Thursday, November 5, 2009 Insider trading case draws in more Mass. companies
By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff The insider trading case that rocked Wall Street last month grew even larger today, drawing in more Massachusetts companies and a hedge fund manager with a home in Westwood. The US Department of Justice said... Akamai is tapped for Olympics video project
Akamai Technologies Inc., the Cambridge company that specializes in technology that aims to provide for the speedy delivery of robust Web content, said it will be part of an effort to provide live and on-demand video for the NBC TV... Finagle ads support supermarket bagel launch
SJB Bagel Makers of Boston, the new name of the parent company of the local Finagle a Bagel chain, said it has launched an ad campaign to promote the introduction of its frozen bagel line to supermarket chains. The campaign... Fidelity unveils Roth IRA conversion tool
Fidelity Investments, the Boston mutual fund giant, said in a press release that it is adding an online tool for investors who are contemplating moving some of their retirement savings to a Roth IRA savings account. On Jan. 1, the... Haptic cow wins UK innovation award
(Photo of haptic cow provided by SensAble) Need to brush up your skills for midwifing a pregnant cow? Then SensAble Technologies Inc. of Woburn may have some good news for you. In a press release today, the Woburn company... Smart phone demand going strong
Associated Press The global smart phone market set a record for shipments in the third quarter as it continues to weather the economic turmoil, the Framingham-based research firm IDC said today. Smart phone vendors shipped 43.3 million units during the... Globe unveils top Massachusetts workplaces
(An alternate version of the magazine cover. Photo: Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) The Boston Globe disclosed today its second annual ranking of 100 top local places to work, and number one on the the list is Comcast. (To read... Same-store sales at T.J. Maxx parent up 10 percent
TJX Cos., the Framingham-based operator of such retal chains as T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods, said that October sales were $1.7 billion, up a robust 15 percent over the same period last year. Based on this strong performance, the company... BJ's October same-store sales fell 1.1 percent
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., the Natick-based chain of wholesale club stores, reported that October sales increased by 3.5 percent to $764.7 million from $738.9 million in October 2008. A figure that Wall Street analysts look at closely is same-store sales... CVS Caremark 3q profit jumps 39 percent
Associated Press CVS Caremark Corp. said today that its third-quarter profit jumped 39 percent to more than $1 billion on a boost from pharmacy benefits services and drugstore sales. The Woonsocket, R.I., company said profit jumped to $1.02 billion, or... Photo frame is designed for cellphone pic sharing
A Concord company called Isabella Products Inc. said it has teamed up with AT&T to help market its first product early next year - a digital photo frame that allows for real-time photo sharing from smartphones and other devices.... iParty reports Halloween sales results
iParty Corp., the Dedham-based operator of about 50 party goods stores, said that total company sales were $18.4 million for October, up 5.4 percent from the same month in 2008. According to iParty, Halloween is its single most important selling... Today in Globe Business
Evergreen shifts work to China Little more than a year after cutting the ribbon at a new factory in Devens built with more than $58 million in state aid, Evergreen Solar said yesterday that it will shift its assembly of... Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Google Boston growing
Steve Vinter, engineering director of Google Boston, said today that the company's local operation will be "growing very rapidly in the next few months." Vinter made his comments while introducing Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, who was at the company's... Citizens searches for new ad firm
By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff Citizens Financial Group Inc. said today that it has selected five finalists in its search for a new ad agency. The news comes about a week after Boston-based Arnold Worldwide, it's agency since 2001, said... Microsoft layoffs include several dozen in Mass.
By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff Microsoft Corp. said it is eliminating 800 jobs worldwide, including several dozen in Massachusetts, as part of a larger effort to cut costs and increase efficiency, a company spokesperson said. The software giant, which has... | 
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