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Sale of Caritas

Hospital chain sold to private equity firm.

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Philanthropists Bill and Joyce Cummings sign away half their wealth

Bill and Joyce Cummings don’t live on a sprawling estate, own a jet, or otherwise flaunt their wealth, but the Winchester couple will soon start acting more like billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.

Businesses pass along the price of fuel

Businesses of all sorts — from shippers to dry cleaners — are tacking on or raising surcharges to offset their high fuel costs, hitting consumers already squeezed between surging gas and food prices, and slow-growing wages.

Alkermes to buy Irish drug maker

Alkermes Inc. yesterday unveiled plans to buy Elan Drug Technologies of Ireland, in a $960 million deal that will double the Waltham company’s size and move its headquarters to Dublin.

PowerOptions to aid members with solar projects

PowerOptions, a nonprofit energy-buying consortium that helps its members get deals on natural gas and electricity, is expanding into solar power.

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Apple defends iPhone 'hot spot'-logging

Apple is telling Congress on Tuesday that its iPhone location tracking is meant to improve service, not stalk customers.

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Businesses pass along the price of fuel

Businesses of all sorts are tacking on or raising surcharges to offset their high fuel costs, hitting consumers already squeezed by rising prices.

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Asian stock markets up on US corporate cues

Deals by cash-rich corporations and strong earnings out of the U.S. helped propel Asian markets higher Wednesday.

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Icahn’s bet on biotech

Investor Carl Icahn has been a big influence on the leading biotechnology companies in Massachusetts. But how much money has he made along the way?

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Boston-area housing values continue slide downward

Mome values slid in February for the seventh straight month, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.

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Older job seekers struggling

A number of older job seekers are finding that their age is working against them during this recovery and are often unemployed longer than younger people.

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American Biltrite Reports First Quarter Results (Marketwire, 05/11/2011)
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