Friday, February 26, 2010

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Friday, February 26, 2010

Airline will add another Hub-Lisbon flight
The Portuguese airline SATA, the only carrier that flies nonstop from Boston to Lisbon, is adding a second weekly flight to the Portuguese capital out of Logan International Airport this summer.

Northeast home sales up from year-ago levels
Home sales in the Northeast tumbled from December to January, but were still 17 percent above year-ago levels, the National Association of Realtors said today.

Accenture veteran joins EMC
EMC Corp., the data storage giant, said that that 26-year Accenture veteran Terry Breen has joined Hopkinton-based EMC as senior vice president of strategic alliances.

Tool can transmit X-rays from hospital to hospital
LifeIMAGE, a Newton company that provides an e-sharing platform for medical images, announced the availability of a new clinical tool that can transmit X-rays and medical images from small hospitals to large trauma centers in nearly real time.

Athenahealth shares fall on earnings release delay
Shares of Athenahealth Inc. were down about 12 percent in mid-morning trading today after the Watertown company said late yesterday afternoon that it would postpone the release of its fourth-quarter earnings to allow for the completion of a year-end audit.

Simmons events will focus on women entrepreneurs
Globe Staff The Simmons School of Management has scheduled an ongoing series of discussions for the month of March on women entrepreneurs The first event, set for Monday at 6 p.m., is titled "Daughters Running the Family Business," and it...

Unemployment fund borrowing to pay claims
The deep recession and extended period of high unemployment have exhausted the fund that pays jobless benefits in Massachusetts, requiring the state to borrow from the federal government, the state reported today.

PerkinElmer to buy rest of joint venture
PerkinElmer Inc., a Waltham life sciences company, that it has agreed to purchase the remaining interest of its mass spectrometry joint venture with Danaher Corp.

Yankee Candle taps Hunt
Yankee Candle taps Gregory Hunt to be its new chief financial officer.

Raytheon wins Air Force contract
Associated Press Raytheon Co., the Waltham defense contractor, was selected by the US Air Force to help improve its GPS satellites in a deal worth $886 million, the company said. Raytheon said it will develop a new control system for...

Today in Globe Business
A round-up of stories that appear in the Business section of today's print edition of The Boston Globe.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Figure skaters more dangerous than hockey players?
AP Photo Globe Staff Forget about skiing and hockey, figure skating is the most dangerous sport - at least when it comes to online searches.So says McAfee, the Internet security company, which tracked the activity of fans who went online...

Fidelity fires two Hong Kong fund managers
Fidelity International said today that it had fired two of its Hong Kong-based fund managers for what it said were ethical breaches, an embarrassment as the giant fund manager raises its exposure to fast growing Asia.

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