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Aereo to close Southie office, lay off 43 Streaming Internet television startup Aereo will close its South Boston office and lay off 43 employees to cut costs after a series of losses in court. Aereo said it will close its Hub engineering office...

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Aereo lays off staff in Boston, New York

Aereo, which put its service on hold after it lost a Supreme Court ruling in June, is laying off a majority of its staff, including employees in New York and Boston, although the company says that it is continuing to "chart our path forward." Several...

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Expert: Home Depot email hack may lead to ID thefts

Two months after it revealed that 56 million of its customers' debit and credit cards had been compromised, Home Depot yesterday disclosed that hackers also stole 53 million email addresses — information that, coupled with customers' financial data,...

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Good things come in small packages at North Point

A new AvalonBay Communities' apartment complex features micro-unit and larger studios carved out of a former hot dog factory in East Cambridge, with access to first-class amenities at its luxury rental tower across the street. The Avalon North Point...

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US employers add 214K jobs; rate dips to 5.8 pct.

WASHINGTON — Three days after voters registered their sourness about the U.S. economy, the government said Friday that employers added a solid 214,000 jobs in October, extending the steadiest pace of job growth in nearly 20 years. In addition, a combined...

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AG probes hospital closure plan

The Attorney General's Office is investigating whether Steward Health Care System violated the terms of a 2011 agreement when it announced yesterday that Quincy Medical Center will shut down operations by the end of the year, a spokesman said. "We have...

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Cambridge company gets orphan-drug status

The Food and Drug Administration has given Cambridge-based Merrimack Pharmaceuticals' second treatment for pancreatic cancer orphan-drug status, a designation that entitles therapies for rare diseases to tax credits and seven years of market exclusivity...

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State eyes fee hikes on beaches, rinks, parks

It's going to get more expensive to hit the beach, rent ice time and camp on state property in Massachusetts under proposed fee changes that also include new charges for other activities. The Department of Conservation and Recreation hasn't raised its...

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Foxwoods sees new mall as competition for visitors

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — Foxwoods Resort Casino says the mall it's building will ratchet up the competition for gamblers and shoppers being lured by Massachusetts. Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council that runs Foxwoods in...

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Jon Stewart sells New York City penthouse off-market

As far as we can tell, the eagle-eyed real estate gossips at The Real Deal were the first to sort out and report that Jon Stewart surreptitiously sold his suburban macmansion-sized duplex penthouse in lower Manhattan's trendy and trés pricey TriBeCa...

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