The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and the Division of Banks said Wednesday that the division ordered Saugus-based Braz Transfers Inc. to immediately cease accepting money from Massachusetts consumers and transmitting those funds to foreign countries. Fidelity Investments's president of asset management, Ronald O'Hanley, issued a strident warning Wednesday before a gathering of the US Chamber of Commerce that Americans are not saving enough for retirement and in danger of living their later years in poverty. The state Public Health Council voted Wednesday to grant a license that would transfer the ownership of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth to Partners HealthCare System. A new state government campaign is warning consumers about deceptive marketing practices that some for-profit schools use to attract students. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says for-profit schools often market subpar programs to veterans and low-income student who depend on federal loans to attend. It's hard to cut steak in the dark, even harder to get a bite-sized piece neatly to one's mouth. More than 200 attendees experienced this awkward meal at a "Dining in the Dark" fundraiser hosted in Boston Tuesday night by the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Hasbro Inc., a Rhode Island company known for such toys as GI Joe and Mr. Potato Head, has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle as the exclusive property manager for Hasbro's new US sales and marketing headquarters in downtown Providence, Jones Lang LaSalle said. Are there marketing lessons to be learned from the careers of Jay-Z and Lady Gaga? Maybe so, suggests Harvard Business School, which is launching a four-day program titled, "Strategic Marketing in Entertainment, Media, and Sports." | | |
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