Boston Globe

New England Patriots fans had been waiting for the Bill Belichick-Scott Pioli regime to sign a big-name, impact free agent. Their wishes were answered with the arrival of former Bears...

A consortium of technology and home appliance companies is enrolling 20 Boston-area families for a test of a new wireless- and Internet-connected kitchen, in a move toward the "networked home"...

Call it refi madness. Another wave of mortgage refinancing has struck the American economy, and this wave is the biggest one yet. Driven by the lowest mortgage rates in 40...

Reservist Stephen M. Quinn knows that he could be called any day to leave his job as an associate test engineer at Axcelis Technologies in Beverly, Mass. He has his...

Gerald Baker has scoured newsletters and networked for positions before they are advertised. Fearful someone his age, 53, might be dismissed as too pricey in today's depressed tech industry, he'll...

Operators of The Station nightclub notified the town of West Warwick in writing three years ago that they had placed "sound retardant insulation" around their stage, but there is no...

Blistering Texas heat. Rock-hard fairways that played like bowling alleys. Stubborn, high rough. Smallish greens with dastardly pins. If you're a golfer, Colonial Country Club in Ft. Worth offers a...

Recently, four automobiles pulled up to a new filling station in Richmond, Calif., fueled up, and drove away. At first glance, it wasn't much of an event. But the fuel...

Who mentors women? A Web-based survey of 427 professional and managerial women conducted by Simmons College Graduate School of Management in Boston reveals that 60 percent of those polled were...

Are U.S. executives holding fewer face-to-face meetings? A recent study published by Accountemps, the staffing firm, reveals that 92 percent of 150 executives polled recently said managers are more likely...