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Google Buys Fitbit For $2.1 Billion, Pledges To Protect Health Data
In a Friday announcement, the two companies told wary customers that fitness-tracker data would not be used to target ads at customers. -
With Free Shipping On $1 Items, Amazon Aims To Expand Its Reach, Says Nancy Koehn
The company's new strategy adds Dollar Tree to its list of rivals. -
Facebook Pays $643,000 Fine For Role In Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook paid the fine to the U.K.'s data protection watchdog, but it also made no admission of liability. -
State: Ban Costing Vaping Stores Up to $8 Mil in Sales
The Baker administration projects that a three-month ban on retail nicotine and marijuana vaping products has the potential to cost private businesses $7 million to $8 million in sales. -
Trick or Treat! Local Costumers Stir Up A Cauldron of Halloween Costumes
Hocus Pocus! Turns out it's not just kids who love a good costume for Halloween. For adults looking for something unique, local costume shops are the best place to shop. -
Hundreds Of Musicians Pledge To Cut Ties With Amazon In 'No Music For ICE' Letter
The letter, which has been signed by Deerhoof, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Damon & Naomi and more, comes in light of a music festival put on by Amazon Web Services. -
Harvard Square's Out Of Town News Gets a Second Chance as a Community Space
A local nonprofit will turn the kiosk into a pop-up community space this winter. -
Wynn's Everett Casino Point Person Stepping Down
The man who led Wynn Resorts' Boston-area enterprise from its earliest days through the first few months of operations at Encore Boston Harbor, is stepping down from his position and the company, Wynn Resorts announced. -
GM And UAW Reach Tentative Agreement To End National Strike
When the UAW's GM national council reviews the deal's terms Thursday, it will decide whether nearly 50,000 workers should remain on strike or if they should go back to work immediately. -
As The Climate Warms, Companies Are Scrambling To Calculate The Risk To Their Profits
Companies are trying to figure out the risks to their profits from a warming planet. Some of them are turning to high-tech tools of climate science.
