Monthly Archives: February 2010

Report: Germany’s Merck buying Millipore for $7.2B

German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA will buy U.S. biotech equipment maker Millipore Corp

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APNewsBreak: Kennedy III decides against House run

The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy has decided against running for the U.S. House from Massachusetts this year.

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Corporate CEOs push for job growth

A group of chief executives has been meeting with state political leaders to push for job development.

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Mass. GOP Rep. to announce future political plans

The race for state treasurer could be getting a bit more crowded this week.

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The Umbrellas of Hangzhou: Opera Boston Premieres Madame White Snake (Bostonist)

Dry-clean only. (Production photo by Clive Grainger.) Madame White Snake begins with a borrowed umbrella and ends with a storm to drown the world.

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Progress seen in supermarket contract talks

Stop & Shop and supermarket workers are narrowing their disagreements as the two sides negotiate a new contract.

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Boston Athenaeum exhibit pairs ‘Artist + Poet’ (The MetroWest Daily News)

Charles Simic writes poems like a watchmaker constructs a timepiece, combining words like precision jewels to measure moments and record the passage of our lives.George Nama expresses inchoate feelings through abstract images in prints and etchings that seem bursting with barely restrained impulses.

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Carver woman accused of killing son gets hearing

A hearing has been scheduled to determine whether a Carver woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of strangling her 3-year-old son should be released from a psychiatric hospital.

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More than 200K still powerless after winter storm

More than 200,000 homes and business were still without power Sunday as restoration efforts continued days after a slow-moving storm battered the Northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds.

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Get latest info on Boston’s two golf courses (Allston-Brighton Tab)

Boston’s golfers now have a direct link to the City of Boston’s links thanks to a new website, cityofbostongolf.com.

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