Swiss reject plan to cap managers' pay

BERLIN — Swiss voters soundly rejected on Sunday a proposal to limit the pay of companies' highest-paid managers to 12 times that of their lowest-paid workers, a plan that business leaders had warned could weaken the prosperous nation's economy. Voters...

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Meningitis victims hope for Mass. criminal charges

BOSTON — Dirk Thompson III doesn't hold out much hope that he and the 750 other victims in a nationwide meningitis outbreak will ever see much, if any, compensation for the deaths and illnesses caused by tainted steroids. He hopes to find justice another...

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Westford teen creates prosthetic arm and hand

WESTFORD, Mass. — Shiva Nathan is a 15-year-old boy with one huge, global idea. Inside his Westford home with his father, Nanda Nathan, at his side, he puts on an electroencephalogram, or EEG, headset reader and concentrates. The device measures his...

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Obama, Cyrus among GQ's least influential list

LOS ANGELES — Dennis Rodman is at the top of a list no one wants to be on. He's been named GQ's No. 1 least influential celebrity of 2013. The 52-year-old former basketball player who has visited Kim Jong Un in North Korea was selected as the top pick...

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Brookline: Plastic not so fantastic

Brookline businesses are gearing up for bans on plastic bags and disposable polystyrene food and beverage containers that take effect Dec. 1. Public Health Commissioner Alan Balsam expects a wave of applications for six-month waivers, in particular...

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Longtime Progressive CEO Peter Lewis dies at 80

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio — Peter Lewis, who shepherded Progressive Corp. from a small-time operation to one of the largest auto insurers in the country and later became the billionaire backer of marijuana legalization, died Saturday. He was 80. Philanthropic...

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Pickup owner sludges way to costly repairs

My son purchased new a 2009 Chevy Silverado with a 5.3 liter engine. He's always used synthetic oil and changed it when the oil life minder indicates. Recently while on a road trip the oil pressure dropped to about 10 psi and the low oil pressure light...

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It’s City Hall on the Go

Tired of taking off time from work to stand in line at City Hall to get that pesky parking permit? Why go to City Hall when City Hall can come to you. From Tuesdays to Saturdays, the City Hall to Go Truck travels to Boston's neighborhoods, letting residents...

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Thousands protest French riding school tax hike

PARIS — Thousands of riding enthusiasts, many atop ponies, are protesting a sales tax increase they say will make riding lessons too expensive and force many schools to close. In January, France plans to nearly triple the value added tax on riding schools...

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U.S. lenders slow to see ‘green’ benefits of mortgages

WASHINGTON — For the growing numbers of home purchasers who care about energy efficiency, it's the ultimate "green" goal: Lenders should recognize the net savings that energy improvements provide to property owners and take them into account when they...

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