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• Bush asks Treasury Secretary Snow to stay on.

  - 2004-12-09

  By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--Just days after the Washington rumor mill had John Snow leaving his job as Treasury secretary, President Bush yesterday said Snow was staying on. "The president asked Secretary...

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• Report cites gap in Massachusetts between innovation, job creation.

  - 2004-11-29

  By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 29--A gap is emerging in Massachusetts between innovation and job creation, as the state's high-tech workforce continues to shrink despite the growth of a robust technology infrastructure, according to a...

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• Putnam eliminates nearly 70 Boston-area jobs.

  - 2004-10-22

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 22--Putnam Investments yesterday eliminated nearly 70 jobs in the Boston area, the company confirmed. The cuts were a result of the decision in June to merge Putnam's retirement-plan servicing...

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• Financial services firm State Street says it will cut 425 jobs.

  - 2004-10-13

  By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--State Street Corp. said it will eliminate 425 jobs as a cost-cutting move after the financial firm yesterday reported a weak third quarter in which earnings fell 13 percent because of...

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• Numbers of poor, uninsured rise.

  - 2004-08-27

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--The US poverty rate rose, incomes stagnated, and more Americans went without health insurance last year, even though economic growth surged, according to Census Bureau data released yesterday. ...

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• The Boston Globe business briefs column.

  - 2004-08-20

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 20--BOSTON OKS NORTHEASTERN DEVELOPMENT PLAN: The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved plans by Northeastern University to construct a residence hall and a home for the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute. The...

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• Deep Cuts Expected in Stoneham, Mass., after Tax Hikes' Defeat.

  - 2004-06-20

  By Christine McConville, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 20--Times will be tough in Stoneham this coming fiscal year, town and school officials say. On Tuesday evening, a record 51 percent of the town's registered voters came...

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• Kerry Message Starts to Break Through.

  - 2004-05-09

  By Glen Johnson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 9--PHOENIX -- For a candidate accused of searching for a message, the challenge was no clearer than it was Friday, as John F. Kerry stood at a podium here outlining his...

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• Massachusetts Budget Plan Would Force Cuts in State Jobs.

  - 2004-04-14

  By Scott S. Greenberger, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 14--Massachusetts would cut hundreds of state jobs, through both layoffs and attrition, and tap $600 million from its dwindling reserves under the fiscal 2005 budget that House Democratic leaders ...

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• Kerry, Cheney Fight on Taxes, Gas Costs.

  - 2004-03-30

  By Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30--SAN FRANCISCO -- Senator John F. Kerry and Vice President Dick Cheney sparred over taxes and gasoline prices yesterday as Kerry -- campaigning and raising more than $3 million in California...

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