Friday, April 9, 2010

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Friday, April 9, 2010

Nokia buys Cambridge firm
Nokia, a Finnish company known for its cellphones and smartphones, said in a press release today it has acquired MetaCarta Inc. of Cambridge for an undisclosed amount.

Massachusetts taps EnerNOC
EnerNOC has won a three-year, $10 million state contract to track energy use at state-owned facilities such as colleges and universities, prisons, and other public buildings - all in an effort to identify waste and become more efficient.

WPI gears up for RoboEthics symposium
Worcester Polytechnic Institute has scheduled RoboEthics symposium on its campus for tomorrow.

Pay for one Subway footlong, get second free
The Subway restaurants in Greater Boston gear up for "customer appreciation day." Buy one footlong tomorrow and get a second footlong of equal value for free.

Thermo Fisher CEO got big pay package
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in Waltham gave its new chief executive a huge raise last year.

Boston Properties prices $700m offering
Boston Properties has agreed to sell $700 million of 5.625 percent senior unsecured notes due 2020 in an underwritten public offering.

Today in Globe Business
A sample of Business stories from the print edition of today's Boston Globe.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Lynch supports striking workers at Shaw's
Massachusetts officials are planning to join the protest to support Shaw?s Supermarket workers who have been on strike since March 7th.

Mass. tax preparer is sentenced to 18 months
A Massachusetts tax preparer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for preparing more than 100 false tax returns on behalf of his customers, the US Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service said today.

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