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San Carlos, Calif.-based Natus Medical Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Grass Technologies product group from technology manufacturer Astro-Med Inc. for $18.6 million, the companies announced Monday.
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As part of its 10th anniversary celebration, the Working Waterfront Festival is launching the Portholes Project, a series of free, monthly programs to spark conversation about issues facing working waterfronts.
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Defense contractors led by Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co. gained a reprieve from U.S. spending cuts that may prove short-lived.
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By Gopal Ratnam and Nick Taborek |
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Manufacturing in the U.S. expanded in December at a pace that shows the industry is stabilizing after reaching a three-year low a month earlier.
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By Shobhana Chandra |
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Amtrak will recommend new U.S. rail-safety regulations to allow it to replace its Acela trains in the Northeast U.S. with lighter, faster equipment, CEO Joseph Boardman said.
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By Angela Greiling Keane |
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Gasoline prices in Rhode Island remained stagnant at $3.52 per gallon for the second consecutive week, AAA Southern New England said Monday.
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Dockworkers and their employers reached a tentative agreement on royalty payments, averting a strike that would have shut down eastern U.S. ports for the first time in 35 years.
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By Brooke Sutherland |
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary Richline Group Inc. will acquire Albuquerque, N.M.-based Rio Grande from The Bell Group Inc. effective Jan. 1, the company announced Friday.
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Business activity in the U.S. expanded in December for a second month, easing concern that a lack of progress on the federal budget would prompt a slump in manufacturing.
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Officials from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority need to balance their budget, but they plan to wait until at least March before increasing fares and establishing service cuts in hopes of an increase in funding, reported Boston.com.
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