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Icahn group cleared to buy troubled Tropicana

March 6, 2010

The New Jersey Casino Control Commission approved the acquisition of the state's Tropicana Casino & Resort by an entity owned 46 percent by affiliates of Carl C. Icahn, according to a statement released this we...

Upper Deck is done with (Major League) baseball

John M. Guilfoil

March 3, 2010

Trouble for one of the younger companies in the teetering sports card industry. Management at the Upper Deck Company today settled a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against them by Major League Baseba...

Universal names new chief

Kelly Eisenbarger

February 11, 2010

Lucian Grainge takes over next year

“Buzz” — Google’s social network unveiled

Brian Francis

February 10, 2010

Has Google created something innovative? Or will "Buzz" just add to the white noise of social networks?

Uno Chicago Grill in Chapter 11

John M. Guilfoil

January 20, 2010

The restaurant formerly known as "Pizzeria"

Live Nation shareholders approve Ticketmaster merger

John M. Guilfoil

January 9, 2010

Live Nation's shareholders, at their annual meeting yesterday, voted to approve a merger with Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. More than 99 percent of shareholders voted in favor of the merger, Live Nation sa...

Boston (somehow) one of the top 10 cities to rent

John M. Guilfoil

December 12, 2009

Wicked good landlords maybe?

GE and Comcast reach deal

John M. Guilfoil

December 3, 2009

Deal could take 14 months to finalize

Walgreens to purchase local Eaton Apothecary stores

John M. Guilfoil

October 24, 2009

$19 million deal promises to keep most of 12 local stores

Spinning and dancing for breast cancer

John M. Guilfoil

October 20, 2009

Exercise is one of the top preventative actions one can take to decrease chances of developing breast cancer. Commonwealth Sports Club (1079 Commonwealth Ave.) couldn't think of a better way to get involved tha...

Federal government emphasizes urgency of Toyota recall

John M. Guilfoil

October 2, 2009

Accelerators could get stuck open

Apple versus Google on the next Ultimate Fighter?

Ryan Cloutier

September 19, 2009

More like Jerry Springer...

Commentary: The puritans never left Massachusetts

John M. Guilfoil

September 2, 2009

They just drank a whole lot more back then.

John S. Barry, marketing force behind rise of WD-40, dies at 84

Sachin Seth

July 26, 2009

John S. Barry, an executive largely responsible for the surge in popularity of WD-40, the lubricant so multipurpose it has at least 2,000 uses, died July 3 after battling pulmonary fibrosis, the NY Times reports. He was 84.

Pitchman Billy Mays dead at 50

Conception Allen

June 28, 2009

You may never want to buy another consumer product again.

What does the Leegin decision mean for eBay sellers?

Michael Kaufmann

May 6, 2009

The Internet is a great business tool. It allows retailers of all shapes and sizes -- from Target to Grandma Betty who sells her homemade jams -- to sell to the entire (Internet accessible) world. While Grandma...

Former Pfizer manager guilty of obstruction

John M. Guilfoil

March 18, 2009

A former Pfizer district sales manager was found guilty of obstruction of justice Monday, the FBI said in a statement. Thomas Farina, 42, of Fairport, N.Y., faces 20 years in federal prison and $250,000 in f...

Litter driving consumerism

MJ Paradiso

March 2, 2009

Picture yourself walking down the street on your way to work. As you are walking, you suddenly see an empty Starbucks cup in the gutter. The site of a dirty cup may not be pleasant, but the thought of hot,...

The doctor is in

Christopher Pineo

February 2, 2009

Gamer Doc promises a different kind of video game shopping experience, with three local locations set to open this year.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer planning to buy Wyeth

Sachin Seth

January 27, 2009

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is planning to buy, well, that other pharmaceutical giant Wyeth for a reported $68 billion, the guardian reports.

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