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	ADVERTISEMENT Friday, March 19, 2010 HRPT Properties boosts size of public offering NEWTON - HRPT Properties Trust increased the size of a public offering of common stock by 10 million shares to 30 million shares. Genzyme spent $750k lobbying government in 4Q Biotech drugmaker Genzyme Corp. spent $750,000 lobbying the federal government in the fourth quarter, according to a recent disclosure form. Hyatt Regency Boston has a new owner Chesapeake Lodging Trust, a lodging real estate investment trust, has bought the Hyatt Regency Boston from Hyatt Hotels Corp. for $112 million, Chesapeake and Hyatt said in a press release. Bertucci's launches new ads Bertucci?s Corp., a Northborough-based chain of Italian restaurants, is launching new ads created by Connelly Partners, a Boston ad agency. Facebook spawns new breed of tweeting night owls A new survey from Retrevo.com suggests that social media may be a new addiction. O'Mara joins Baskin-Robbins Baskin-Robbins, the Canton-based ice cream chain, announced the appointment of Brian O'Mara as vice president of marketing USA. Haemonetics licenses reagants from Quotient Blood collection and processing systems maker Haemonetics Corp. said it licensed reagents developed by Quotient Biodiagnostics Group's Alba Bioscience business. Integrated Builders will renovate Harris office Integrated Builders, a Braintree-based general contracting firm, said that it has been hired by Harris Corp. to renovate its 80,000-square-foot office in Chelmsford. Today in Globe Business A sampling of business stories that appear in the print edition of today's Boston Globe. Thursday, March 18, 2010 $16.25 million awarded for energy projects By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff Eleven local projects will share $16.25 million in federal stimulus funding to demonstrate how buildings can save energy in innovative ways, state officials said, creating nearly 500 jobs in the process. The projects -- which... Boston proposes redrawing Greenway skyline One of the city's proposals for new skyline regulations. (City of Boston) By Casey Ross, Globe Staff Boston officials are rolling out proposed new height guidelines for the city skyline along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway that would allow...