18 May 2012, 5:45 pm
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo is urging Facebook to consider opening an office in the Bay State, where the social media company has its roots. DeLeo made his plea in an open letter to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who cofounded Facebook in a Harvard University dorm room in 2004. Zuc... Read More »
18 May 2012, 5:37 pm
A bill meant to stop “unnecessary” foreclosures in Massachusetts cleared its first major legislative hurdle Wednesday when it gained approval from the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Financial Services. The bill, filed by Attorney General Martha Coakley, would require banks to analyze certain... Read More »
18 May 2012, 5:33 pm
Massachusetts will get $19.8 million as part of a pair of multi-state settlements with Illinois drug company Abbott Laboratories, which agreed to pay a total of $900 million and plead guilty to violating a federal drug law to resolve charges of illegal off-label marketing. The settlements revolve ar... Read More »
18 May 2012, 12:58 pm
Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the following Commonwealth of Massachusetts general obligation bonds:... Read More »
17 May 2012, 11:12 pm
Massachusetts will save approximately $91 million over the next year -- and thousands of residents who receive state-subsidized health insurance will keep the same benefits with no co-payment increases -- thanks to renegotiated contracts with insurers, regulators announced Wednesday.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 11:00 pm
The state Senate approved a proposal today that lawmakers say will provide greater access to HIV tests and bring Massachusetts into compliance with federal recommendations aimed at promoting more testing. The measure reduces barriers to testing by eliminating the need for doctors to obtain written c... Read More »
17 May 2012, 10:59 pm
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers reported today they have discovered a rare stem cell in human ovaries that they hope one day might be used to make eggs, a claim already generating vigorous debate among scientists familiar with the research.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 10:53 pm
Massachusetts public health officials have called together patient safety leaders to determine why hospitals reported a high rate of surgical infections among women who received vaginal hysterectomies over the past two years. The infection rates for vaginal hysterectomies emerged as health officials... Read More »
17 May 2012, 2:04 pm
The party said it had made the requests in hopes of learning whether Senator Scott P. Brown had helped JPMorgan Chase seek a loophole in a law meant to limit risky trading.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 5:58 am
The Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Robert DeLeo, is getting local media attention??by imploring??CEO to move??Facebook?s headquarters back to Massachusetts. For DeLeo, it?s a cleverly-timed??way to get attention for a mind-bogglingly stupid idea. DeLeo told a local TV station... Read More »
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