BOSTON – I spent some time Monday checking out the Nokia Surge, the company's new smartphone for AT&T Wireless. In a twist, Nokia designed the Surge specifically for the U.S. That means there's no unlocked version with a different model ...Read More
Star free agent outfielder Jason Bay has declined Boston's initial contract offer and will head to full free agency, SI.com has learned.
Boston's offer to Bay was believed to be for four years and "close to $60 million,'' according to sources. ...Read More
BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox will raise some ticket prices as much as $5 next season after freezing all sections for 2009. Field level seats will cost $130 for individual games and $125 as part of season tickets bought by ...Read More
* Zetia trial results less damaging to Merck than expected * Merck shares rise 2.7 pct; Abbott up 1.3 pct * Trial results presented at AHA meeting in Orlando (Updates with details, additional analyst comment) BOSTON, Nov. 16 (Reuters) - Shares of Merck & ...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Boston forward Paul Pierce appeared to have no lingering effects from a bruised left knee and was in the starting lineup Saturday against Indiana. "He's fine," coach Doc Rivers said before the game. "Even by last night, he ...Read More
MURRIETA, Calif.—A skydiver from Boston killed in a California accident had tried to set a parachuting record in a charity jump hours before his death. Forty-year-old Stephen Harrington of Boston landed Wednesday in a Murrietta driveway. Authorities say he might have struck ...Read More
CHICAGO — United Airlines is shaving a few bucks off upgrades to roomier "economy plus" seats through Friday. The airline, a unit of UAL Corp., charges customers the base fare plus the extra "economy plus" charge to sit at the front ...Read More
Lou Williams totaled 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists, helping the Sixers to a 97-94 win and sending the reeling Nets to their worst start in franchise history. Andre Iguodala scored 16 points, including a key three-pointer late in the ...Read More
PHILADELPHIA -- Andre Iguodala and the Philadelphia 76ers did just enough to win. With the Sixers still stinging from a 31-point loss three nights earlier, that was just fine by them. Iguodala scored 16 points, including a late 3-pointer to give Philadelphia ...Read More
BOSTON—Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has won an unprecedented fifth consecutive four-year term.
With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Menino had 57 percent of the vote to City Council President Michael Flaherty's 43 percent. Flaherty has conceded the election.
Menino has already been ...Read More
Polls have opened in Boston where heavy voter turnout is being forecast in a race to determine if the city will keep a 16-year-incumbent or usher in a new face into the corner office at City Hall.
The showdown between Mayor ...Read More
BOSTON (AP) - Rajon Rondo says he has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Celtics, keeping the star point guard from entering the market as a restricted free agent after the season. The deal has yet to be signed ...Read More
BOSTON -- Rajon Rondo says he has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Celtics, keeping the star point guard from entering the market as a restricted free agent after the season.
The deal has yet to be signed but ...Read More
Sony issued a recall for some AC adapters used with all-in-one Vaio PCs and docking stations as they pose the risk of causing electric shock, the company said. Sony issued the voluntary recall working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, ...Read More
Gasoline prices have risen 16 cents a gallon in the past month and will go a bit higher before leveling off, oil and gas analysts say.
The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $2.67 Monday vs. $2.69 ...Read More
* EPS 50 cts vs. 56 cts year-ago * Revenue falls $497.1 mln from $554.8 mln (Adds assets, flow and fee details, CEO interview) BOSTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Asset manager T Rowe Price Group(TROW.O) said third-quarter net income fell 13 percent ...Read More
BOSTON - When we got the chance to talk to "Twilight" star Jackson Rathbone on the set of his new movie "Girlfriend," we couldn't pass up the opportunity to ask someone deeply involved the biggest question surrounding the franchise: What ...Read More
BOSTON - Many Americans take Social Security early, at age 62, because they really need it. They're in poor health or unemployed or both. Others take benefits early because they're worried they'll lose out on what's rightfully theirs if benefits ...Read More
LOS ANGELES - One of the Hollywood producers attending last night's game could make a movie about this. Or Larry King, who was sitting in the front row, could do a "Larry King Live'' about the once madly-in-love couple from ...Read More
* Financial terms of sale not disclosed * Lilly to take 23 cents/shr charge * Shares rise 1 percent (Updates with background) BOSTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly & Co (LLY.N) said onWednesday that it had agreed to sell one of its ...Read More
Carly Simon is steamed at Starbucks, charging that the coffee chain's lukewarm promotion of her 2008 album doomed it to ice-cold sales. The toothy "You're So Vain" singer is suing Starbucks over "This Kind of Love," which she contends wasn't properly ...Read More
