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	ADVERTISEMENT Friday, April 8, 2011 Feds clear Google to acquire travel software firm ITA The US Justice Department said today that it will allow Internet search and advertising giant Google Inc. to acquire Cambridge travel software firm ITA Software Inc., but only under conditions intended to prevent Google from gaining too much power over the online travel industry. The Red Sox have an official party store The Boston Red Sox may still be looking for the team's first victory --- but at least they have an official party story. It's the iParty chain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt taps Carlson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston company specializing in educational products such as textbooks, said it has appointed Russ Carlson to "develop, drive and execute a cohesive, end-to-end strategy for K�12 learning solutions across the country." Thursday, April 7, 2011 Ex-EMC employee sentenced for equipment thefts A North Carolina man who stole and resold nearly $1 million in equipment from Hopkinton data storage company EMC Corp. was sentenced today to 42 months in prison. Verizon to donate $60,000 to Tufts University The Verizon Foundation donated a $60,000 grant to the Tufts University�s Center for Engineering and Education Outreach.