Chips still on web gambling

Online gaming proponents are vowing to push ahead despite a leading casino industry lobbying group's withdrawal of support for expanded Internet gambling, which has proved to be a divisive issue among Las Vegas gaming titans. State Treasurer and gubernatorial...

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Starting 2012 Chrysler van gives driver a jolting jump

Recently I purchased a 2012 Chrysler Town & Country SXT V6 van with 39,000 miles. It is a one-owner vehicle with no Carfax issues. When starting out anytime, the accelerator pedal moves about an inch down before the vehicle responds from idle. When...

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Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud

TEHRAN, Iran — A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, was executed Saturday, state television reported. Authorities put Mahafarid Amir Khosravi,...

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Famous farm sells last of its prized Holsteins

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Vermont farm considered by some to be the "Mercedes" of the cattle world has sold the last of its famous Holsteins. Lylehaven Farm in East Montpelier held a final auction Friday. The farm is also for sale. Jerry Rappaport,...

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Levine, Hasbro exec who helped create GI Joe, dies

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Donald Levine, the Hasbro executive credited as the father of G.I. Joe for developing the world's first action figure, has died. He was 86. He died of cancer early Thursday at Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island, said his wife,...

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Startup lets clean water flow

When you are tackling one of the biggest problems on the planet, you need as many people on your side as possible. That is the strategy Drinkwell, a Cambridge-based startup, is using to help provide clean water to the Third World. "You really want...

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The Ticker

Hub Bulfinch Triangle building sold for $13.5M Avison Young announced the sale of 151 Merrimac Street, a boutique 42,500-square-foot office building situated in the Bulfinch Triangle near North Station in Boston. Transatlantic Investment Management,...

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New FHA rules making condos no-lending zones

WASHINGTON — For young first-time buyers, people with modest down payment cash, or seniors who want to tap their equity using a reverse mortgage, it's a growing problem: They cannot use Federal Housing Administration financing in condominiums. It's...

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Europe's order to mute Google angers US

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Europe's moves to rein in Google — including a court ruling this month ordering the search giant to give people a say in what pops up when someone searches their name — may be seen in Brussels as striking a blow for the little...

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Lawmakers call for tighter grip on VA hospitals

WASHINGTON — The chairmen of House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees on Sunday decried long waits and backlogs at the nations VA hospitals but stopped short of calling for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. "You've got...

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