Melrose officials, pols don’t put much stock in guv’s budget

Gov. Deval Patrick didn’t cut local aid or education funding in the $28.2 billion state budget proposal he filed the week before last, but Melrose Mayor Rob Dolan and the city’s two legislators expressed skepticism that those figures would remain unchanged between now and the start of the next fiscal year. Read the rest of this entry »

Stock futures flat ahead of jobs, services data

Stock futures flat ahead of jobs, services data
NEW YORK — U.S. stock index futures were mostly flat on Wednesday, following two days of strong market gains and ahead of key jobs and services sector data expected to show the U.S. economy has conti…

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Dow dips below 10,000 mark on eurozone debt, jobs data

Dow dips below 10,000 mark on eurozone debt, jobs data
NEW YORK: The Dow briefly fell below the crucial 10,000 mark on Thursday, Feb 4 as stocks suffered their worst losses in more than nine months, according to Reuters.

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Remarks by the President in Town Hall Meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire

Now, some of you may remember, I’ve spent a little time in this state.  (Applause.)  I’ve had beers at the Peddler’s Daughter.  (Applause.)  I manned the scoop at ice cream socials from Dover to Hudson.  I’ve walked Main Street in Concord, visited with folks in all 10 counties.  I even once flew into the airport in Milan, which has got to be one of the only airports with a functioning wood stove.  (Laughter.)  We spent a bunch of times in this gym, caused traffic jams several times.  And just have a lot of good friends here in this state, here in this city, and here in this — here in this high school.  So I’m just grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here. Read the rest of this entry »

Cassidy: Jilted Scholars Turn to Facebook for Funding

it as a way to help replenish the New York nonprofit that had promised to support their studies. Read the rest of this entry »