Boston Business News

But the administration, which has been criticized for doling out federal funds for the Foxboro project, said it intends to march down the field again later next year. The governor now plans to use state funds to build the walkway...

Newell Rubbermaid Inc. said Thursday that it has appointed Juan Figuereo, 54, to serve as its chief financial officer, succeeding J...The maker of Rubbermaid plastic storage containers and Paper Mate pens said that Figuereo, who will join the company Dec....

Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kindler said the U.S. drugmaker, fined $2.3 billion for illegal marketing, needed to "earn" the public's trust. "It's up to us to earn back the trust we've lost," Kindler said at a Chief Executives' Club lunch...

According to the Massachusetts Jobs Coalition, the number of unemployed individuals in Massachusetts increased 50 percent in one year, from 198,400 to 307,900 in October 2009. In addition, the coalition says 120,000 more residents are working part-time only because they...

Genzyme Corp. said early Tuesday that it has resumed shipping of its flagship medication Cerezyme from its Allston manufacturing facility, which was temporarily shut down earlier this year due to contamination problems. The shutdown resulted in a global shortage of...

A lmost the Grinch Bay State workers who qualify for unemployment insurance, but have run out of benefits, will have to wait until Dec...Those checks will include the first four weeks of benefits under the extension. Another check will be...

Tuesday said it has reached an agreement to acquire European investment servicing firm Mourant International Finance Administration in a cash transaction, although exact terms of the deal weren't disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of...

I t is banned in 13 states and sure doesn’t come in a six-pack...At 27 percent alcohol by volume and $150 a bottle, the limited release of the brandy-colored Utopias comes as more brewers take advantage of improvements in science...

L ess than 24 hours after taking bids on the battered broadsheet, The New York Times [ NYT ] abruptly declared it would not sell The Boston Globe, leaving the paper’s future uncertain even as its out-of-town owners claimed a...