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Rockland Trust consolidates five south-of-Boston offices into former EMD Serono headquarters

The move will bring Rockland Trust’s corporate office up Route 3 closer to Boston — and back to its namesake town.

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State Street checks into Citizens Bank to find its next chief financial officer

Citizens CFO John Woods is heading to Boston-based State Street, while Brendan Coughlin gets promoted to president at Citizens.

What’s that rash? Put some thought into asking Google for medical help.

Dr. Google is often on call for worried patients, but it may not give the best advice.

City watchdog finds evidence of possible corruption, misuse of grant money by Three Squares Main Street program

An investigation by independent watchdog the Boston Finance Commission found Three Square Main Street altered bank statements provided to the city.

Boston Medical Center renames St. Elizabeth’s, Good Samaritan hospitals

The state’s largest safety-net hospital, Boston Medical Center, took over operations of the two hospitals from bankrupt Steward Health Care last fall.

Over 2 million Ninja-branded pressure cookers are recalled after reports of serious burn injuries

Consumers reported over 100 burn injuries spanning from a hazard that can cause hot food to spew out.

McDonald’s store traffic falls unexpectedly as diners grow uneasy about economy

The trouble was particularly acute in the US, where same-store sales slumped 3.6 percent.

What to know about May Day and how it has grown over the years

Activists around the globe are kicking off May Day demonstrations with workers rights rallies and marches for social justice causes.


AI defense contractor Anduril is growing fast. And now it has a big home in Waltham.

The company, headquartered in California, signed a lease for 162,000 square feet, roughly four times the size of the space it currently occupies for Greater Boston operations.

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Will tariffs steal Christmas? Trump shrugs at holiday shortage warnings.

Toys could be in short supply. So could apparel, furniture, auto parts, hardware products, and smartphones.

The US runs a trade surplus on services, the core of the Mass. economy. Tariffs could change that.

The US sold $294 billion more than we bought in services such as finance, travel, tech, and education last year.

From Tokyo to Los Angeles, Trump’s policies loom over May Day marches

The holiday, also known as International Workers’ Day or Labor Day, marks the struggles and achievements of workers and the labor movement.

‘It’s really killing our industry’: For the Massachusetts marijuana market, the money tree has dried up

The state’s cannabis industry has come up against hard times because of oversupply and federal restrictions.

An attempt to build new housing in Jamaica Plain runs into trouble with its neighbor: the Arnold Arboretum

A vacant monastery could soon be transformed into senior housing, with a new condo nearby — if the developer can figure out how to build it while protecting one of the region’s crown jewels of public space.

They wanted Harvard to pay more in taxes. But not like this.

Advocates have long called for Harvard to pay more to Cambridge’s coffers. They didn’t think President Trump would join their chorus.

Tariffs, oil prices, and other uncertainties weighing down Mideast economies, IMF says

Tariff plans by the US and other countries, and geopolitical tensions also have created mounting economic uncertainty globally that is weighing down on the region’s economies.