Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Adobe agrees to buy Day Software
Adobe Systems Inc. said it has agreed to buy Day Software, a Swiss company with a presence in Boston, in a deal valued at $240 million.

Consumers prefer the underdog, study shows
Many consumers prefer buying products from companies that market themselves as underdogs, according to a recent study.

Levy is new CEO of Pyxis Mobile
Pyxis Mobile, a mobile application platform provider, said that Steven Levy has been named as its chief executive.

Campanelli tapped for Airxchange project
Campanelli Cos. said it has been chosen to be the builder of an expansion project for Airxchange Inc., a Rockland company that designs and manufactures energy-efficient components for the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning industry.

FDA grants priority review to EMD Serono drug
EMD Serono, Inc., a Rockland-based affiliate of German drug maker Merck KGaA, said that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted the company a priority review for Cladribine Tablets as a therapy for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

Mass. pension fund gains 12.82 percent
After a rough 2009, the Massachusetts state pension fund rebounded last fiscal year as the markets started to recover.

Bottle supplier taps EnerNOC
EnerNOC, a Boston-based energy management company, said that a manufacturing cooperative owned by several Coca-Cola Bottling companies will deploy EnerNOC's carbon management application across its North American locations.

Who, What, Where
A random sample of personnel announcements made by local companies.

Real men don’t tweet
ComScore study finds that there is a gender gap on social networking sites, with women inclined to spend more time on such sites than men do.

Hub scores high as city for working mothers
Boston ranked third on a national list of the 50 best cities for working mothers, behind only Minneapolis-St. Paul and Washington, D.C.

Aylus appoints chief executive
Aylus Networks said it has appointed Mark Edwards to the post of chief executive.

Today in Globe Business
A sample of Business stories from today's Globe.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Heating oil prices expected to climb gradually
PORTLAND, Maine -- Heating oil prices are projected to rise modestly this winter, giving homeowners in the Northeast another year of relief from the sky-high prices they were paying two years ago.

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