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• Billionaire fund-raiser for Bush donates to Nader campaign.

  - 2004-07-01

  By Anne E. Kornblut, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 1--WASHINGTON -- Billionaire Richard J. Egan built his reputation in politics as a major donor and fund-raiser for the Bush campaign, steering hundreds of thousands of dollars into Republican ...

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• Major U.S. Firms Band Together to Seek Affordable Health Insurance.

  - 2004-05-25

  By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Top US employers have joined forces to provide more affordable health insurance to an estimated 4 million contract, temporary, or part-time employees who, along with their families, lack coverage....

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• Waltham, Mass., Communications Services Firm Cancels Software Effort.

  - 2003-05-01

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 1--GiantLoop Network Inc. of Waltham, a communications services firm, yesterday said it canceled a major software development effort because of a lack of demand from customers and laid off staff involved...

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• Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Discusses Position.

  - 2003-01-11

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 11--WALTHAM, Mass.--Outgoing US Ambassador to Ireland Richard J. Egan, who unexpectedly submitted his resignation last month, acknowledged some "frustrations" with the job yesterday but said he never planned to stay...

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• Data-Storage Firms' Shift to Software Alters Industry.

  - 2002-03-25

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 25--Despite investing hundreds of million of dollars in infrastructure, it's clear that many data-storage services companies have flopped. Now they're turning to software as their salvation, in a development ...

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• Hopkinton, Mass., Data Storage Firm Told to Consider Shareholder Proposals.

  - 2002-03-22

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--An attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission has told EMC Corp. that it can't ignore two management-opposed shareholder resolutions, effectively requiring the company to bring them to a vote at...

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• Massachusetts Acting Governor's Choice for Turnpike Chairman Raises Questions.

  - 2002-02-04

  By Frank Phillips, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 4--State Highway Commissioner Matthew J. Amorello, who is Acting Governor Jane Swift's choice to become chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, was reprimanded in 2000 for accepting campaign donations from road contractors...

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• Court Ruling Leads CEO of Southborough, Mass., Data-Storage Firm to Step Down.

  - 2001-11-22

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--The chief executive of SANgate Systems Inc. of Southborough stepped down late Tuesday after a Superior Court judge ruled that he must adhere to a noncompete agreement he signed with his ...

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• Boston Suburbs Criticize Lack of 'Reverse Commuter' Trains.

  - 2001-09-23

  By Christopher Rowland, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 23--With rush-hour traffic threatening to strangle economic growth along Interstate 495, local business and political leaders are growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of "reverse commuter" rail service to the region. ...

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• Massachusetts Businessman Nominated for Ambassador Lists Personal Liabilities.

  - 2001-07-26

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26--In public filings connected to his nomination to become US ambassador to Ireland, EMC Corp. co-founder Richard Egan has disclosed personal liabilities that include an equipment lease of more than $50 million...

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