Dunkin' Donuts counting fewer beans

Weak consumer spending and increased competition for their breakfast business yesterday prompted the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts to warn that it might miss sales forecasts. It will be a "challenge" for Canton-based Dunkin' Brands to achieve the...

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Lumiere shines light on high-end Medford site

A large site across from the Mystic River Reservation in Medford is being turned into the area's latest luxury apartment development with views across the river to the Boston skyline. The 164-unit Lumiere is about a mile from the Wellington Orange Line...

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N.H. co. settles with Apple A New Hampshire company that was manufacturing synthetic sapphire glass has reached a settlement with Apple, but at the expense of layoffs at its facilities in Salem and New Hampshire. GT Advanced Technologies said in a...

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Amazon’s new Kindles a perfect read

The new Kindle Voyage is the perfect binge-reader. It proves that the iPad isn't for bookworms anymore, because even the most old-school lover of dead trees should take a look at the Voyage, which takes all the best aspects of Amazon's previous e-readers...

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SEC, Fed relax mortgage down payment rules

New rules that will make it easier for banks to sell mortgages and will let home buyers use smaller down payments are aimed at jump-starting a sluggish housing market, but may not make a significant impact, according to experts. The rules, which were...

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Postal workers appeal to Harvard president The postal workers union wants Harvard University's president to oppose a deal between Staples Inc. and the U.S. Postal Service that offers services in some stores or resign her seat on the office supply chain's...

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Penthouse price tag shatters Boston record

The high life in the Hub has never been loftier than the staggering $37.5 million room with a view Millennium Partners is now offering — a record-breaking price for the entire top floor of the soaring 60-story Millennium Tower Boston. And that includes...

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Gaming foes can’t come close in TV buys

The group working to repeal the state's casino law will likely be unable to match the multimillion dollar ad blitz from a group of gaming powerhouses — now including Wynn Resorts —that in the past month have spent $2.7 million on TV spots touting jobs....

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh seeks global partnerships, startups

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, hosting attendees from 14 countries at a State House conference yesterday, said Boston can't just rely on home-grown businesses to fuel its economy. "Boston and Massachusetts cannot operate in silos," Walsh said. "It's so important...

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Market Basket back on track after delays

Market Basket's newest store opens Sunday at 7 a.m. in Revere — more than a year after it was completed and ready for business in July 2013. The store's opening — and progress on others — was stalled by infighting among Market Basket's directors and...

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China lowballs MBTA bid

The controversial train manufacturer run by the repressive Chinese government submitted an extraordinarily low bid to make new Orange and Red line subway cars that was hundreds of millions of dollars lower than its rivals, records show. But while that...

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Toys R Us pulls 'Breaking Bad' action figures after parent petition

Toys R Us is sending its "Breaking Bad" action figures on a trip to Belize, if you catch the drift. Following a Change.com petition from a Florida mom that called for the retailer to stop selling its line of action figures based on the AMC drama, the...

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Dunkin’ to go mobile

Dunkin' Donuts customers will be able to skip the lines when the Canton coffee-and-doughnut chain starts piloting mobile ordering by year's end, in advance of a planned U.S. rollout next year. "We are planning to test mobile ordering in the fourth quarter,...

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Startup’s software helps protect workers from emails sent by imposters

Boston University, Target and the New York Times in the past year all have been victims of targeted "phishing" attacks, in which hackers posing as employees' contacts have gotten them to open emails and unwittingly share their credentials or infect their...

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Guidelines suggest when tires should be repaired

I have a car that I drive only a couple of thousand miles a year. It had a slow leak in a tire more than 10 years old. I took it to a tire dealer who said that because of its age, he couldn't touch it. He told me that in Minnesota it's a $10,000 fine...

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Bake sales boost breast cancer fight

There's nothing like a dose of nostalgia to get co-workers to donate to a worthy cause, especially when there's food involved. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Boston-based nonprofit Bakes for Breast Cancer revisited the days of selling...

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