Loyalty cards not going away

When Shaw's Supermarkets ended its 13-year-old loyalty card program, it bucked a well-established retail practice of collecting as much data as possible about customers and their buying habits. With the move, the West Bridgewater chain — according to...

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Egyptian unrest trips hike in crude oil prices

Crude oil prices surged yesterday on a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report and concern about escalating unrest and violence in Egypt. U.S. crude oil futures hit a 14-month high, climbing more than $1.98 per barrel to close at $103.22, after hitting...

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Set loft-y goals in sunny JP unit

Carved out of a former carriage factory in Jamaica Plain, this authentic-looking loft has brick walls throughout and gets lots of light from a wall of front-facing windows. Unit 9 at 172 Green St. is one of 14 units in a former brick carriage factory...

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Hyundai does luxury right

The 2013 Azera, which is slotted between Hyundai's Sonata and Genesis, is one of six sedans in the Korean automaker's 10-model lineup. I'm amazed that Hyundai offers that many models, but I shouldn't be surprised, Hyundais are everywhere you look these...

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Mills joins 22 other states in letter to Google

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine's attorney general is urging Google to put in place more and better transparency and privacy controls. Janet Mills joined 22 other state's attorneys general in a letter to Google CEO Larry Page this week that says they will be...

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Insurance dispute won’t stop soccer match at Gillette

Tonight's New England Revolution home soccer match will proceed, despite ongoing differences between Gillette Stadium owner the Kraft Group and the town of Foxboro over event liability insurance. Foxboro town counsel Dick Gelerman said the town would...

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Ex-fans line up in Mass. to dump Hernandez jersey

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Hundreds of one-time fans are trading in their Aaron Hernandez jerseys. The New England Patriots are letting fans trade in their No. 81 jerseys for a different one on Saturday and Sunday. The ex-Patriots tight end has been charged...

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Moms create laundry-free sheets, linens

Sure, all parents worry when they send their kids off to college for the first time. But by the end of the first semester, Kirsten Lambert and Joan Ripple discovered a very disturbing fact: College kids hate to wash their bed sheets, so they don't ......

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Flying car on a roll

Fifteen months after it created a sensation at the New York International Auto Show, Terrafugia's "flying car" will make its first airshow appearance later this month, as the Woburn company works on a next-generation prototype. The Transition is scheduled...

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Japan set to restart reactors after nuclear crisis

TOKYO — Japan is moving a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors as utilities are set to ask for safety inspections at their idled reactors, the clearest sign of a return to nuclear energy nearly two and a half years after the Fukushima disaster....

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