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	ADVERTISEMENT Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Big Goya food donation includes Boston Goya Foods Inc., a New Jersey food company, said today that it is donating a million pounds of food to help fight hunger in the United States and Puerto Rico. Cabot to spend more than $180m on expansion Specialty chemicals maker Cabot Corp. said today that it will spend more than $180 million to expand manufacturing capacity in Asia, South America and Europe to boost production of a compound used in tires. Hub area prices rose 1.6 percent last year The Consumer Price Index for the Boston metropolitan area rose 1.6 percent from 2009 to 2010 after a drop of 0.7 percent the year before, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics said today. Harvest Power raises $51.7m in Series B round Harvest Power, a Waltham company focused on the production of renewable energy and fertilizer products from organic waste, announced today $51.7 million in Series B financing. Jordan's Furniture brings back Monster Hit promo Jordan's Furniture said it is launching its latest Red Sox promotion by bringing back last year's "Monster Hit," which could result in customers winning free furniture if a Sox player hits the Jordan's sign on Fenway Park's centerfield wall during the second half of the season. Rattle ads promote 'Tornado Alley' Rattle, a marketing agency in Beverly, said it has been hired by Giant Screen Films to create radio ads to promote its new movie, "Tornado Alley." Covidien appoints new chief executive Covidien, a global health-care products company with much of its operations in Mansfield, said that Richard J. Meelia, 62, will retire as president and chief executive, effective July 1, and be Jose (Joe) E. Almeida, 48, president of Covidien�s Medical Devices business segment. Ocean Spray unveils new juice flavors Ocean Spray said it is adding two new varieties to its 100-percent juice line-up: Cranberry, Pomegranate, Cherry. And Cranberry, Blueberry, Blackberry. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Fidelity to close Marlborough offices, move jobs Fidelity is closing its Marlborough offices and moving about 1,000 jobs out of Massachusetts.