Monday, May 18, 2009 Refiner Valero investing in ethanol company Qteros
Ethanol company Qteros, a Marlborough ethanol company, said that refiner Valero Energy Corp. has made an undisclosed investment in the company. Qteros plans to open a pilot plant in Springfield this year. The company says its microbe breaks down plant... Bair honored with JFK Profiles in Courage Award
Sheila Bair (right), chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., today accepted a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in recognition of her early warnings about the subprime lending crisis and her subsequent criticism of the government's management of... Company seeks to open commercial biofuel terminal
A Massachusetts-based company is preparing to open the first full-scale commercial biodiesel terminal in the state. Baystate Biofuels LLC says construction of the terminal in North Andover will begin by the end of May and it expects to begin selling... Allstate Insurance looks to enter Massachusetts
Allstate Insurance Co., the nation's second largest auto insurer, announced plans today to re-enter the Massachusetts auto insurance market starting this fall. If approved by regulators, Allstate would be the latest in a string of major insurers to enter... Copley Square ranks high as Memorial Day destination
(File photo: David L. Ryan/Globe staff) Las Vegas and Europe have returned as popular leisure travel destinations for the Memorial Day holiday period, according to a survey from priceline.com, a Connecticut company that offers online travel services. Vegas might... Mass. gas prices are up 8 cents a gallon
(File photo: Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe.) Gasoline prices in Massachusetts rose for the sixth straight week - up 8 cents from last week to average $2.269 per gallon in the latest survey from AAA Southern New England.... Finalists are unveiled in Dunkin's Donut contest
Dunkin' Donuts, the Canton-based chain of coffee-and-baked-goods cafes, announced the 12 finalists who will compete for the chance to win a $12,000 grand prize and have their winning donut sold in participating Dunkin' Donuts locations throughout the country. Among... Abiomed expects revenue boost, but shy of forecast
Abiomed Inc., a Danvers company that makes heart treatment products, said it expects up to a 25 percent boost in revenue in fiscal 2010, though the outlook falls short of Wall Street expectations. The company's fiscal year ends March... Knome unveils gene sequencing service
Want to obtain the sequence of your genes and a customized analysis of the results? A Cambridge genomics company called Knome said it will provide such a service for $24,500 per individual; there's also $19,500-per-person rate for couples and families.... Putnam launches two new funds
Putnam Investments, a Boston money management firm, said that it has launched two new funds that "collectively invest across the full spectrum of securities of leveraged companies, including stocks, bonds, bank loans, and convertible securities. Putnam Capital Spectrum Fund... State Street will raise funds to repay TARP
State Street Corp., a Boston company that provides financial services to institutional investors, said in a press release that it plans to raise new funds through common stock and senior note offerings as part of an effort to repay... AT&T to offer cloud-based storage as a service
AT&T Inc., the biggest US telephone company, plans to offer Web-based data storage services for corporations using "cloud computing" technologies developed by data storage equipment maker EMC Corp., which is based in Hopkinton. The telecommunications giant will join International Business... Microbrewery pitched for western Mass. village
MONTAGUE - Something may be brewing in Millers Falls. The Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public hearing later this month on a proposal to build a microbrewery near the center of the western Massachusetts village. Officials said... Today in Globe Business
Software programmers get physical Soldering guns were holstered in their tabletop stands, ready for action, as Jimmie Rodgers demonstrated how to cut a resister off a small circuit board. "Now we've got something to work with," he told a recent... | 
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