Massachusetts minimum pay may be $10.50 by ’16

A proposal unveiled by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo yesterday to raise the minimum wage to $10.50 per hour by 2016 reignited a debate among business owners and leaders, with some saying government shouldn't be setting the standard for employee pay....

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Obama overtime plan already stirring controversy

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's move to make more workers eligible for time-and-a-half overtime pay is being hailed by Democrats who see it as a potent midterm election issue and condemned by Republicans and business leaders as presidential overreach....

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Sam Adams brewer backs out of parade over gay-rights flap

Boston Beer Co., the brewer of Samuel Adams, has pulled its sponsorship from the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade amid controversy over the organizers' refusal to let gay veterans march, the company announced in a statement. "We have been participating...

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Jetblue’s NYC-Hyannis service takes off in June

Cape Cod is bracing for an even bigger wave of New Yorkers this year now that JetBlue has announced new daily direct seasonal flights between Hyannis and John F. Kennedy International Airport. "In summer, New York's our primary market," Cape Cod Chamber...

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Rule targets for-profit colleges over student debt

WASHINGTON — The for-profit college industry says it will vigorously oppose proposed regulations by the Obama administration designed to protect students at for-profit colleges from amassing huge debt they can't pay off. The proposed regulations would...

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Firm to help find cures for children

Although their stories differed in detail, they shared a passion and a purpose no parent would envy: finding a cure for the diseases that afflict — and, in some instances, might one day kill — their children. At the ribbon-cutting yesterday for Intellimedix,...

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Rents for Chelsea’s new high-end apartments beat Boston prices

Those looking for relief from the high rents in the Hub's new luxury apartment buildings have an option — cross the Tobin Bridge into Chelsea and pay half of what you'd pay downtown. There's a wave of new development in Chelsea, with lots of hotels,...

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BP regains ability to do work for government

WASHINGTON — The oil company behind the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history can once again perform work for the federal government. Under an agreement reached Thursday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than two dozen BP entities...

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Dems grapple with dilemma on Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON — Democrats are grappling with an election-year dilemma posed by the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Wealthy party donors are funding candidates who oppose the project — a high-profile symbol of the political debate over climate change. But some...

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Attorneys wrap up arguments in Madoff worker trial

NEW YORK — Lawyers have made their final arguments to jurors in the first criminal trial to result from Bernard Madoff's epic fraud. Summations wrapped up Friday in the trial of five former Madoff employees. A judge still needs to give lengthy legal...

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