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No smog, no noise at an all-electric truck showcase in South Natick

State officials organized the event to woo potential truck buyers away from diesel models.

New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots for healthy adults and children

The upcoming changes raise questions about people who may still want a fall COVID-19 shot but don’t clearly fall into one of the categories.

The typical home in Greater Boston last month cost nearly $1 million

The median-priced single-family home in Greater Boston sold for $990,000 in April, a new record high, according to figures out Tuesday from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors.

Tom Brady, once burned by crypto, is getting back in the game

The former Patriots quarterback is one of the investors backing the new Boston startup Catena Labs.

Gulf deal-making spree also benefited Elon Musk and his family

Tagging along on President Trump’s state visit to Saudi Arabia last week, Musk announced that his company SpaceX had secured approval to provide its Starlink satellite internet services to companies there. As Trump carried on to Abu Dhabi, Musk’s company Neuralink announced a deal.

Home Depot says it doesn’t expect to boost prices because of tariffs

The executive vice president of merchandising said that Home Depot’s suppliers have shifted sourcing across several countries and that the company doesn’t expect any single country outside of the US will represent more than 10 percent of its purchases 12 months from now.

These Boston office buildings have been approved for housing conversion. Will investors buy in?

In a key test for Mayor Wu’s office-to-residential program, developers of two downtown buildings are looking for cash.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Macy’s is closing 150 stores nationwide. Downtown Boston’s may survive, thanks to the data center upstairs.

A 1990s real estate deal helped make the downtown block more about computing power than clothing sales.


BOLD TYPES

Chestnut Hill Realty’s Ed Zuker wraps up construction at Hancock Village apartments

Marty Walsh brokers a program for pro athletes at BC; lobbying firm with Trump ties cleans up in Greater Boston; Yvonne Hao makes one more pitch for “Team Massachusetts.”

TALKING POINTS

Genetic data will be safeguarded with 23andMe sale, drugmaker vows

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms

McMahon has made clear she opposes settling with President Trump — just like “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens, who quit last month.

Stocks, bonds, and the dollar drift after the latest downgrade to the US government’s credit rating

Stocks and US government bond prices at first fell sharply early in Monday’s trading, but they trimmed their losses as the day progressed.

President Trump signs Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes. What is it?

Critics of the measure, which addresses both real and artificial intelligence-generated imagery, say the language is too broad and could lead to censorship and First Amendment issues.

CRISPR pioneer Prime Medicine switches CEO and lays off quarter of its staff

The Cambridge biotech's wild ambitions for a powerful gene editing technology sank as the biotech market slumped.

BOLD TYPES

Boston College teams up with NHL, MLB players associations on degree programs for pros

If you notice any pro athletes hanging out around Chestnut Hill this summer, Marty Walsh may have had something to do with it.

Trump, alongside the first lady, will sign a bill to make posting ‘revenge porn’ a federal crime

The Take It Down Act is a measure to set stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery online, or “revenge porn.”