Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Staples launches Facebook shredder app
(Image provided by Staples) Staples Inc., the Framingham-based retailer of office supplies, is promoting its line of shredders with an "I Shred U" facebook application. "Have you been a victim of bad photo tagging on Facebook?," Staples said in... Comcast offers rapid response to digital TV transition
Comcast Corp., a Philadelphia-based provider of entertainment services, said that it is creating a ?rapid response team? to perform same-day installations for New England consumers who still need a digital TV solution. The federal government has set a June... W.B. Mason agrees to $545,000 settlement with Mass.
Office supplier W.B. Mason Inc. will pay Massachusetts $545,000 to settle allegations it mishandled credits owed to some business customers. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a statement Wednesday the Brockton-based company will also pay $5,000 to reimburse her... Randy Price joins NewsCenter 5
(File photo of Price: Dominic Chavez/Globe staff) WCVB-TV (Channel 5) said it has hired longtime Boston newscaster Randy Price as a morning anchor. Price, who was previously an anchor at WHDH-TV (Channel 7), parted ways with Channel 7 several... Remaining Beatles come together to promote game
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Nearly 90 percent of respondents indicated that they anticipate no change in hiring at their companies' accounting and finance departments, according to a survey of Boston-area chief financial officers. The survey was conducted by Robert Half International Inc., a California... AC/DC music will be celebrated in sneakers
(File photo of AC/DC's Brian Johnson and Angus Young: John Gress/Reuters) It's a marriage made in heaven - or maybe on the Highway to Hell. Converse, the North Andover-based athletic footwear brand, said its fall collection will feature collaborations... RedEye claims to turn iPhone into universal remote
Want to transform your iPhone or iPod touch and make them even more versatile by also functioning as universal remote controls for TVs, DVRs, and game systems? Waltham-based ThinkFlood claims it can help the owners of such devices to do... Mass. business confidence rose in May from April
An index that seeks to track business confidence in Massachusetts recorded a reading of 39 in May, a 3.6-point gain from April. The business confidence index is compiled by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, or AIM, an association of... Mass. textile printing plant is closing
A Webster factory that for decades has produced millions of yards of printed cloth is going silent as operations move overseas. Officials with Cranston Print Works Co. say about 70 workers at the company's 450,000-square foot Webster plant will be... Genzyme completes deal for MS, cancer drugs
Genzyme Corp., the Cambridge biotechnology company, said in a press release that it has completed a previously announced transaction with Bayer HealthCare to acquire the worldwide rights to potential treatments of multiple sclerosis, or MS, and to the worldwide... Clinical Data reports positive data on MDD drug
Clinical Data Inc. of Newton said it is encouraged by data from its testing of a drug candidate for the treatment of major depressive disorder, or MDD. The drug candidate is vilazodone, and Clinical Data said in a press release... Polatis raises venture capital
Polatis Inc. said it has raised $8 million in venture capital. With offices in Andover, Polatis specializes in all-optical switch technology. "The funding was by existing investors 3i Ventures, Alta-Berkeley Ventures, DFJ Esprit, Flagship Ventures, Gainesborough & Peponi Investments,... Concert and GSK announce collaboration
Concert Pharmaceuticals of Lexington and British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said that they will collaborate to develop and commercialize deuterium-containing medicines. "Under the terms of the agreement, Concert will receive $35 million in up-front payments, including a $16.7 million equity... Today in Globe Business
GM filing alters the landscape President Obama said yesterday the government's majority stake in General Motors Corp. will help create a leaner, more competitive automaker, hours after the company filed for bankruptcy and unveiled plans for a radical restructuring that... Monday, June 1, 2009 EMC looks to shut NetApp out of Data Domain deal
Data storage giant EMC Corp. of Hopkinton yesterday offered $1.8 billion in cash to acquire Data Domain Inc., in a last-minute effort to outbid rival NetApp Inc. On May 20, NetApp, of Sunnyvale, Calif., offered $1.5 billion, or $25 a... | 
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