MCCA plays up $1.1M temporary Lawn on D

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority spent $1.1 million to build a lush open space in the Seaport District to host concerts, artwork and lawn games, but it will be usable for no more than two years before the acres of newly laid sod and rows...

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B.R.A. vows no more secrets

The BRA's acting director hopes a new policy requiring the agency to hold public meetings and a 10-day open comment session before giving away any city-owned land will help restore some of the credibility it lost in the backlash over last fall's secret...

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Boston online retailer Wayfair files for public offering

Boston-based online home goods retailer Wayfair filed paperwork for its initial public offering yesterday, a long-awaited move for a company that has seen more than $1 billion in sales during the past 12 months. According to the paperwork filed with...

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Mercedes S550 worth its high price

When the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 4matic sedan was delivered for testing, my first thought was, why would anyone spend $128,000 on a car? After a few days behind the wheel, I now wish I had $128,000 to buy this car. Opulence, elegance, style, superb...

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GE Healthcare life sciences division’s moving in

GE Healthcare will relocate its American headquarters for its life sciences division to Massachusetts — a major move expected to create hundreds of jobs, coming on the heels of similar arrivals in redent years by Sanofi-­Aventis and Pfizer. "GE is not...

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Biotech center developer asks BRA for 70-year lease

An empty Marine Industrial Park parcel, the site of Cirque du Soleil's big top tents this summer, could be one step closer to being developed as a possible biotech center if the long-stalled project gets the BRA board's approval tonight. The Kavanagh...

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Reported deaths, injuries jump at major Mass. hospitals

The number of "serious reportable events," such as deaths or injuries, at Massachusetts acute-care hospitals more than doubled in the last three years, according to data collected by the state Department of Public Health. The total number of events...

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Raytheon pays feds for ineligible meal expenses

BOSTON — Raytheon has agreed to pay $350,000 to the federal government for charging the Department of Defense for ineligible meal expenses. Carmen Ortiz, the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, said in a statement Wednesday that the Waltham-based defense...

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Asbestos pushed in Asia as product for the poor

VAISHALI, India — The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, saves lives and brings roofs, walls and pipes to some of the world's poorest people. ...

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City eases zoning appeals for changes to small properties

Boston is trying to make it easier for small businesses and homeowners to make changes to their properties, the latest in what the city says is a series of improvements to the zoning process. A new Zoning Board of Appeals subcommittee will hear requests...

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Expert: Market Basket threat may be illegal

Market Basket issued letters to hundreds of protesting employees yesterday giving them until Friday to return to work or lose their jobs — a move that legally will be difficult to enforce, a labor expert told the Herald. "An employer in this situation...

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Amazon debuts mobile payment app and card reader

NEW YORK — Amazon is taking direct aim at mobile payment systems such as Square by introducing the Amazon Local Register, a credit-card processing device and mobile app designed to help small business owners accept payments through their smartphones...

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Market Basket’s board calls on parties to end impasse

The three self-described "independent" directors of Market Basket's seven-member board yesterday repeated their demand for an end to the "standoff" by store employees supporting ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, while an industry expert says he doubts the...

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Developer set to launch $210M Seaport cargo project

Groundbreaking on the $210 million Boston Cargo Terminal project in the Seaport will take place in a matter of weeks, a project official told the Herald yesterday. The nearly 30-acre property is expected to include three commercial warehouse buildings,...

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Asbestos pushed in Asia as product for the poor

VAISHALI, India — The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, saves lives and brings roofs, walls and pipes to some of the world's poorest people. ...

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DEA improperly paid $854,460 for passenger lists

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak employee hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades to obtain confidential information it could have gotten for free, according to internal investigators at the railroad. According...

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Boston-based robot is meant to aid families

The world's first social robot for the family, "Jibo," is being made right here in Boston by a leading roboticist who believes that in a few years, the platform could be as ubiquitous as the iPad. "Jibo's role is to be your personal helper," said famed...

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Medtech industry on life support

More than a year and a half after the implementation of a controversial medical device tax, the industry is still struggling in Massachusetts, experts say. "I can't tell you how many of my former associates are unemployed," said Ronald Adams, who was...

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Arthur T. Demoulas says bid met asking price for Market Basket

For the first time yesterday, former Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas characterized his offer to buy the beleaguered local grocery chain at the "pre-crisis" value — a undisclosed figure that experts are pegging at about 
$1.5 billion, an offer they...

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Auction on New England's tallest lighthouse to end

YORK, Maine — The federal government is set to close out an auction on a Maine lighthouse that is the tallest in New England. The Boon Island Light Station, off the coast of York, is up for auction until 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Seven people have bid on...

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App lets musicians practice with a virtual orchestra

Many people learning to play an instrument practice by themselves and eventually give up out of sheer boredom. But a new app developed by a MassChallenge finalist gives both amateur and professional musicians the chance to play, virtually, at Carnegie...

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Market Basket: Arthur S. blasts Arthur T.

In a blistering statement late last night, Market Basket shareholders aligned with majority owner Arthur S. Demoulas said they had repeatedly offered to sell the embattled grocery chain to Arthur T. Demoulas and accused the ousted CEO of acting in bad...

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Judge denies GM motion to dismiss ignition suit

NEW YORK — A Georgia judge has denied a motion by General Motors to dismiss a wrongful death case against the automaker and set a trial date for April 2016. The family of Brooke Melton, a 29-year-old nurse who died in a 2010 car crash near Atlanta,...

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Ashton Kutcher's A+ viral site accused of plagiarism

Ashton Kutcher probably wishes he was being Punk'd right about now. The actor's viral content site Aplus.com (stylized as A+) is being accused of plagiarizing articles from the Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and Cracked, among other outlets, the Daily Dot...

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