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Red Sox and Pedroia Reach 6 Year $40.5 million Agreement

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 10 hours ago | Sports News

Posted by GreenReporter

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia just got raise. Pedroia, who made just $457,000 while playing his way to the American League MVP award last year, just reached a six-year deal with the Red Sox worth $40.5 million, according to...

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As Facebook spreads, so does malware

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 3 hours ago | Technology News

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

A report from industry watcher OReilly Radar, finds that US growth for the site has been strongest among users aged 26-59 . It comes as no surprise, then, that as the site’s reach expands, that attempts to exploit it should...

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Japanese P Tazawa signs with BoSox

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 4 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Miami Herald

Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa has signed a three-year contract with the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Boston Globe said the contract is around $3 million. The newspaper also stated that...

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Patrick targets bridges

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Political News

Source: The Berkshire Eagle Online

The sight of construction on bridges from Pittsfield to Becket to Dalton will soon become commonplace, according to detailed repair plans published yesterday by Gov. Deval L...The Route 20 bridge in Pittsfield over the Housatonic River, the Harbor Road bridge...

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Bloomberg: Merck Says Earnings May Miss Estimates as Sales Decline ...

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 10 hours ago | Business News

Source: Uinta County News

Merck Expects 2009 Profit to Miss Analysts’ Estimates (Update1) Dec. Bloomberg) -- Merck & Co. said net income in 2009 may miss analysts’ expectations as it works to offset falling sales of its top-selling cholesterol pills with job reductions and...

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ABC 26 New Orleans (WGNO): LIFESTYLE CHANGES, NOT SUPPLEMENT, BEST WAY ...

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 14 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Androscoggin News

I'm thinking about taking a special supplement for prostate health. It contains many ingredients, mostly vitamins and minerals such as complex B, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and zinc. I checked the doses and they don't seem to be excessively...

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'Abducted' boy found safe at Logan Airport

Boston :: MA :: USA | about 18 hours ago | No category

Source: Boston Herald

J ust hours after a 9-year-old Mattapan boy was reportedly snatched by armed bandits from his home yesterday, touching off an intense manhunt, police found him unharmed at Logan International Airport and were still trying to piece together his bizarre...

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State St. ready to cut

Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Boston Herald

B oston’s State Street Corp. will axe up to 1,800 jobs, or about 6 percent of its work force, amid increasingly gloomy reports that the regional economy is deteriorating fast. The State Street cuts, which will start immediately and proceed...

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Fortress Investment suspends redemptions in biggest hedge fund

Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: MarketWatch

Redemptions are requests by a fund's investors to withdraw their money. Redemption requests have surged in recent months, as investors have desperately sought to spare themselves from the steep decline in many funds' values amid the economic crisis. Fortress said...

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White Sox and Braves complete Vazquez trade

Boston :: MA :: USA | 1 day ago | Sports News

Source: Miami Herald

Javier Vazquez was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday as the teams completed a six-player deal agreed to earlier in the week. Left-hander reliever Boone Logan also went to Atlanta as part of the...

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