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Summer is fast approaching and it is never too early to be thinking about visiting Boston for one of the biggest celebrations of the year!A Make this Independence Day unforgettable and bring the family to the 39th annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Wednesday, July 4th!A The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular packs a tremendous punch with ... (more)

BOSTON - Superstar Jennifer Hudson will take center stage with the Boston Pops during the 2012 July 4th Fireworks Spectacular.

Published by Crown Business, a division of Random House, Inc. Many people who saw my documentary film about the 2008 economic crisis, Inside Job , found that the most surprising, and disturbing, portion of the film was its revelation of widespread conflicts of interest in universities, think tanks, and among prominent academic experts on finance, ... (more)

Charles River , Department Of Conservation And Recreation , Ed Lambert , Harvard University , Joe Shortsleeve , lease , legislative leases , State Auditor , Wollaston Yacht Club BOSTON - There are some incredible deals when it comes to leasing state property.

Dylan Trotzuk '12 helps reel in the victory for Winthrop House during the Tug o' War competition on Sunday afternoon at Senior Olympic Day.

In today's intensely competitive wealth management market, financial advisers are challenged to service more savvy investors and their diversified, multi-asset-class portfolios while monitoring compliance requirements for every order they place on behalf of clients.

They currently have a $18.00 price target on the stock. Zacks ' analyst wrote, "CRA International's first quarter 2012 results were discouraging.

Toronto startup Wave Accounting has landed a series B round of financing worth US$12 million, plus some impressive new backers that include a former Facebook vice-president. The funding comes from OMERS Ventures , Boston-based VC firm Charles River Ventures, and Social+Capital Partnership, a VC house based in Palo Alto, Ca.

Many visitors to Boston assume that the Back Bay neighborhood is one of the city's oldest.

Near a sleepy bend in the Charles River, below the moldering wards of the shuttered Medfield State Hospital, there are broad fields that are anything but bucolic.

Nothing like a revolution to change an enjoyable way of life. In the early 1700's, a portion of Massachusetts referred to as Prospect Hill was a quiet dairy farm on the outskirts of Boston.

At age 73 he was still working -- driving a cab.A He was the most knowledgeable cab driver encountered in years, needing no directions to the location of Matthews Arena.

Whoever decided that the shortest distance between two points is always a straight line obviously didn't do much driving in Boston.

A "Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

Approximately 13,500 customers were initially affected by the outage just before noon on Tuesday.

SessionM said it raised $20 million in Series B funding in a round led by Charles River Ventures and joined by current investors Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers .

Heading Home, a Boston area agency devoted to helping the homeless, raised more than $700,000 to support programs to end family homelessness at its recent Housewarming Event.

Third Eye Blind, Switchfoot, Eve 6 and Spin Doctors to Perform at 19th Annual Radio 92.9 EarthFest The annual Radio 92.9 EarthFest will return to DCR's Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston on May 19, 2012 with a stellar line-up that includes Third Eye Blind, The Spin Doctors, Switchfoot, and Eve 6. For 19 years, the Radio 92.9 EarthFest has drawn crowds ... (more)

After posting solid fourth quarter results, CRA International Inc. reported disappointing first quarter results.

Travel dates: Now-September 30, 2012. Blackout dates: May 8, 19, 23, 30; June 5, 13; July 23; August 5-7, 10, 2012.