'Lego Dimensions' game from Warner Bros. to meld Batman, 'Lord of the Rings' and more

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment this fall is slated to launch "Lego Dimensions," a videogame that combines physical toy figurines and fuses together universes from multiple WB and Lego properties, including DC Comics' Batman, "The Lord of the...

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GE pares off financial unit and returns to industrial roots

General Electric is leaving the lending business, a major source of both profit and risk, as it continues to whittle its focus down to an industrial core. The company said Friday that it will sell most of its GE Capital assets over the next two years,...

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Healey: Forgive student debt

Attorney General Maura Healey, along with attorneys general across the country, is asking the federal Department of Education to forgive the student loan debt of students who they say fell victim to unfair and misleading practices by for-profit schools....

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Lawsuit says Wall Street executive overcharged on contracts

WASHINGTON — Two former employees of a helicopter company owned by a prominent Wall Street financier allege that she exploited a connection with an Army colonel to charge the U.S. government inflated prices for rotorcraft. In documents filed Thursday...

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Connector OKs risk adjustment

The state Health Connector board yesterday voted to proceed with an Obamacare provision that small health plans say will move millions of dollars from them to the state's largest insurer based on flawed data. "We remain very concerned about the impact...

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Prep Charter plans to build new $24.5M school

Boston Preparatory Charter Public School has filed formal plans with the city to build a permanent school in Hyde Park for an estimated $24.5 million. The college preparatory middle and high school, which has been leasing the former Most Precious Blood...

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Parking fines go up for Red Sox game days

Beginning Monday on Opening Day, people who park in resident-only spaces in the neighborhoods around Fenway Park during Red Sox games will have to pay more than double the usual fine. Mayor Martin J. Walsh yesterday signed an ordinance — passed by the...

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Hot Property: Communities the ‘new neighborhoods’

From pet-washing stations and green roofs to bocce courts, yoga studios, fire pits and screening rooms, Boston-area apartment and condo complexes are piling on the amenities. With studios fetching upward of $2,000 per month and $1 million-plus condos,...

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Latest on Apple Watch release: Shopping begins

11:09 a.m. EDT. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster estimates that launch day supply (the models available for shipping on April 24th) was largely sold out within the first 10 to 30 minutes of going on sale. "We view this as an indication of solid demand paired...

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Analyst downgrades Apple shares as smartwatch goes on sale

NEW YORK — As consumers trekked to Apple stores to try on the company's smartwatch for the first time, a Raymond James analyst downgraded shares of the tech giant, saying its first product launch under CEO Tim Cook poses "more risk than reward." Analyst...

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Turks and Caicos Islands signs $224M hotel development plan

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has announced an agreement with a hotel developer to build a $224 million resort project on the most populous island of the British territory. A statement from...

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Wage hike move sparks protest at McDonald’s

Boston-area fast-food workers and their supporters demonstrated outside a McDonald's yesterday, a day after the company announced it was giving workers at restaurants it owns a pay raise — a move protesters said was a publicity stunt that would only...

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Helping new grads calculate rent

With cap and gown season approaching for local colleges, a new interactive mapping tool reveals the best places for newly 
minted graduates to live based on how much of their salary would go toward rent. "College graduates today face the challenge of...

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Hiring slowdown: US employers added just 126K jobs in March

WASHINGTON — A weakening U.S. economy spilled into the job market in March as employers added just 126,000 jobs — the fewest since December 2013 — snapping a 12-month streak of gains above 200,000. The unemployment rate remained at 5.5 percent, the...

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Marty Walsh, Stephen Lynch want feds to nix local pipeline OK

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and elected officials representing West Roxbury are asking federal regulators to reconsider their approval of a natural gas pipeline proposed near an active quarry, saying it's a potential public safety nightmare and they...

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Jury orders Chrysler to pay $150M in Jeep fire death

NEW YORK — A jury in Georgia has awarded $150 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy killed when a Jeep Grand Cherokee exploded into flames three years ago after being rear-ended. The jury said Chrysler, the maker of Jeeps, must pay nearly the full...

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The Ticker

Plans filed for 69-room hotel in West Roxbury Plans have been filed with the city for a 69-room hotel — the King David Hotel — in West Roxbury. Builder Nissim Trabelsi is proposing a four-story limestone and brick hotel with a restaurant and bar, ballroom,...

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Boston Redevelopment Authority joins digital world

The Boston Redevelopment Authority has converted its 108 property leases into digital files and is preparing to audit if it has received all of the money it was owed after a scathing report last year faulted the agency for losing track of delinquent...

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Belk department store chain considers sale

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Department store chain Belk is considering a possible sale. The company issued a statement Thursday saying it was considering all options for its future. Belk said it has retained the Goldman Sachs investment bank to help study its...

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Some maple sap this season headed from tree tap to beer tap

CHATHAM, N.Y. — The maple sap bubbling away in Ron Davis' upstate New York sugar house is destined for pancakes, waffles, sweets and — for years now — beer kegs. The local syrup adds a touch of woodsy sweetness to the maple amber beer made by nearby...

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Spruce up home for spring rush

With the busy spring real estate season starting, it's time for sellers to spruce up their property. The work can go a long way toward luring potential buyers clicking through the photos that accompany online listings as well as bump up a home's selling...

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New Balance gives Boston its sole

New Balance is releasing a new running shoe with a distinctive Boston flavor just in time for next month's 119th Boston Marathon. The limited-edition Fresh Foam Zante Boston sneaker features the Boston skyline on its insole and the word "Fastah" on...

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The Ticker

House votes Suffolk Downs simulcast race extension With just days until a license is set to expire for Suffolk Downs, the House passed a bill yesterday giving the racetrack another month to simulcast races while lawmakers continue work on legislation...

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Obama praises payday lender rules, vows veto of limitations

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Embracing proposed new rules aimed at payday lenders, President Barack Obama on Thursday said working families need protections from heavy debt burdens and warned Republicans that he would veto attempts to unravel regulations that...

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Hotel bid process seen as ripe for collusion

Massport is allowing development groups seeking to build an $800 million Seaport District hotel to team up with the same hotel partners, creating an unusual situation that critics say could be exploited and lead to collusion if a hotel chain was to share...

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Census: Florida city tops list of fastest-growing areas

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sure, Florida's got sunshine, beaches and palm trees. But the driving force behind it being home to many of the nation's fastest-growing cities has been the return of hospitality, trade and construction jobs. New figures released Thursday...

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Twitter launches Periscope live-streaming video app

Twitter has launched live-streaming video app Periscope, developed by the startup it bought earlier in 2015 for a reported $100 million, upping the battle with overnight mobile-app streaming sensation Meerkat. "We think it's a perfect complement to...

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Uber, insurance companies agree on bill

Ride-sharing company Uber has reached an agreement with major insurance companies on a model bill that would cover drivers anytime they are working. "It's a national agreement with a number of major insurance carriers to come together and agree on some...

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Meerkat vs. Periscope: Live-stream video apps ride latest digital wave

Live-streaming video is the next big thing in social media, and now Twitter has thrown its hat into the ring with Periscope, a new app that lets anyone with a cellphone show off their ukulele chops in real time around the world. Released yesterday,...

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Internet outages reveal gaps in US broadband infrastructure

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — When vandals sliced a fiber-optic cable in the Arizona desert last month, they did more than time-warp thousands of people back to an era before computers, credit cards or even phones. They exposed a glaring vulnerability in the nation's...

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Boston firm unveils latest in ‘collaborative robots’

A Boston robotics company has unveiled the latest in what it says will be a "family" of manufacturing robots that work alongside humans. "We've always envisioned a family of smart, collaborative robots," said Jim Lawton, an executive with Rethink Robotics....

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Obama drives ahead on climate with government emissions cuts

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered the federal government on Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade, driving his climate change agenda forward despite percolating challenges from Republican-led states....

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