Tom Colicchio joins MSNBC as food correspondent

"Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio has joined MSNBC in the role of food correspondent, a sign of his growing celebrity and the public's insatiable appetite for culinary-oriented programming. Colicchio will be featured in segments to run on various MSNBC...

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Critics glad Partners abandons S. Shore hospital buy

Partners HealthCare System's decision to abandon a controversial plan to acquire South Shore Hospital is a victory for the state's efforts to help rein in rising health care costs, according to critics of the proposed purchase. "It will help moderate...

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Boston Scientific settles with J&J for $600M Boston Scientific will pay $600 million to settle with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over the medical device maker's $27 billion acquisition of Guidant Corp. in 2006. Boston Scientific said yesterday...

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Amazon drone arguments don't fly

Tensions between Amazon and the Federal Aviation Administration have been brewing for months, so it should come as no surprise that the agency drafted regulations that shoot down the e-commerce giant's drone delivery ambitions. Why, after all, would...

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Marty Walsh wants 1,000 new mentors for school kids

Mayor Martin J. Walsh put out a call yesterday looking for 1,000 adults — from business executives to scientists to City Hall employees — to step up and volunteer as mentors to help guide Boston school kids. "There is nothing better than helping somebody...

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Orphan drugs for rare diseases soar

Treatments for rare diseases — key to the success of several Bay State companies — surged nationally last year, a trend that experts say will likely only continue. Seventeen of the 41 novel new drugs the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2014...

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Greece hopes lift global stock markets ahead of Fed minutes

LONDON — Confirmation that Greece will seek an extension of its loan agreement with its euro partners helped shore up stock markets across Europe on Wednesday. Later, traders will also comb through the minutes of the last Federal Reserve policy meeting...

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Boston researchers help 
ID key in cancer DNA

Local scientists have unlocked new information about cancer cells that could give late-stage patients hope for better, targeted treatment options down the road, according to a study published today. "If you're dealing with a tumor, and you're running...

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US wholesale prices drop 0.8 percent in January

WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale prices fell by a record amount in January, led by the biggest drop in gasoline prices in six years. The Labor Department said Wednesday that its producer price index declined 0.8 percent last month, the biggest drop in a...

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Cinemark quarterly earnings beat expectations on stronger concessions sales

Fewer people went to the movies during the last three months of 2014, but Cinemark's fourth quarter earnings still managed to beat Wall Street's expectations. The country's third biggest theater chain's revenue rose 1.2% to $659.9 million, while earnings...

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