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HubSpot prices shares at $25 for today's IPO Cambridge-based HubSpot, an inbound marketing and sales software company, last night priced its initial public offering at $25 a share, above the expected range of $22 to $24 a share. The 5 million common...

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TD Garden goes gourmet

The TD Garden showed off the first phase of its
$70 million renovation yesterday — including digital screens that show fans' tweets and fancier food options such as a surf and turf burger — hours before the Bruins took to the ice for their home opener....

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Activist shareholder demands EMC act to boost stock price

An activist shareholder has made public its calls for data storage giant EMC Corp. to spin off its VMware virtualization software unit or pursue merger opportunities with other companies. New York's Elliott Management Corp., which has a 2.2 percent...

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City orders one-day suspension of club’s license

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday slapped a local nightclub with a one-day license suspension for failing to call police about an alleged sexual assault on its dance floor. Mac Dauber, the Royale's security director, told the board Tuesday that the...

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Accelerator teams with French city

Boston startup accelerator and competition host MassChallenge will sign a memorandum of understanding today to forge ties with the city of Lyon, France, home to an international biotechnology cluster and Europe's top center for vaccine production. "It's...

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Bill Gates gives $5M to startup

A Cambridge biotech startup yesterday got a 
$5 million boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop synthetic bacteria to fight disease. Synlogic said it will work with the former Microsoft boss' charitable foundation to help combat...

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App traps child predators

Technology is closing in on child predators as the federal government expands a highly successful smartphone app that has made it easier to identify and lock up the sick individuals who prey on kids. "They've exploited children using technology for...

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Bruins’ practice rink striking glass

The Boston Bruins' new practice facility at New Balance's Boston Landing project complements the high-glass design of the athletic footwear company's adjacent headquarters, according to preliminary renderings filed with the city. The rink's glass facade...

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Asian stocks mixed after growth forecast cut

BANGKOK — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street edged down and the World Bank trimmed its forecast of the region's economic growth. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 declined 0.2 percent to 15,855.47 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.5...

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Samsung expects lowest profit in over 3 years

SEOUL, South Korea — The world's biggest smartphone maker is suffering a stunning financial decline in the face of intense competition from Apple Inc. and upstart Chinese brands. In a preview to earnings due out this month, Samsung Electronics Co. said...

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US health providers expand their Ebola precautions

NEW YORK — Public hospitals in New York City are concerned enough about Ebola that they've secretly been sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how good the triage staff is at identifying and isolating possible cases. A small...

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Mobile revolution shakes up Silicon Valley

SAN FRANCISCO — Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren't just changing the way we live and work. They are shaking up Silicon Valley's balance of power and splitting up businesses. Long-established companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and eBay Inc....

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Hewlett-Packard splits off PC, printer businesses

NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard is splitting itself into two companies, one focused on its personal computer and printing business and another on technology services, such as data storage, servers and software, as it aims to drive profits higher. The company...

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Wal-Mart plans 1-stop health coverage shopping

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart is taking one-stop shopping to another area: health insurance. The world's largest retailer plans to work with DirectHealth.com, an online health insurance comparison site and agency, to allow shoppers to compare coverage options...

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Corporate deals set to return to pre-crisis levels

LONDON — In a year that's been awash with multi-billion dollar corporate deals, the number and value of mergers and acquisitions is set to grow further, reaching pre-crisis levels over the coming 12 months, consulting firm EY said Monday. In its biannual...

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Global stocks remain supported by US jobs data

SEOUL, South Korea — Global markets were mostly higher on Monday as investors continued to draw confidence from upbeat U.S. jobs data from last week. KEEPING SCORE: Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.4 percent to 6,555.12 and Germany's DAX advanced 0.9 percent...

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Artisan’s Asylum seeks to reinvent mission

The "bang, bang, bang!" in the background at Artisan's Asylum sounds startlingly like gunshots, but Ecco Pierce assures that it's only one of her compatriots at work. "Your first impression when you walk in here is overstimulation," says Pierce, a 28-year-old...

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Anchorage asks court to stop ride-sharing company

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage is taking court action to stop ride-sharing company Uber from operating in the city. The city requested an injunction and a temporary restraining order against Uber Technologies Inc. in civil superior court on Friday, KTUU...

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Robots to learn from Nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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Robots to learn from Nurses

On the labor and delivery floor of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about 20 so-called ninja nurses use their sixth sense to efficiently assign staff and resources to patients to make sure everyone gets the care and attention they need. Now, a...

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