Walmart to cut some private-label foods’ sugar, fat levels Bloomberg News Published Feb 7, 2012 03:45PM MDT Walmart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said it’s reducing the fat, sugar and sodium in some of its private-label foods and will more aggressively market other healthy grocery items starting in April. The retailer has reformulated some foods sold under its Marketside and Great ...
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We took a hands-on look at Crumpler's Dry Red No 5 backpack as well as the spacious Boston Heist shoulder bag. We've got the rundown on what we liked, what we didn't, and whether they're a good buy.
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One of the movies that will receive attention and possibly some awards on Oscar night is Moneyball, based on the true story of baseball's Oakland Athletics. Now it appears that some people in pharma are trying to copy what Oakland and other baseball teams did a decade ago. The likely result is that in pharma, as in baseball, not much will change.
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Boston Scientific Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings plunged 55 percent, as the medical device maker saw declining sales in two of its biggest businesses, interventional cardiology and cardiac rhythm management.
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A Vancouver Millionaires’ cardigan from the 1922-23 season. The stick Bobby Orr used to score his 200th goal with the Boston Bruins. And the Hart Memorial Trophy, presented to Vancouver Canucks’ captain Henrik Sedin as the NHL’s most valuable player for the 2009-10 season.
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j2 Global, Inc. , the provider of cloud-based services for businesses, today announced that it has acquired Landslide Technologies, Inc., a Boston-based provider of
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At Perkins, applause for stamps honoring service dogs On Valentines Day Anne DeFeo of Arlington and her guide dog Viv will participate with other guide dogs and their owners in a ceremony at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown honoring the U.S. Postal Service for its new 65-cent “Dogs at Work’’ stamp series depicting a guide dog, therapy dog, military tracking dog, and search-and-rescue ...
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(Reuters) - TMX Group , the Canadian exchange operator awaiting regulatory approval for its proposed $3.8 billion takeover, on Wednesday said quarterly results tumbled as economic uncertainty hit its listings and equity trading businesses. TMX, which owns the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange, said the 21 percent decline in its fourth-quarter profit also reflected higher costs ...
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How does a smartphone newbie pick the best software apps? Seek advice from smart people. Hiawatha Bray recruited Boston’s best and brightest for app recommendations.
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The New York Times Co. said Thursday that net income fell 12 percent in the last three months of 2011, though excluding one-time items the results exceeded Wall Street expectations.
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