The following companies, or people, are mentioned in today's Business Digest: IHOP Restaurants, NStar, PeopleCube, Toolmex Corp., Robert J. Badzmierowski, from Re/Max Executive Realty, LaserZone, and Pompositticut Farm of Hudson.
Staples Inc. said it has agreed to pay $42 million for a global settlement that resolves several class action lawsuits that alleged the Framingham-based office supplier misclassified assistant store managers for the purposes of overtime pay.
The following companies/organizations are highlighted in today's Business Digest: Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce, KO Prime in the Nine Zero Hotel, Auntie Anne's, Hallmark Sotheby's International Realty and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
BG Medicine Inc., a molecular diagnostic test maker, plans to sell up to $86.3 million in stock in an initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing Friday. The company, based in Waltham, did not set a price per share for the offering or disclose how many shares it would offer. No date was set for the offering.
Defense contractor Raytheon Co. said today its fourth-quarter profit rose 19 percent on higher sales of its Patriot missile defense systems and other military electronics.
As a child, Holly Fawcett vividly remembers the extravagant parties her mother, Susan Musto, would throw: December birthdays featuring Santa Claus, and in the summer, pool parties with ponies.
The following companies are mentioned in today's column: Dunkin' Donuts, Oracle, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hershey Co. and Cadbury, Harley-Davidson Inc., CarMax Inc.,
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Boston Beer Works, one of the most popular brewpubs in Massachusetts, is capitalizing on its popularity with its new bottled beers that debuted in stores last month.
