Car Rental Costs Go Sky High Hartford Courant Travelers have been able to score decent deals on hotel rooms and airfares in the last year. But car rental prices have increased dramatically despite the weak economy. | "It's the one area of the travel industry where you have not been able to get a break," said Nina Willdorf, editor in chief of Bu...
Bank of America's top lawyer lacked active license The Boston Globe | , already under investigation for its controversial purchase of failing investment bank Merrill Lynch, is now under fire for a legal technicality involving a high-ranking executive from Wellesley. | It turns out that the executive, Brian T. Moynihan, was not authorized to practice law when he was ...
Federal money to keep Conn. shelters open Hartford Courant HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut will use federal stimulus money to help some domestic violence shelters across the state stay open around-the-clock and preserve five state prosecutor positions. | Gov. M. says the state has notified the Connecticut Coal...
Federal money to keep Conn. shelters open The Boston Globe | HARTFORD, Conn.-Connecticut will use federal stimulus money to help some domestic violence shelters across the state stay open around-the-clock and preserve five state prosecutor positions. | Gov. M. Jodi Rell says the state has notified the Connec...
Dartmouth trustees set budget-cutting targets The Boston Globe | HANOVER, N.H.-The Dartmouth College Board of Trustees is asking the administration to cut $50 million a year from the college budget in each of the next two fiscal years. | Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim discussed budget projections and prioritie...
Court hears appeal on Mass. wine shipment law Boston Herald | BOSTON — Gerald Leader loves California wines but lives in Massachusetts, where state law sharply limits the ability of out-of-state wineries to ship their products directl...
Growing apples in high gear The Boston Globe | At Shelburne Farm in Stow, an acre of apple tree saplings, densely packed together in neat rows, stands in sharp contrast to the rest of the orchard. | Buttressed by poles and gr...
Island devotees hew to heritage with stews, fado, and social bonds The Boston Globe | Just when it seemed that our table - loaded with squid rings, cod fish cakes, smelts, and Dão wine - couldn't fit another plate, Ines De Costa delivered a pork loin marinated in ...
Longtime friends face public scrutiny The Boston Globe | Charles K. Gifford and Thomas J. May seem like an unlikely pair. | A product of a patrician family and Princeton, Gifford is the more garrulous, long the civic face of Boston's business community. May is from middle-class Connecticut and modest Sto...
Employer may have to pay for 'waiting time' The Boston Globe | Q. To make ends meet, I work part time at a retail store. The store closes at one time, and the employees are all scheduled until half an hour later. We never end up being allowed to leave until half an hour (or later) after our scheduled time. Als...
Sharp Buying Eases Way Into Wet Razor Use Hartford Courant Many American men, and women, are rediscovering wet-shaving with a safety razor. Using a weighty metal razor and traditional blades can be cheaper than disposable cartridges and can provide superior results. | But it requires buying several products,...
Obama Calls Bill's Passage 'Courageous' The New York Times | WASHINGTON - President Obama on Sunday thanked House members for their "courageous vote" in approving the sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system. | "Moments like this are why they sent us here," he said of the American public. | On Saturday night, the House narrowly approved the bill, 220-215, advancing legislation that Democrats sa...
House passes health care reform bill Business Journal Development chief ready to sell state U.S. House OKs extension of jobless benefits Young helped establish Atlanta on global map Extension of first-time home buyer credit advances to Obama U.S. Senate vote sends NBAF funding bill to Obama | The U.S. House of Representatives passed a health care reform measure late Saturday - including a “publi...