Medtronic agrees to buy Covidien for $42.9b
The move is one of the largest takeovers of a Mass. company in history.
The move is one of the largest takeovers of a Mass. company in history.
For many American veterans who fought in Iraq, the images of jihadists are gut-wrenching.
Bystanders warned the 18-year-old against jumping from the pier, witnesses and emergency crews said.
ON BASEBALL
Just when you think the Sox might be turning the corner, they muff a chance to win a series.
Spurs 104, Heat 87
San Antonio caught fire in the second period to win Game 5 and take the NBA Finals, 4-1.
The hectic schedule and the lack of a clock can combine to create a perfect storm of modern family pressures.
The development potentially enables 2 million Americans to eat without counting carbohydrates or calculating insulin injections, researchers announced.
game changers
The nonprofit rallied the community, and the country, after the Marathon bombings.
EDWARD L. GLAESER
As Boston works out how to promote more late-night activity, the city shouldn?t play it safe.
location, location, location
?It?s going through a lot of growth but continuing upward,? said Eric Madsen, a real estate agent. ?It?s definitely a neighborhood in transition.?
The Red Sox couldn?t capitalize after loading the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning.
For history buffs, it doesn?t get much cooler than owning a little piece of the Longfellow Bridge ? right in your backyard.
Pfizer Inc.?s Kendall Square research center has stolen a page from the collaborative culture and open architecture of the entrepreneurial startups that dot the area.
Santos? win was an endorsement of his peace talks to end the Western Hemisphere?s longest-running conflict.
The Republican gubernatorial candidate is swept up in the political scandal that is engulfing his political ally, Governor Chris Christie.
?Turner & the Sea? is an impressive exhibition of maritime canvases by English master J.M.W. Turner on display at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Harvard student Kunho Kim is traveling coast to coast in a wheelchair-accessible van, documenting the best and worst in terms of accessibility.
Design New England
After several iterations, a city town house returns to its rightful single-family status.
Ideas
Sylvia Drake and Charity Bryant were a married couple living in Vermont in 1807.
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