Fall River’s rush job a gamble

Fall River Mayor William Flanagan's goal of opening the state's first casino through an alliance with Foxwoods, announced just yesterday, is bold but potentially perilous, an industry expert said. "I hope these people know what they're getting themselves...

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Group aims to improve food at Pa. corner stores

PHILADELPHIA — From the outside, Carmen Medina's convenience store appears to be an oasis in the food desert of gritty north Philadelphia, from its bright yellow-and-white striped awnings to the fake palm tree sculptures on the sidewalk. A glimpse inside...

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Mass. grants $40 million for health initiatives

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has announced that more than $40 million in grants will be awarded to community-based programs for preventing chronic illnesses by cutting health care costs. Nine community-based partnerships, including the Boston Public...

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Connector-fix price tag unknown

Massachusetts Health Connector officials, who admitted in October they've incurred "substantial costs" as a result of developing manual workarounds to the disastrous $69 million state Obamacare website, still aren't saying exactly how much that price...

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Siemens net profit rises 20 percent, orders up

FRANKFURT, Germany — Industrial equipment maker Siemens AG said quarterly net profit rose 20 percent as the company moved past one-time charges for delays delivering high-speed trains. Net profit rose to 1.46 billion euros ($2 billion) in the fourth...

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India's central bank hikes key interest rate

NEW DELHI — India's central bank raised its key interest rate for the third time in four months Tuesday and its governor said combating stubbornly high inflation is the top priority despite an "increasingly worrisome" slowdown in economic growth. The...

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Perks entice top engineers

As Boston's tech scene explodes and successful companies continue to grow at a breakneck pace, firms are stepping up to make sure top engineers end up at their desks and not at the business next door. "If you want access to the best talent, you have...

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Johansson addresses criticism over SodaStream deal

LOS ANGELES — Scarlett Johansson has responded to criticism over her new ad campaign for an Israeli company that operates in the West Bank, but she's not pulling out of the endorsement deal. The 29-year-old actress said in a statement released Friday...

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Grocer powers on with idea

State permitting will pave the way for food waste from 213 Stop & Shop supermarkets to be converted into energy to power the grocery chain's Freetown distribution center. Quincy-based Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. plans to build a multimillion-dollar,...

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Smoking out the rough idle and stalling of Expedition

I have a 2001 Ford Expedition with the 5.4-liter V8 and 103,000 miles. At 98,000 miles it developed a rough idle and began stalling at stop signs. My local mechanic noticed low fuel pressure and replaced the fuel filter and fuel pump. It ran good but...

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