Modern style lights up Southie home

This architect-­designed freestanding contemporary townhouse offers a mix of Manhattan and the South End in a traditional neighborhood on South Boston's East Side. Designed by Boston architectural firm Touloukian Touloukian Inc., this three-­bedroom...

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AOL's Patch local news site to lay off up to 500

NEW YORK — AOL Inc. is laying off up to half the workforce at its Patch local news sites and shuttering or consolidating roughly 150 of the 900 sites while looking for partners for others. Up to 500 of Patch's 1,000 employees will go in the layoffs,...

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BlackBerry chief executive could receive $55.6M

TORONTO — BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins could receive as much as $55.6 million if the company is sold and he is ousted from the top job. Heins would receive $48 million in equity awards, based on the company's share price at the end of its latest fiscal...

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JPMorgan Chase to pay $23M to settle dispute

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $23 million to settle claims that it mishandled pension fund money by investing with Lehman Brothers. A court document filed Friday shows that the New York bank denies any wrongdoing but agreed to settle the...

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Former Kings suitor funds drive to defeat arena

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Billionaire Chris Hansen, who tried to move the Kings NBA franchise from Sacramento to Seattle, is behind a secretive effort to thwart the city's efforts to build a new downtown arena for the professional basketball team, California's...

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Baker’s cooks up a problem

There's a meltdown in the baking aisle as consumers, angered at Baker's Chocolate shaving the size of its iconic bars, took their fudgy feud to Facebook. Baker's Chocolate, which originated in Dorchester, halved its package from 8 ounces to 4 ounces...

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MIT, Ford: Road worries

Ford Motor Co. is collaborating with the high-powered brains at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help tackle some of the biggest future transportation problems they foresee, such as global gridlock. "We want to try to solve the problems...

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Nissan 370Z is 100% sports car

The 2013 Nissan 370Z Roadster Touring boasts outstanding sports car performance that is priced well under the German and Italian competition — an entry level 370Z is yours for under $45,000. Our gorgeous test Z was dressed in a midnight blue metallic...

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Mass. likely to mirror U.S. start stats

Massachusetts builders appeared to follow a national trend of breaking ground on more apartments than single-family homes in July, particularly in Boston and its suburbs, according to a local builders group. "Massachusetts continues to lag behind the...

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The Ticker

Dow has worst week Stocks fell yesterday, closing out what was the worst week of the year for the Dow Jones industrial average. The market was dragged lower by a weak performance from retailers and companies sensitive to higher interest rates. Homebuilders...

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