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Business - BostonHerald.comBusiness - BostonHerald.com http://www.bostonherald.com/business/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2012, Herald Interactive, Inc. Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:25:54 -0500...

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Business - BostonHerald.com

Business - BostonHerald.comBusiness - BostonHerald.com http://www.bostonherald.com/business/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2012, Herald Interactive, Inc. Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:32:52 -0500...

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Trouble with key fobs, accessories could be related

I have a 2004 Ford Expedition with a 5.4-liter engine. Over the past few months, my remote key fob will intermittently unlock only the driver's door and not all the doors. If I open the door and push the unlock button, they will all unlock. A new battery...

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Startup pulls 'Levr' to promote local biz

A trio of Boston University graduates want to pull local merchants in with their new app Levr, which helps businesses promote themselves and their deals for free by simply snapping and uploading a photo. "We wanted to give local businesses additional...

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Big sales on Small Business Saturday

When Joanne Rossman opened her namesake gift store 12 years ago she didn't bother buying a cash register — instead stuffing her profits in a Dunkin' Donuts cup behind the counter — because she thought her boutique amid empty storefronts could never compete...

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Egypt's stock market plummets after Morsi's decree

CAIRO — Egypt's benchmark stock index has plunged 9.5 percent halfway through the first trading session since the country's Islamist president issued decrees to assume near absolute powers. Sunday's losses on the Egyptian Exchange's EGX30 index are...

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Hobbits, superheroes put magic in New Zealand film industry

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A crate full of sushi arrives. Workers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. With days to go, a buzzing intensity fills the once-dilapidated warehouses where Peter Jackson's visual-effects studio...

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Jeff Kaye, voice of NFL Films, dies at 75

PHILADELPHIA — If you were going to follow John Facenda on the air, you had to have a great voice. Maybe nobody could match the legendary Facenda, whose familiar baritone was called the "voice of God" when he broadcast for NFL Films. But Jeff Kaye...

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In need of a bailout, FHA trying to raise more revenue

WASHINGTON — You may have seen headlines last week about the Federal Housing Administration needing a taxpayer "bailout" by the Treasury and wondered: Uh oh. Is the FHA heading down the fiscal drain like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have required...

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Lorillard appeals in Mass. cigarette samples case

BOSTON - Willie Evans remembers all the things his mother tried to quit smoking: the patch, the gum and even hypnotism. Her attempts all failed. Marie Evans died of lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 54. Willie Evans sued Lorillard Tobacco Co., arguing...

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Cyber Monday to be super

Experts estimate that Cyber Monday will top a record-breaking $1.5 billion in sales to become the largest online shopping event in history, with blockbuster deals that rival or exceed Black Friday doorbusters. "We believe you'll find better deals and...

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Tablet app to teach languages

Vicky Wu Davis has always wanted her son to embrace his heritage, but a year ago, when he was 3, he began to shun all things Chinese. So Wu Davis developed the Adalia Enrichment Program, a weekly class in Andover that teaches children ages 2 to 6 Mandarin...

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As eurozone economy shrinks, govt debt loads grow

FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe's government-debt crisis is no longer panicking financial markets. But it won't end until the region's economy starts growing strongly again. And that will be a while. The economy of the 17 countries that use the euro...

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Gas drilling presents Obama with historic choices

PITTSBURGH - Energy companies, environmental groups, and even Hollywood stars are watching to see what decisions President Barack Obama makes about regulating or promoting natural gas drilling. The stakes are huge. Business leaders don't want government...

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Nokia Lumia 920 brightest light for Windows phones

The masterfully botched launch of Windows 8 phones brought zero lines of eager consumers to wireless retailers across the nation. But here we have Microsoft's last chance to show its smartphone gambit is for real. The Windows 8 platform has been refined...

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Health care stakeholders reflect, prepare to tackle 'cost monster'

Health care providers, business leaders, lawmakers and policy experts looked back Thursday at the passage of the state's new health care cost control and payment reform law, contemplating the changes it will make to the health care market. During the...

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Crave a Twinkie? The price is going up fast online

SAN FRANCISCO — Twinkies are being sold on the Internet like exquisite delicacies. Hours after Twinkie-maker Hostess announced its plans to close its doors forever, people flocked to stores to fill their shopping baskets with boxes of the cream-filled...

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