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"Clearly we've entered the worry, fear camp. It's a very fragile investor psychology today. It doesn't take much ... to send them running for the hills."

Aetna employees learned Wednesday if they were among about 625 to be laid off this week.

Peter Tirado is no fan of plant closings, and no stranger to them. In 23 years with Pratt & Whitney in the company's home state, he's been through two.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced a 3-5 year joint research collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA) and Harvard University (Cambridge, USA) that will use stem cell technologies to advance drug discovery in areas of high unmet medical need. The aim is to develop cellular models of disease based on human stem cell lines and to investigate the potential efficacy ...

Former University of Massachusetts football coach Bob Pickett, who led the Minutemen to four Yankee Conference championships, has died. He was 75.

The developer of an 80-acre redevelopment on Stamford Harbor has completed the sale of $145 million in bonds that will finance road, utilities and other similar work for the project.

House of Blues Boston has been renamed "House of Blues Boston Presented by Foxwoods Resort Casino," Foxwoods said Sunday.

If Connecticut wants to create more jobs and improve the economy, Democratic lawmakers say, it needs to focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, decide what investments to make, and educate a workforce for in-demand jobs.

A driver was killed on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Blandford this weekend. He was the victim of a fiery head on collision with a tractor trailer.

EAST Brown 61, Cornell 54 Buffalo 60, Cent. Michigan 52 Cent. Connecticut St. 73, Bryant 59 Colgate 61, Army 47 Duquesne 66, George Washington 64 Hartford 65, New Hampshire 35 Harvard 66, Penn 40 Holy Cross 50, Lafayette 47 Lehigh 53, American U. 46 Loyola, Md. 72, Canisius 71, OT Massachusetts 60, Fordham 50 Monmouth, N.J. 59, Fairleigh Dickinson 49 Navy 61, Bucknell 46 Niagara 68, Rider 56 ...

Akeem Richmond scored 19 points and Lamonte Ulmer 17 as Rhode Island defeated Massachusetts 93-85 on Saturday. The Rams (19-3, 7-2 Atlantic 10 Conference) led 69-45 with 9:55 left, then withstood a late comeback by the Minutemen (8-15, 2-7). Anthony Gurley scored all 15 of his points in the final 3:15 for Massachusetts, and his fourth 3-pointer cut Rhode Island's lead to 91-85 with 16 seconds...

Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday that it has raised $22.9 million from its recent sale of additional shares of common stock.

FROM THE BLADE'S NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON - Washington confronted a new world order yesterday as the Democrats' super-majority died, taking with it much of President Obama's agenda. Republican Scott Brown's swearing-in to the Massachusetts seat held for decades by Sen. Edward Kennedy means that Mr. Obama and the Democrats, who still enjoy big majorities in both the House and Senate, can do ...

Jordan Crawford scored 25 points to help Xavier defeat Massachusetts 87-79 on Wednesday night, staying on top the Atlantic 10 Conference and winning its fourth straight. The Musketeers (16-6, 8-1) trailed 69-68 with 4:37 to go, before scoring nine unanswered points. Jamel McLean's free throw put Xavier ahead 77-69 with 2:48 left.

Connecticut's attorney general and two state lawmakers on Wednesday stepped into the latest furor over bonuses for employees of AIG, the giant insurer saved from extinction by an epic taxpayer bailout.

Next Stop For HDTV, The New World Of 3-D

It's a new world, with an added dimension, for HDTV. Get ready to strap on the goggles: 3-D television is on the way.

The owner of Mohegan Sun on Friday reported profits of $4.4 million for its first fiscal quarter, a significant improvement from a year earlier, when it reported a net loss of $3.8 million.

As the Pentagon takes steps to manage costs and timelines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Pratt & Whitney is moving ahead in its role in the government's most expensive weapons program, which is likely to be Pratt's most lucrative military project for decades.

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - February 2, 2010) - Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., the Boston intellectual property (IP) law firm, has the most patent lawyers in Massachusetts -- 55 -- of any law firm in the state, according to the newly published Book of Lists 2010 by the Boston Business Journal. While some lawyers may call themselves IP lawyers, only those who have passed the patent bar and are ...

Most Massachusetts insurance agents who were appointed as exclusive representative producers (ERPs) under the state's previous insurance regime have obtained voluntary contracts with insurers or ...

Senator-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts will probably be sworn into office Thursday afternoon in Washington, after requesting that his installation be moved up a week.

A federal judge on Friday forbade Pratt & Whitney from closing its Cheshire factory and a smaller East Hartford unit before December 2010 as planned, bringing to a climax a labor drama that erupted last summer and delivering at least temporary relief for hundreds of workers who may have faced a winter of joblessness.

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — Akeem Richmond scored 19 points and Lamonte Ulmer 17 as Rhode Island defeated Massachusetts 93-85 on Saturday. The Rams (19-3, 7-2 Atlantic 10 Conference) led 69-45 with 9:55 left, then withstood a late comeback by the Minutemen (8-15, 2-7).

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WESTFIELD - Who else ... but Central? The Central High School wrestling team won its sixth straight Western Massachusetts Division I team championship Saturday.

With Tuesday’s unanimous vote to establish a public law school, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, did a great disservice to the state university system – and the taxpayers.

What's Your Reaction? For those reading 2012 implications out of Sen.-elect Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney's monthly PAC newsletter provides some insights.

Zygo Corp. of Middlefield reported a net loss for the quarter ending Dec. 31, but the company's revenue showed signs of increased production toward the end of the year.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Scott Brown took over the seat of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday

Akeem Richmond scored 19 points and Lamonte Ulmer 17 as Rhode Island defeated Massachusetts 93-85 on Saturday. The Rams (19-3, 7-2 Atlantic 10 Conference) led 69-45 with 9:55 left, then withstood a late comeback by the Minutemen (8-15, 2-7). Anthony Gurley... Rhode Island - United States - Massachusetts - Minutemen - Atlantic 10 Conference

Expanding state loan guarantees, lending directly to small businesses and offering tax credits to more companies for hiring workers are the heart of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's vision for economic development — three strategies used by the state for years.

Pfizer Inc., fresh from buying drugmaker Wyeth and already deep into integrating operations, on Wednesday posted a 34 percent jump in revenue, but profits were weighed down by about $3.2 billion in acquisition charges and higher costs across the board.

A Batesville, Mississippi hospital is thanking voters in the State of Massachusetts with a building-size banner. While the huge banner is drawing a lot of attention, many don't know what it actually means.

Stop & Shop, the New England branch of the Dutch-owned Ahold grocery chain, is playing hardball in its union negotiations.

On the eve of the swearing-in of Scott Brown as the 41st Republican senator, President Obama on Wednesday tried to rally Senate Democrats worried that they might lose their midterm elections – and sometimes got an earful in return.

Akeem Richmond scored 19 points and Lamonte Ulmer 17 as Rhode Island defeated Massachusetts 93-85 on Saturday.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Police say a Massachusetts man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants couldn't slip away from authorities, hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seams.

The eyes of the nation’s political establishment and the media are upon Republican Scott P. Brown now that he’s taken the oath of office as Massachusetts’ new U.S. senator.

Republican Scott Brown was sworn in Thursday as the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts to fill the seat formerly held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, and immediately signaled opposition to President Obama's spending plans.

In a State of the State address that will focus on jobs and balancing the budget, Gov. M. Jodi Rell today is expected to propose a $500 million " Connecticut Credit Consortium" that would provide loans to small and medium-sized businesses.

Toyota Motor Corp., reeling from two recalls and suspension of sales of many popular models, sold 18,500 fewer vehicles in January, a stark contrast to other automakers who posted gains amid signs that the industry was entering a slow but steady recovery.

The Massachusetts special election in which Republican state Sen. Scott Brown defeated Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley for the late Edward M. Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat didn't signal a gloomy 2010 election season for Democrats nationally, according to U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak with January's unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent.

Emboldened by a decisive legal victory over Pratt & Whitney Friday, Machinists union workers at the company savored their turn of fortune Saturday but said they would immediately gird for a year of brass-knuckles labor relations.

His replacement of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy means Democrats no longer have the 60 votes they need to avert a GOP filibuster. President Obama and the Democrats relinquished a crucial Senate seat Thursday as Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts was sworn in to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Aetna's membership eroded last year after a large gain during the first quarter, due partly to the recession and also to mid-year price changes, which drove away some customers.

F eel the need to turn a cute photo of your toddler into a bloody vampire portrait?

With a little help from YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts staged the political upset of the year

BOSTON - Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., the Boston intellectual property (IP) law firm, has the most patent lawyers in Massachusetts—55—of any law firm in the state, according to the newly published Book of Lists 2010 by the Boston Business Journal.

The Phoenix Life Insurance Co. and The Phoenix Cos. are being sued by three life-insurance policyholders who say the company cheated them and others out of $55 million in dividends each year since 2006.