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The Bay State's looming fiscal storm
(BBJ DataCenter)

Cities and towns in Massachusetts have reached a tipping point, one in which the cost to provide basic services and benefits to public retirees has far outstripped the local revenue collected to fund those obligations. Read »

Commercial Real Estate

This could kill Everett's casino: Part of the Monsanto site is in Boston

Chemical cleanup and the criminal background of a former owner could scuttle a plan to build a casino in Everett. Worse yet, Wynn Resorts may have to get Boston's approval to build a casino on the site. Read »

Health Care

Flu season: More employers are asking workers to get shots

Six in 10 adults say they'd rather not get a flu shot – and employers admit they can do little to force the issue. Read »

Technology

Mobile app marketing firm Fiksu to continue hiring spree in 2013

Boston-based Fiksu, which offers technology for lowering the cost and effort involved with marketing mobile apps, may double its 130-person staff in 2013, CEO Micah Adler said. Read »

Residential Real Estate

Boston Bruins’ Milan Lucic sells waterfront condo (slide show)

Lucic sold his 1,855-square-foot former home for $1.65 million, the same price he paid in 2010. Read »

Sports Business

Youkilis to Yankees, and the top 10 players to wear both N.Y. and Boston uniforms

320 players have worn both Red Sox and Yankees uniforms in their baseball careers. Here are the best of them. Read »

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