Friday, August 13, 2010

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Friday, August 13, 2010

Partners posts $5 million third quarter loss
Partners HealthCare Systems Inc. today posted a narrow loss for the three months ending June 30 as operating gains at its chain of leading Boston area hospitals could not offset declines in investments

Taj Boston unveils dates for upcoming tea season
Taj Boston outlines its schedule for the upcoming tea season.

Thermo Fisher closing RI facility
Medical instrument and test kit maker Thermo Fisher Scientific is shutting down a Rhode Island facility and putting more than 60 people out of work.

Boston CPI up from a year ago
The consumer price index for the region that includes Boston fell 0.8 percent over the last two months, with price declines in almost every expenditure category, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

IBM agrees to buy Unica for $480m
Computer giant IBM., which has as an estimated 3,400 software development workers in Massachusetts, is looking to buy another Bay State company - Unica Corp. of Waltham.

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

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Grubman to leave Highfields hedge fund
By Steven Syre, Globe Staff Richard Grubman, the Boston hedge fund manager best-known for a testy confrontation with Enron's chief executive before the energy company's collapse, is retiring from the firm he helped to create 12 years ago. Grubman's departure...

Developer looks to move on N. Station supermarket
After years of delays, a new developer is proposing to begin construction next year on a supermarket and up to 275 apartments at the northern edge of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

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