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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