Boston News

With Wednesday’s privacy policy revision (and the unsaid truth that if users take no action their updates will be posted for the entire Internet to see) Facebook may be opening the door to its own downfall...When the site was founded,...

POLITICAL OPINION With all the talk about Afghanistan, Abortion and America lately, I've been distracted from Hugo. You know him as Dictator Hugo Chavez or El- President-O-For-Life. He's the guy that once elected as the President in Venezuela's three party...

No joy in Boston Ted Kennedy's passing was much mourned, but the race to fill his US senate seat failed to excite voters in Massachusetts Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee for the US senate seat in Massachusetts, meets the press...

General Electric Co ( GE .N) expects profit to remain flat at its hefty finance arm next year, as losses and impairments on loans peak. The largest U.S. conglomerate believes its GE Capital finance unit is on track to hit...

Putnam Investments is cutting 104 jobs, or about 5 percent of the mutual fund company's work force. Putnam spokesman Jon Goldstein said Wednesday that most of the cuts involve technology and operations positions at Putnam's Boston headquarters and another Massachusetts...

Bone marrow transplants, already used to treat some children with sickle cell disease, also may cure some adults with this deadly genetic defect that causes red blood cells to contort, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday. Nine of 10 adult patients...

In a post-bailout world, U.S. taxpayers might think they're justified in squeezing the government for their own benefit...But The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a strategy involving the U.S...Apparently, mile collectors used credit cards offering miles to purchase one-dollar...

Tyco Electronics Ltd Tuesday said fiscal first-quarter sales, adjusted operating income and adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations are "tracking toward the high end" of the outlook range it provided last month. The company said the improvement versus the...