Mandarin Oriental reopens with ‘limited’ operations

The Mandarin Oriental on Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, evacuated after Monday's Marathon bombings as a precaution, is allowing guests to return to retrieve their belongings, according to a spokeswoman. Molly Kinsella, a spokeswoman...

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Weak earnings reports weigh on Wall Street

NEW YORK — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after several big companies including Bank of America reported financial results that fell short of what analysts were hoping for. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 105 points, or 0.8 percent, to...

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Global markets weighed down by growth concerns

LONDON — Waning global growth concerns and disappointing U.S. corporate earnings weighed on markets Wednesday. Economic indicators have, on the whole, been negative in recent weeks, particularly in Europe and the region's stocks have taken a hit. This...

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Mattel 1Q profit rises, Monster High sales climb

NEW YORK — Move over Barbie. Mattel said Wednesday its first-quarter net income more than quadrupled helped by strong sales of dolls like Monster High, Disney Princess and American Girl. Results beat expectations and shares rose more than 4 percent...

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Samsung Galaxy S 4 sales start next week in US

NEW YORK — U.S. carriers have started nailing down prices for Samsung's new flagship phone, the Galaxy S 4, which goes on sale starting next week. AT&T Inc. has started taking pre-orders, and says phones will be shipped starting April 30. It's charging...

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Google mail and other services 'disrupted'

NEW YORK — Google's mail and application services are unavailable to some users. The company says it's investigating the problems, but doesn't know their cause. Google's apps status dashboard shows that its Mail, Drive file storage service and office-application...

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Canada central bank leaves interest rate unchanged

TORONTO — The head of Canada's central bank is leaving Canada's key interest rate unchanged at 1 percent. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney reiterated in a statement on Wednesday that the rate will need to remain low for some time before a rate hike...

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New England unemployment rate at 7 percent

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The unemployment rate in New England ticked down in February to 7 percent, well below the national average. The New England Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday that the average jobless rate in...

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American expects flights to return to normal

DALLAS — American Airlines is promising to run a near-normal operation on Wednesday, and that would be just fine for the tens of thousands of passengers who were stranded by a mammoth technology meltdown at the nation's third-biggest airline. On Tuesday,...

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High court limits suits over foreign abuses

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has limited the ability of foreign victims of human rights abuses to use American courts to seek accountability and monetary damages for their suffering. The justices unanimously agreed Wednesday to shut down a lawsuit...

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