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	ADVERTISEMENT Friday, January 14, 2011 Some Bank of America customers can’t bank online Bank of America said that some of its customers are unable to access their accounts over the Internet on Friday afternoon. NC State hires Ameresco for energy project North Carolina State University has contracted with Ameresco Inc. to implement a number of energy conservation measures at the school's central utility plants, the company said. Rosengren: Economy will grow at a solid pace The US economy will grow at a solid pace this year, but unemployment will remain relatively high -- as the sluggish housing market continues to weigh on the recovery, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said today. South End’s 40 Berkeley St. has a new owner The Boston YWCA has sold 40 Berkeley St. for $8.5 million to a team of new owners committed to protecting and upgrading "both the affordable single room occupancy nature of the building" as well as improving its hostel and dormitory components. Thermo Fisher extends offer for Dionex shares Scientific instrument maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. said today that it extended its offer to acquire shares of Dionex Corp. until Feb. 16. Two nonprofits are set to merge Jewish Family & Children�s Service of Greater Boston said it is merging with Jewish Family Service of the North Shore, effective Jan. 31. Survey: Facebook could get a Super Bowl deluge Roughly 15 percent of the estimated 100 million people who will watch the Super Bowl this year are expected to post something on Facebook about the game or Super Bowl ads, according to a study by Venables Bell & Partners, a San Francisco ad agency. Webster Capital buys Conisus Webster Capital, a Waltham-based private equity firm, said it has acquired Conisus Inc. in partnership with company management. Harvard: Remodeling industry poised to grow Spending on home improvement is projected to increase at an inflation-adjusted 3.5 percent average annual rate over the next few years, according to a new study from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.