With the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins tied 5-5 in overtime of game four of the Stanley Cup Finals, the NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas went to local news promos in the middle of play, missing the game-winning goal by just three seconds. Three

On Wednesday, a startup named  Spindle announced that Twitter had bought it and was shutting it down. In a Wednesday blog post, the Spindle team said it's relocating from Boston to San Francisco, where Twitter is based and would be sunsetti

BOSTON (Reuters) - Eccentric former software pioneer John McAfee is back in the spotlight - lashing out at the anti-virus software that bears his name in a profanity-laced video.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Eccentric former software pioneer John McAfee is back in the spotlight - lashing out at the anti-virus software that bears his name in a profanity-laced video.

Southern California burger chain Johnny Rockets has a new owner in Boston Market parent Sun Capital Partners.    

Twitter has acquired Boston-based local social startup Spindle, the "discovery engine for the social�web."

BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had hired Wall Street veteran Jake Xia as its chief risk officer to analyze and monitor investment exposure in its $30.7 billion endowment.

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had hired Wall Street veteran Jake Xia as its chief risk officer to analyze and monitor investment exposure in its $30.7...

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had hired Wall Street veteran Jake Xia as its chief risk officer to analyze and monitor investment exposure in its $30.7...

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had hired Wall Street veteran Jake Xia as its chief risk officer to analyze and monitor investment exposure in its $30.7 billion endowment.

When Jonny Gomes of the Boston Red Sox isn't getting into brawls or drinking beer out of a cup (the equipment, not the drinking device), he occasionally hits home runs. And last night he celebrated his walk-off home run in the most Jonny Gomes way po

Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill that would prohibit TV boxes or DVRs from automatically monitoring viewers to serve targeted ads, Hiawatha Bray of The Boston Globe reported earlier this week. The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Walter

BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks, offering rewards of as much as $150,000 to anybody who helps identify and fix major security holes in its software.

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks, offering rewards of as much as $150,000 to anybody who helps identify and fix major security holes in its soft

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks, offering rewards of as much as $150,000 to anybody who helps identify and fix major security holes in its soft

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - State Street Corp announced on Wednesday that global equities chief Alistair Lowe will leave the company by the end of the year as part of a shake-up in its asset...

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - State Street Corp announced on Wednesday that global equities chief Alistair Lowe will leave the company by the end of the year as part of a shake-up in its asset management division.

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - State Street Corp announced on Wednesday that global equities chief Alistair Lowe will leave the company by the end of the year as part of a shake-up in its asset...

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - State Street Corp on Wednesday announced a shake-up in its asset management division, saying global equities chief Alistair Lowe will leave the company by the end of the...

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - State Street Corp on Wednesday announced a shake-up in its asset management division, saying global equities chief Alistair Lowe will leave the company by the end of the year.

BOSTON, June 19 (Reuters) - State Street Corp on Wednesday announced a shake-up in its asset management division, saying global equities chief Alistair Lowe will leave the company by the end of the...

A month after the shooting death of Ibragim Todashev during an FBI interrogation about his connection to the Boston bombing suspects, we still don't have a clear narrative of what happened. Todashev was shot multiple times during an interro

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Buying a home seemed too risky to many Americans during the housing bust, but here's a look at five U.S. markets where prices have fallen so low you'd be crazy to rent."These are places where prices have in some cases fallen mor

An article by doctors David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandle, published by the Boston Fed, gives a stark picture of the extent and severity of medical indebtedness in the US, and why Obamacare won't remedy that problem. And we'll discuss later t

(Reuters) - Rhode Island remains on track to make a $2.5 million interest payment next year on bonds that were used to finance the facilities of 38 Studios, a now-bankrupt videogame company founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.

BOSTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 millio

BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 million from ba

BOSTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 millio

BOSTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus...

BOSTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 millio

BOSTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 millio

Tipoff's at 9 tonight for Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Meanwhile, Boston took a 2-1 lead last night in the Stanley Cup Final. Who's been watching the games? Mapping data group ESRI has the answer. The firm has developed developed software called th

BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facilities or

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 250 people have applied to receive money from a $51 million charity fund set up for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, the fund's deputy administrator said on Monday.

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 250 people have applied to receive money from a $51 million charity fund set up for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, the fund's deputy administrator said on Monday.

Manhattan may boast the highest monthly parking rates in the U.S.  ($6,744/year for a coveted midtown spot), but that's pocket change compared to the $560,000 one woman plunked down for two parking spots in Boston's Back Bay. That's double the c

BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facilities or

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facil

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facil

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says hehas identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillancecameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and themilitary, something that potentially would allow hackers to spyon facilitie

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facil

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something...

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facil

BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facil

The radical Celtics-Clippers trade that looked to be all but finished has hit a snag, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports. The trade would reportedly send Kevin Garnett and Boston coach Doc Rivers to Los Angeles in exchange for DeAndre Jordan

Teams are often a symbol of their cities character.  After one of the worst tragedies in Boston’s history, The Bruins improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals seems a reflection the city’s unyielding will to overcome, and advance. If

The director of the One Fund Boston –- the world’s “foremost expert on victim compensation” –- said donations have been pouring in at a pace...

Employees at Bank of America were given cash bonuses and gifts for meeting quotas of mortgage holders sent into foreclosure, claims Simone Gordon, a former employee who has filed a lawsuit in Boston. Bloomberg reports that Bank of America allegedly i

Although I may not have my very own set of wheels to tool around town in, I know that finding a parking spot is a golden moment, a second of bliss often accompanied by tiny parking fairies raining down happy dust. But apparently the parking situation

BOSTON -- Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home....