Undeterred revitalization filling Cambridge city center A sleepy city center where there once stood vacant furniture and department store buildings with faded signs is filling up with high-end restaurants, upscale boutique shops, art galleries and — most importantly — customers. And the city’s civic leaders are promising this is just the beginning.
General Motors Corp. has agreed to kick in up to $200 million to help bring an end to a bitter 10-week strike at parts supplier American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. CONTINUE
Albert J. Mezzanotte Jr. will step down next year as managing partner of Baltimore-based Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP. His successor, Martin T. Fletcher, will take over on June 1, 2009, after serving one year as managing partner elect. CONTINUE
Married couples with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million from their farm operation could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department's food and farm programs. CONTINUE
Some 575 acres of farmland, including the ruins of a historic tobacco plantation, have been purchased by the Smithsonian Institution, it was announced on Wednesday. CONTINUE
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night — or more than nine — are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies. CONTINUE
Environmental groups appealed to the European Union on Monday to reject applications from the biotech industry to approve one newly engineered potato variety and two corn crops. CONTINUE
Mother's Day is the restaurant industry's busiest day of the year. If the holiday doesn't go well, profits could be affected for the rest of the year in what's already been a tough environment. Though Americans are projected to spend more than $1.5 billion each day this year at restaurants, many are pulling back in the wake of rising gas and food prices and shaky job markets.
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