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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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• Kerry Looks to Neutralize Massachusetts Liberal Label in Presidential Campaign.

  - 2004-03-07

  By Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 7--HOUSTON -- Ask John F. Kerry for his views on the environment, and he'll smile as he recalls painting Storrow Drive "biodegradable green" to celebrate Earth Day in 1970, or ...

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• Do Voters Vote Their Paychecks, or Their Portfolios?

  - 2003-09-14

  By Anne Kornblut, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 14--WASHINGTON--The big issue may be "the economy, stupid," again in next year's presidential election. Exactly what factors, however, determine whether voters feel the financial crunch? Analysts in...

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• State Street's Annual Meeting Will Focus on Unmet Expectations.

  - 2003-04-16

  By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 16-- David Spina waited 31 years to become chief executive at State Street Corp. Some days he must wonder whether he waited too long. Spina,...

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• Consumer Confidence Falls Again in December.

  - 2003-01-01

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 1--Consumer confidence dropped sharply in December, the sixth decline in the past seven months, highlighting how tentative the economic outlook is as Americans head into the new year. ...

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• Boston-Based MFS Investments to Cut 110 Jobs.

  - 2002-10-10

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--MFS Investments, Boston's oldest mutual fund firm, yesterday said it was eliminating 110 jobs, or 4.1 percent of its work force, citing the long stock market decline. The layoff...

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• Once-Rebounding U.S. Economy Losing Its Bounce.

  - 2002-09-09

  By Sue Kirchhoff, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 9--WASHINGTON--American consumers will have to carry the economy a little bit longer -- if they can. An economic rebound that appeared strong at the beginning of the year has...

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• Boston Investment-Banking Firm to Eliminate 20 Jobs.

  - 2001-10-04

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 4--The Boston investment banking firm Adams, Harkness & Hill said it plans to cut its staff by nearly 10 percent, as the market for public stock offerings and mergers remains slow. ...

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• Investment Chief Named for Massachusetts' $30 Billion Pension Fund.

  - 2001-05-18

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--State Treasurer Shannon P. O'Brien has appointed a retired partner of Boston's Wellington Management Co. as investment chief for the state's $30 billion pension fund. Jerrold Mitchell, 61, brings...

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• Boston-Based Investment Firm Dismisses Five Mutual Fund Managers.

  - 2001-04-13

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 13--Five mutual fund managers were dismissed as part of this week's job cutback at Putnam Investments, in what appears to be punishment for poor investment performance, people familiar with the situation said....

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