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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's criminal sentence could be the last step before company dissolves - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to be ordered to pay $225 million in a criminal case related to how it sold its blockbuster opioid painkiller.

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Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected -- Starting this week, the Office of the US Trade Representative will begin hearings in two investigations that are expected to lead to a new round of US tariffs.

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Will Powell stay or go? Fed chair may reveal next steps after central bank meeting Wednesday. -- The Federal Reserve will meet this week ahead of a looming leadership transition that remains fuzzy, and Wednesday's news conference will be closely watched for any clarification.

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Trump administration will pay energy firms to cancel wind farms -- The firms will forfeit their leases for two wind farms, one off New York and New Jersey, and the other off California.

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Boston-based Seaport Therapeutics aims for $212m IPO -- Talking point business briefs

4 hours ago

China races to build record biobank to rival US efforts -- Biobanks are huge repositories of biomedical data and biological samples, and most have been Western, so far. But China is catching up.

6 hours ago

Budget airlines ask White House for $2.5 billion relief plan, report says -- (Bloomberg) -- Budget airlines are banding together to ask President Donald Trump's administration for $2.5 billion to help combat increasing jet fuel prices in exchange for warrants that would give the US government the right to purchase equity stakes in the carriers, people familiar with the discussions said.

7 hours ago

Your next roommate might be over 50. Here's why older people are increasingly sharing homes.

3 days ago

It's been 20 years since Romneycare sparked near-universal health insurance coverage in Mass. Now, that status is under threat.

14 days ago

Students at Berklee College of Music pay up to $85,000 to attend. Some say the school's AI classes are a waste of money.

18 days ago

Pierre Terjanian is leading the MFA into a new era -- Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city's business community to talk career paths, accomplishments, and visions for Boston's future.

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Explore the 2025 Tech Power Players list -- The Globe's fourth annual list of the most influential people in tech shows an innovation scene ready for a comeback.

10 months ago

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4 months ago

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20 days ago

Google staff urge CEO to refuse classified military AI work

2 hours ago

US stocks inch to more records as oil prices rise ahead of a blockbuster week for Wall Street

2 hours ago

Brandeis applications surge 40 percent after Arthur Levine unveils new model for school

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Boston Medical Center - South health care workers delay strikes as negotiations progress

6 hours ago

Camera trap shows Sumatra orangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a public road in Indonesia

6 hours ago

Supreme Court grapples with multibillion-dollar wave of lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims

7 hours ago

There's a pattern of child sexual abuse at Mass. group homes and experts fear many cases go unreported

7 hours ago

Judge Subramanian, please hear my plea: break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster

8 hours ago

Lilly to buy local biotech for up to $2.3 billion in cancer-drug push

8 hours ago

Three students injured in Brown shooting sue university, alleging security failures

9 hours ago

Tufts nurses say they have no confidence in leader's ability to manage operating room 'safely and appropriately'

11 hours ago

Prediction markets under pressure to crack down on rogue bettors and stop insider trading

13 hours ago

Trump and the media were expected to clash at the D.C. dinner. We got something else entirely.

16 hours ago

Tillis says he's ready to move ahead with confirming Warsh as Trump's pick as Fed chair

16 hours ago

Iran's foreign minister returns to Pakistan as Islamabad races to save negotiations with US

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