FairPoint unions begin strike vote meetings Friday

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — Nearly 2,000 union employees of telecommunications firm FairPoint in northern New England are set to begin voting on whether to authorize a strike. A meeting about the strike authorization vote is scheduled for Friday in South...

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FTC sues Amazon over in-app buys

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon over charges that the company has not done enough to prevent children from making unauthorized in-app purchases, according to a complaint filed yesterday in federal court. The move had been expected since...

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Casino hopefuls launch effort to fight repeal of gaming law

High-rolling casino developers, intent on protecting their Bay State investments, are planning to throw their weight behind a new political committee aimed at fighting the anti-casino ballot question, adding to the potential for a fundraising arms race...

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Harpoon CEO steps down, sells stake

Harpoon Brewery co-founder Rich Doyle is relinquishing his CEO post and cashing out of the Boston company as part of a move to give an ownership interest to employees. Doyle and five other shareholders sold 48 percent of the company's shares to an Employee...

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GFC builds striking, sustainable condos

It's not easy to get contemporary architecture built in the area's traditional neighborhoods of two- and three-family houses. But one local development company has created a niche by hiring architects to create housing to attract design-conscious buyers....

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Shares of Sarepta dive on DMD drug data

Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged by as much as 28 percent yesterday after the Cambridge company released data showing that patients taking its drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy showed a progression of the muscle-wasting disease after nearly...

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Uber secretive about Hub details

Uber, the private car service app taking Boston by storm, is so shrouded in secrecy that company officials won't answer basic questions such as how many complaints were made against drivers, how many have been fired for misconduct — or even how many...

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Gov. Patrick signs compound pharmacy regulation measure

Two years after a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday signed a law he said would address a "gray area" between state and federal oversight of the pharmacies. The measure...

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Cape Wind wants staging option in R.I.

The developer of a planned wind farm off Cape Cod wants the option to lease land in Rhode Island for a staging and assembly area, the Quonset Development Corp. announced. Cape Wind is looking at a one-year lease option at the Quonset Business Park,...

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NHTSA probes 500K Ford cars for steering issues

NEW YORK — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is investigating steering problems in about 500,000 Ford cars. The investigation covers 2004 to 2007 Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis and Marauder models. NHTSA says a heat shield in...

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