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	ADVERTISEMENT Monday, December 20, 2010 Local lawyer charged with mortgage fraud A Boston attorney has been charged with multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme in Braintree and Malden, the US Attorney's office said today. EMC's purchase of Isilon Systems to close Tuesday HOPKINTON -- Data storage company EMC Corp. said that it has completed its tender offer to buy all outstanding shares of its competitor Isilon Systems Inc. EMC expects the acquisition to close on Tuesday. Taurus buys Newton office building for $11.15m Taurus New England Investment Corp. has purchased an office building at 313 Washington St. in Newton for $11.15 million, said a broker involved in the transaction. Veolia Energy plans to build gas-to-energy facility Veolia Energy North America, a Boston-based operator and developer of sustainable energy systems, said it plans to build a landfill gas-to-energy project in eastern Wisconsin. Agency finds many unauthorized ATMs in Mass. An investigation of non-bank owned automated teller machines found more than 300 ATMS operating without approval and another 101 registered machines that did not meet state regulations, the Massachusetts Division of Banks said today. Mass. gas prices squeeze past $3 mark The average price for gas in Massachusetts just broke the $3 mark in the latest weekly AAA survey, AAA Southern New England said today. Acumen buys Haverhill apartment complex Equity Residential has sold the Residence at Little River, a 174-unit garden apartment community in Haverhill, to Acumen Real Estate for $26.6 million, said a broker involved in the transaction. Skyword launches search platform Skyword, a Boston start-up, said it is launching a platform that takes a new approach to search-engine marketing and search-engine optimization. Nasuni closes $15m round Nasuni said it has closed $15 million in Series B funding. Raytheon agrees to buy Applied Signal Raytheon Co., the Waltham defense contractor with $25 billion in sales last year, said it has agreed to buy Applied Signal Technology Inc. in a deal valued at about $490 million. Avila, Sanofi Aventis sign global alliance Avila Therapeutics said it has signed worldwide alliance with French drug maker Sanofi Aventis to discover targeted covalent drugs for the treatment of cancers.