Massachusetts News
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Updated 55 minutes ago
Consumers will sell the least used gold in five years after prices tumbled into a bear market, curbing a source of metal that typically accounts for about one in every three ounces of global supply.
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The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered Monsanto Co.’s ability to control the use of its genetically modified seeds, ruling that companies can block efforts to circumvent patents on self-replicating technologies.
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Three of WellPoint Inc.’s 11 board members have resigned, citing personal reasons for their decision to depart about six weeks after a new chief executive officer took over at the second-largest U.S. health insurer.
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Minnesota’s Senate approved same-sex marriage, sending the measure to Governor Mark Dayton, whose signature would make his the 12th U.S. state where gays can wed.
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Updated 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
Sales at U.S. retailers unexpectedly advanced in April, helping ease concern of a sustained pullback in consumer spending that would stifle the economy.
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West Texas Intermediate oil fell for a third day as China’s crude processing reached the lowest level in eight months in April and OPEC boosted output. Brent crude’s premium to WTI narrowed to a 27-month low.
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Hedge funds increased bets on lower gold prices after investors pulled a record $20.8 billion from bullion funds this year while BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest money manager, said it’s still bullish.
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New rules being considered for U.S. money-market mutual funds will make them safer for investors while forcing some smaller providers out of the business, Moody’s Investors Service analysts said today in a research report.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology doesn’t have to disclose names of professors and law enforcement agents when it releases documents related to the case of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide while awaiting trial on charges of stealing electronic files.
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Updated 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
Detroit may run out of cash next month and must cut long-term debt and retiree obligations, according to emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr’s preliminary plan to save Michigan’s largest city from bankruptcy.
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