Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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Wed. Jun. 08, 2011

Citizens is testing video banking
Citizens Financial Group is launching a video-banking pilot at five of its Citizens Bank branches in Massachusetts. Applying for mortgages and checking out wealth management services are among the video-banking program's options.

JetBlue tops in customer satisfaction for sixth straight year
J.D. Power and Associates' North America Airline Satisfaction Study ranks JetBlue Airways and Alaska Airlines highest.

Affinnova is looking to make new hires
Affinnova said today that it is more than a third of the way through an initiative that will add 105 jobs to its head count.

Clean Harbors plans 2-for-1 stock split
Clean Harbors Inc., a Norwell company specializing in environmental services, said that its board of directors has authorized a two-for-one split of the company's common stock in the form of a stock dividend of one share for each outstanding share.

Chief scientific officer leaves Alnylam
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge company focused on RNAi therapeutics, said that Kenneth Koblan, its chief scientific officer, is leaving the company.

Redevelopment plans for Herald site filed
A proposal to build retail stores, 262 apartments and underground parking on the site of the Boston Herald was filed with the city yesterday, signaling an to end the newspaper's operations at its longtime headquarters.

Quick Hit sold to NJ game company Majesco
Majesco has bought key assets of Quick Hit of Foxboro, maker of a free online NFL football video game.

Steward to pay $71.6m for RI hospital
Boston hospital owner Steward Health Care System signs asset purchase agreement for financially troubled Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket.

Mass. economy's growth fourth in the nation
Fastest growing state in New England in 2010, the US Commerce Department reports

AG: Conn. tax could cost Mass. $26m
Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley is warning that a new tax in Connecticut could cost Massachusetts home owners and other electricity customers an extra $26 million annually.

230,000 homeowners underwater, study says
For many Massachusetts borrowers, their homes are worth far less than what they owe to lenders, according to a study released today.

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