Facebook buys video-compression startup Quickfire

Facebook, in a clear signal of its expanding video ambitions, has acquired video-compression technology company QuickFire Networks. Facebook did not disclose terms of the deal. San Diego-based QuickFire has developed technology to reduce bandwidth required...

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Obama proposes publicly funded community college for all

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants publicly funded community college available to all Americans, a sweeping, multibillion-dollar proposal that would make higher education as accessible as a high school diploma to boost weak U.S. wages and skills...

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City permits may delay casino

A member of the state gaming panel that approved the $1.6 billion gambling resort Wynn plans to build in Everett said yesterday the permitting process — not the lawsuit Boston has filed in a last-ditch effort to allow Charlestown residents to vote on...

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The Ticker

Dun & Bradstreet buys NetProspex for $125M Dun & Bradstreet, the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, announced yesterday it has acquired NetProspex, a Waltham-based company offering contact data and...

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Reebok stands by UFC fighter in rehab

Reebok is sticking by Jon Jones, its newly signed Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, who has entered a drug treatment facility after testing positive for the primary metabolite of cocaine. "We commend Jon for taking the necessary steps to address...

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Harvard, Brigham partner up on Ebola drug

A Canadian pharmaceutical company is partnering with Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital to develop an oral drug that blocks the Ebola virus and could be tested on humans as early as this year, according to researchers and the company's...

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Report: Natural gas prices to spike in Mass.

Bay Staters will be paying "spiking" prices for natural gas for the next four years thanks to insufficient supply, according to a new report released by the state. "From 2015 through 2019, electric generators have insufficient supply of natural gas,...

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Developers take note as Walsh seeks bold design

Mayor Martin J. Walsh struck a chord last month when he told an audience at the Boston Chamber of Commerce that the Hub needed more innovative architecture. The city is enjoying a major building boom, yet the design of many recent buildings is bland...

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Tiger Woods lists private Swedish island compound

Although Tiger Woods hasn't been married to his Swedish ex-wife Elin Nordegren since 2010 he's just now getting around to selling a private island he owns near Stockholm for an undisclosed amount. SELLER: Tiger Woods LOCATION: Lake Mälaren, Sweden...

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US gains 252K jobs; unemployment falls to 5.6 pct.

WASHINGTON — The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in December, and the unemployment rate hit a six-year low. The numbers support expectations that the United States will strengthen further this year even as...

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