Latest Boston Massachusetts (MA) News

ModusLink Global Solutions to Convene Annual Stockholders Meeting
MarketWatch -
-- of Stockholders on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, beginning at 9:00 am Eastern Time at the Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts. --

State Street to cut as many as 1800 jobs
Boston Globe, United States -
CEO LOGUE was just recently featured on boston.com as one of the top 10 highest paid CEO's in MA----. I agree. The SVP's and EVP's are overpaid anyway. --
State Street Corp. will cut up to 1800 jobs Boston Herald

East Boston rally planned against tolls
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By Globe Staff Opponents of toll hikes by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority have planned a rally this afternoon in East Boston. Organizers hope that the --
Massachusetts lawmakers discuss privatizing turnpike Land Line Magazine
State lawmakers to hold debate to raise money for Mass. Turnpike -- WHDH-TV
Eastie rallies against hikes Metro Boston
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Career criminal dies at 92; oldest inmate in Mass.
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BOSTON (AP) — The oldest prison inmate in Massachusetts, a career criminal who was the first person to make the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list twice, --
Oldest state prison inmate dies Boston Herald
Massachusetts' Oldest Inmate Finally Dead ShortNews.com
After a life of crime, state's oldest inmate succumbs at 92 Boston Globe
ABA Journal

New turnpike partnership could give Mass. cash
Boston Globe, United States -
By Glen Johnson AP Political Writer / December 3, 2008 BOSTON—A public-private partnership could make the operation of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority --
Group Rallies Against 'Pike Hike Boston Channel.com
New turnpike partnership could give Mass. cash Boston Herald

Boston Herald owner assuming News Corp. role
Bizjournals.com, NC - Dec 2, 2008
Ottaway has trimmed its Massachusetts holdings but still owns the New Bedford Standard-Times, the Cape Cod Times and a weekly newspaper on Nantucket.
News Corp. Taps Boston Herald Owner for Ottaway Chain Wall Street Journal
Herald Publisher to head Ottaway, Cape Cod Times Cape Cod Today
Herald's Purcell to oversee Ottaway newspapers Boston Globe
Barnstable Patriot - Boston Herald

Red Sox sign MVP Pedroia to 40.5m dollar extension
AFP -
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) — The Boston Red Sox rewarded American League Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia with a lucrative, 40.5 million-dollar contract --

Boston Television Stations Team Up For Digital Television Test
Boston Channel.com,  USA -
BOSTON -- To help viewers prepare for the federally mandated shutdown of analog television and the transition to digital television (DTV) on Feb. --
25% fretting about post-DTV reception Radio Business Report
'DTV Day' Is an Innovative Educational Initiative and Readiness -- MarketWatch
Boston Sets DTV Readiness Tests, Educational Campaign Multichannel News

Tuition hammers Bay State, study says
Boston Globe, United States -
By Peter Schworm With steady tuition hikes outpacing income gains, college costs are placing a heavy financial burden on Massachusetts families, --
Massachusetts colleges ranks well on higher ed report card Boston Herald

Strategy Analytics Digital Consumer Group Expansion Continues With --
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Headquartered in Boston, MA, with offices in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, S. Korea and China, Strategy Analytics works with clients through annual --