Boston agrees to keep Uber ride data locked up

Boston has agreed to keep secret detailed data from every Uber ride in the city, according to a contract between the city and the company. The agreement, obtained by the Herald through a public records request, appears to comply with a specific exemption...

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Cool Southie condo tops retail space

This stylish South Boston condo isn't what you'd expect to see above a retail store, with its paneled wainscoting, sloped skylighted ceilings and private decks with panoramic city views. The two-bedroom unit at 634 East Broadway, on the market for $629,900,...

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FDA OKs Shire drug for binge-eating use The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Shire Plc's stimulant Vyvanse to treat binge-eating disorder, the first product to be approved for the condition. Shire's U.S. headquarters is based...

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Merger collapse puts Partners in tight spot

Partners HealthCare will have to tread carefully on any future expansion, or risk a takedown attempt by Attorney General Maura Healey, a hospital expert predicted yesterday. "If Partners keeps on attacking and capturing more land, the AG may say, you...

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Partners/AG battle looms

Partners HealthCare could be in for a knock-down, drag-out legal fight with Attorney General Maura Healey if they move to merge with three smaller hospitals, analysts said yesterday after a Superior Court judge scuttled a deal that would have let the...

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Software license to cut wait times at registry

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles branches are notorious for their wait times, but how customers wait could soon change. Pasadena, Calif.-based QLess won the bid to provide a software platform that would let customers enter virtual RMV lines...

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Chamber of Commerce to focus on technology companies

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is turning over a new leaf, planning to focus on the technology sector and innovation economy as it outlines its priorities in the coming year. "We need to do more to continue to accelerate innovation and promote...

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Hot Property: Ocean dreams come true at Seapoint

As we get through the aftermath of the Blizzard of 2015, why not dream of spending summers in this luxurious shingle-style Dartmouth compound at the tip of a peninsula that juts five miles into Buzzards Bay. Designed by renowned architect Robert A.M....

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Charlie Baker to Keolis: Get on track

Keolis, the French company hired last year to run commuter rail lines, struggled mightily to rebound from the blizzard, canceling 28 trains during yesterday's morning rush hour, sparking a warning from the Baker administration to deliver on their "no-excuses"...

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Super Bowl ads
 won't offend Super Bowl advertisers are being careful not to offend. GoDaddy decided not to run an ad that showed a dog being sold online so as not to offend dog lovers. The Victoria's Secret angels are fully clothed in its teaser spot,...

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Apple stock ascends after record quarter

Shares of Apple Inc. surged yesterday after the company announced the best financial quarter ever for a public company, and analysts predict there's more growth in the tech giant's future. Apple stock closed up 5 percent a day after it revealed blockbuster...

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Chinatown creates land trust

Chinatown residents and activists have formed a land trust in an attempt to buy properties and keep them affordable for residents of the Boston neighborhood, which has been giving way to gentrification. "What we're really trying to do is preserve as...

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Some Boston spots brave blizzard

The blizzard of 2015 didn't dampen Bostonians' appetites to venture out yesterday in search of restaurants that were open to serve their snowbound neighbors. Barracuda Tavern in Downtown Crossing had put up six workers at the Nine Zero Hotel and Omni...

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Crews still working to restore power

Crews were working through the night to restore power to about 28,000 households and businesses, including most of Nantucket, who remained in the dark after heavy snow and falling trees downed wires across the Bay State. National Grid and Nstar officials...

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Business losses accumulate

Bay State businesses are counting their blessings that the monster blizzard of 2015 has brought only minimal losses. Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, estimated the total loss to his members at less than 
$20 million....

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Apple has huge quarter from holiday iPhone sales Apple had another blowout quarter thanks to its new plus-sized iPhones, which helped the company smash sales records for the holiday season. Apple said yesterday that it sold 74.5 million iPhones...

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Facebook suffers outage affecting users worldwide

SEOUL, South Korea — Facebook suffered a widespread outage lasting roughly 40 minutes on Tuesday affecting users in the United States, Asia, the U.K. and Australia. The social media giant's Instagram service was also briefly inaccessible. Instagram...

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Facebook: Internal glitch caused hour-long global outage

SEOUL, South Korea — Facebook said it suffered a self-inflicted outage lasting an hour on Tuesday that made its site inaccessible to users worldwide. The glitch reported in Asia, the United States, Australia and the U.K. affected access from PCs and...

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Facebook suffers 45-minute outage, blames own technicians

Facebook went offline across much of the world for 45 minutes late Monday (Tuesday in European and Asian time zones). Some users also found it difficult to access photo-sharing app Instagram. Normal service has now resumed. Facebook blamed its own technicians...

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Label case filed vs. Utz products

Two Bay Staters are accusing potato chip giant Utz Quality Foods of mislabeling its products as "all natural," alleging in a complaint that some of them are made from genetically modified ingredients. Matt DiFrancesco and Angela Mizzoni filed a federal...

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Boston eyes home-rental rules

As Boston considers regulating home-rental services such as Airbnb, legislation has been filed on Beacon Hill that would require homeowners to have insurance and pay a tourism tax if they want to open their doors to paying guests. "It's trying to create...

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Consumer agency gets an incomplete on mortgage advice

WASHINGTON — When the federal government's consumer protection agency for financial matters tells you how to shop for a good deal on a home mortgage, you should follow the advice, right? Maybe some of it. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which...

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Answers to common questions about cars in winter

There have been numerous articles recently about warming up vehicles before driving in the winter. I understand doing so makes problems for the environment and is not necessary. The best way is to just drive them. But what about folks who only drive...

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