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The deal represents chief executive Marissa Mayer’s boldest move since leaving Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo’s comeback attempt.
Innovation Economy
CoUrbanize’s Web-based software allows developers to “explain their projects and the impacts they can have on the surrounding areas.”
The Cambridge firm has created technology that can redirect texts and photos sent to landlines to cellphones and other smart devices.
Facebook is trying to convince brand-name consumer companies that ads on a social network are as important and effective as TV spots.
Mass. General Cancer Center
AstraZeneca will pair a Mass. General team’s tumor analysis with the company’s library of drugs to identify combinations of treatments.
In the political bargaining, legislation overhauling federal immigration law emerged with provisions the industry considers unappealing.
APP SMART
Smartphone apps can manipulate photos in myriad ways. Here are a few to consider.
Banks have paid less than half the $5.7 billion owed to troubled homeowners under nearly 30 settlements brokered by the government since 2008.
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After two hours of sharp questioning, Google vice president Matt Brittin was accused of unethical behavior.
The visually dramatic black-and-white floor in the entryway of this spacious center entrance Colonial signals what lies ahead.
Walmart’s stock price hit a record high Wednesday.
Athenahealth said that it has finalized its purchase of the Watertown “Arsenal on the Charles.”
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Kirsner’s Innovation Economy column appears in the Boston Sunday Globe, and excerpts from his blog appear on Mondays.
A day trip to view daffodils in Nantucket or a flight to Paris to soak in the Tuileries Garden? It is a season imbued with fresh possibilities.
Winter 2012 edition
Celebrating 12 people who are breaking down barriers in Boston, plus local leaders give a status check on diversity in the city and state.
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Fishy businessA 2011 Globe investigation found widespread seafood mislabeling at Massachusetts stores and restaurants. A 2012 follow-up found not much has changed.
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