Mass. Dem. Senate hopefuls stake out varying positions on casinos as state weighs gaming plans

Mass. Dem. Senate hopefuls differ on casino gaming

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Double-Take Software net income falls in 3rd-quarter as software license sales slump

Double-Take Software 3Q profit slides on sales

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Nuance Communications acquires eCopy for $54 million in common stock

Nuance buys eCopy for $54M in stock

BURLINGTON, Mass. — Speech and imaging software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Monday that it bought eCopy for $54 million in common stock.

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Kennedy aides use Twitter to update public about memorial services for late senator

Kennedy aides use Twitter to update the public

BOSTON — Aides to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy are sending updates about his memorial services through a Twitter account.

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Novell swings to 3rd-quarter profit on lower operating expenses, misses analysts’ estimates

Novell posts 3Q profit as it cut costs

WALTHAM, Mass. — Novell Inc., which sells computer-networking software and technology services, said Thursday it swung to a third-quarter profit from a year earlier as it cut operating expenses by 20 percent.

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Tech Target loses $543,000 in second quarter as revenue slides; restates first quarter figures

TechTarget loses $543K in second quarter

NEEDHAM, Mass. — TechTarget Inc. said Monday that it lost $543,000 in the second quarter as sales fell.

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Mass. plans to give public transportation data to software developers for iPhone applications

Mass. giving transit data to software developers

BOSTON — Massachusetts is planning to "democratize the data" behind its public transportation network.

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Boston gears up for new bike-sharing program that would be nation’s largest, with 2,500 bikes

Boston gears up for biggest bike-sharing program

BOSTON — The city is entering talks with a Montreal-based company to create what would be the nation's largest urban bike-sharing system.

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Charles River Labs posts 30 percent drop in 2nd-qtr profit; announces 2 acquisitions

Charles River Labs 2nd-qtr profit down 30 percent

WILMINGTON, Mass. — Medical research equipment maker Charles River Laboratories International Inc. on Tuesday posted a 30 percent drop in second-quarter profit as weak demand from pharmaceutical and biotech companies resulted in lower sales.

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Centuries-old tweets? Historians to post John Quincy Adams’ brief diary entries on Twitter

John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass. society

BOSTON — It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time.

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