Mass. firms mull cuts in health benefits

Some companies are considering trimming employee benefits as they prepare to implement provisions of President Obama’s health care overhaul.

Secretary of State John Kerry campaigned for the military action on five morning talk shows.

John Kerry urges congressional OK on Syria

The secretary of state urged lawmakers to approve strikes on Syria to preserve the “core to American credibility in foreign policy.”

Global Rescue employees Bryan Kewley (left) and Kevin Helm participated in company training exercises.

World’s perils give rise to a rescue business

At a time when companies are sending employees around the globe, the services of Boston security company Global Rescue are in great demand.

Martin Walsh at a senior services center.

Early struggles gave Martin Walsh a solid underpinning

The mayoral candidate says he has yet to have a bad day on the trail. Alcoholism, bullets, and cancer can give a man perspective.

The new system should benefit time-pinched families.

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New website tracks stops by Boston school buses

The site, tested last year with a few hundred families, will officially go live this school year for families across Boston.

Adrian Walker

Squeezing the laborers

Just in time for Labor Day, two well-known local companies are grappling with how generous to be to their employees.

A smartwatch made by Sonostar, a Taiwanese company, was displayed at the Computex trade fair in Taipei in June.

Smartwatches are ready, but are consumers?

The looming debut of Samsung’s smartwatch has rekindled debate over whether the public is ready for so-called wearable computing.

Santina Raymond left Mass with a sash belonging to her son, Pierre, who died in the Iraq War.

Lawrence society of martyrs honors soldier slain in Iraq

Pierre Raymond, an Army sergeant who died eight years ago in a mortar blast, was posthumously inducted into the St. Alfio Society.

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JAMES CARROLL

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This juncture of near-infinite data collection and total analysis capacity achieves a critical mass in the penetration of secrets.