In Japan, General Motors has high hopes, low sales

TOKYO — General Motors says it's in Japan for the long haul despite sales of Cadillac and Chevrolet models barely surpassing 1,000 vehicles a year. There has never been much appetite in Japan for left-hand drive gas guzzling U.S. autos, and there are...

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Cyber Monday draws $1.74B billion holiday dollars

NEW YORK — Cyber Monday is still on top. Retailers from Wal-Mart Stores to Amazon started rolling out "Cyber" deals at the beginning of November, and kept them going on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. That led some to wonder if earlier sales would put...

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German giant to venture into Hub

The venture arm of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies is opening its first U.S. office in Kendall Square, pledging to make $130 million in investments to life sciences companies. "We chose Boston because it is unique," said Martin Heidecker,...

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Hub-Beijing travel ‘traffic’ spurs flights

Hainan Airlines' move to start nonstop flights between Boston and China was spurred by the already large number of travelers between the two destinations and the expectation for future growth, a company official said. "There's a tremendous amount of...

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Odds on Revere casino improve

Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen P. Crosby signaled yesterday he's ready to greenlight a proposed Mohegan Sun casino at Suffolk Downs in Revere, where the Planning Board last night unanimously voted in favor of a zoning amendment to allow gambling...

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The Ticker: Hilltop Steakhouse auction and more...

U.S. sales up 1% 
over weekend National retail sales climbed a mere 1 percent to an estimated 
$22.2 billion during the four-day Black Friday weekend that started on Thanksgiving for most of the nation, according to Chicago tracking firm ShopperTrak....

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Herald execs talk up future of news

Rumors of the death of newspapers have been greatly exaggerated, if Herald Publisher Patrick J. Purcell and Editor in Chief Joe Sciacca have anything to say about it — and they certainly did yesterday at a panel discussion on how news organizations can...

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Harvard Bioscience cutting 13 percent of jobs

HOLLISTON, Mass. — Medical instruments maker Harvard Bioscience said Wednesday that it will eliminate about 50 jobs, or 13 percent of its workforce, to save money and plans to reinvest some of the savings in expanding its business in China. The company...

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Boston researchers find way to cut medical errors

BOSTON — Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital say they have devised a new system of shift-to-shift patient handoffs that significantly reduces medical errors. After introducing the system on two inpatient units at the hospital, the researchers...

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Owner explores sale of Providence Journal

The Dallas-based parent company of the Providence Journal, A.H. Belo, has hired a consultant to explore the sale of the paper, the company said in a statement. Jim Moroney, chairman, president and CEO of Belo, said in a statement, "The Providence Journal...

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