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Mass. joins foreclosure settlement
A national settlement with the state's five largest mortgage lenders will bring $318 million to Massachusetts in relief for homeowners through cash payments, loan modifications and other concessions to resolve what Attorney General Martha Coakley described as "unnecessary and unlawful" foreclosures.
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Obama call for manufacturing revival a tough goal
President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it.
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Fidelity: 401(k) balances little changed over 2011
Workers stashed money away in their 401(k) retirement plans at a faster clip last year but didn't get an immediate reward for their savings strategy. Fidelity Investments, the nation's biggest 401(k) administrator, says the average account balance was essentially unchanged in 2011, compared with 2010.
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Tourism Trends
Even a region as beautiful and interesting as the North Shore can't sell itself.
That's why it was good for local businesses to learn, at last Friday's tourism summit at the Peabody Marriott, that the North of Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau has recovered from recent economic challenges and found new ways to promote Essex County as a tourist destination. -
New studio space builds on Beverly's reputation as artist destination
BEVERLY — Jesse Chamberlain, 30, is a Salem jeweler who specializes in creating wedding bands and engagement rings. Though she previously worked in Lynn, she saw an opening on Craigslist for a new studio space in Beverly, and last week moved her tools to a newly remodeled studio at Porter Mill.
- Chamber to host Beverly Business Awards
- Business briefcase
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- Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
- Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats
- For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
- Prius gas mileage getting low
- Economy likely started 2012 with solid job growth
- 2011 home sales down
- Wheeler is named Beverly Cooperative Bank president
- Peabody farmer scoops up West Newbury land
- Business Calendar
- Business Briefcase
- College endowments show growth for FY 2011
- Euro, rich-poor gap proved key issues at Davos
- Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
- Auto Scanner: Avoiding top-dollar replacement of Cadillac shocks
- Obama to target rising college tuition costs
- User-friendly health plan summaries at risk
- A FEAST FOR THE EARS
- Beverly-based Fantastic Sams bought by French firm
- Business Calendar
- Business Briefcase
- New rules could boost New England renewable power
- Wood heat heats up as homeowners give boot to oil
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Mass. joins foreclosure settlement
$25B Settlement Reached Over Foreclosure Abuses
States, Banks Reach Foreclosure-abuse Settlement
Bernanke: Recovery Depends on Consumer Spending
And the Winner for Best Super Bowl Ad Is...
Unemployment Rate Down to 8.3%
Hiring Burst Pushes Jobless Rate Down to 8.3%
Status Update: Facebook to Go Public, Raise $5B
Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs
Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs After Mixup
$10 Billion Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Merger Blocked
Stocks Have Best January Since '97
Serbia Buys US Steel Plant for $1
Will Investors 'Like' Facebook After IPO?
Fed Moves Mean Little Interest for Savers
Fed Unlikely to Raise Rates Until at Least 2014
RIM's Future Lies With New CEO's Decisions
Lagarde to Europe: Boost Growth and Protections
Tom Curley Announces His Retirement
AP CEO Tom Curley Announces His Retirement
Apple Sets Its Site on Electronic Textbooks
Did JLo 'Assault' Marc Anthony on Camera?
Raw Video: School Bus Burst Into Flames
Christie Brinkley's Runway Slip
What's in Steve Jobs' FBI file?
SJP Talks About Replacing Demi Moore in 'Lovelace'
Over 200 dead dolphins wash ashore
Lady Gaga's Battle With Bulimia
Evacuation at Sea
Osama Bin Laden Zombie Movie: "Osombie" Teaser Released
LA School Reopens Amid Sex Abuse Scandal
Thomas' moratorium: 'I'm out, peace'
VS Model Quits Over Religion
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
NASCAR Drive for Diversity
Ga Girl Fights Off Kidnapper at Walmart
Androgynous Model Walks Runway As Man and Woman
Khloe Kardashian Responds to O.J. Rumors
Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week 2012
SportsTalk Live: Most hated athletes - 2/8
Louis Vuitton Condoms?!
