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Andrew Weesner wants to protect you from foul weather. Ken Accardi wants to make it easier for you to store your stuff. And Christi Andersen and Derek Ohly want to help women buy bras that fit.
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Rachel Caraviello of Pepperell, Craig Martin of Manchester, N.H., and Megan Varnum of Dracut are three of the first five recipients of a $5,000 college scholarship awarded by Chelmsford-based Brooks Automation Inc. to children of Brooks employees. Caraviello is a marketing major at Cornell University, Martin is an engineering major at the University of New Hampshire, and Varnum is a ...
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including out of print volumes -- soon will become part of the vast Google database. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, and the New
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Karen Wright feels a connection with her boss. In 1991, she started as a receptionist at a firm led by Kimberle Levin, an entrepreneur who has founded several technology companies. She had little tech experience other than some college courses, and along came a fabulous mentor.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A part-time janitor who worked at the University of Great Falls has left the college $2.3 million - the largest gift the school has ever received.  Genesio Morlacci died on Halloween at the age of 102.
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In casting about for a name for their new companies or products, entrepreneurs often decide to use their own. And it can work - look at the success of Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s and Dell.
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By Lee, Jessica  SMALL BUSINESS Web Marketer Started as After-School Job; Golf Gym Sells Workout Gear, Videos for Duffers  Matt Costa and Brian Alper know how to throw a party. In fact, they've turned parties into a $15 million yearly business.
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Buying seafood need not be scary. That may be easy for Joseph Milano, president of the Union Oyster House, and his executive chef, William Coyne, to say. The two seafood mavens recently took us into their bustling restaurant kitchen to offer tips for your next trip to the seafood counter.
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The details  First job: I was a computer engineer.  Most recent job: Owner of Petra Cafe in Collierville and Germantown. He's been self-employed for the past 15 years.  Career highlights: This is it. Owning a restaurant.
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THE REGION President Bush is nominating a Boston-area businessman as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. If confirmed by the Senate, Ford M. Fraker, 58, of Belmont, will succeed James C. Oberwetter. A Harvard University graduate, Fraker is a consultant to Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., a Boston real estate investment and management firm. A firm he established, Fraker &amp; Co. , raised ...
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Chef Fiore Colella , owner of Ristorante Fiore on the North End's famed Hanover Street, will be the next local celebrity chef crafting a menu for Dine Boston restaurant outside security at Logan International Airport's Terminal E. The menu by Colella, which runs through December and is the latest in an airport series highlighting local culinary wonders, includes pizzetta con ...
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Jeff Paquette of Billerica graduated from Fitchburg State College last month with a degree in industrial technology and architecture. After a few job interviews, he had a couple of promising leads.
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For 10 years, Ellen Zane oversaw community doctors for Partners HealthCare, the parent organization of Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals and the biggest and most profitable hospital and physician network in Massachusetts. Then in December, she became chief executive of a very different institution: Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. Tufts-NEMC is not only smaller, it's ...
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The University of Maryland business school plans to give Blackberry wireless devices to all full-time MBA students this fall, an effort to make students technologically savvy and aware
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Communication  KSK Design has secured Industrial Towel & Uniform Inc. of New Berlin as a new client.  Lindsay, Stone & Briggs added two clients, Michael Best & Friedrich and Secura Insurance.
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Celise Isaac, 2, of Cambridge is not too impressed as her mom shops at KB toys in CambridgeSide Galleria on Friday. STAFF PHOTO BY LISA HORNAK  (c) 2006 Boston Herald. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Sears, Roebuck begins selling apparel and home furnishings online. Also: IBM launches a new, cheaper line of servers & hellip;. Cisco plans a new line of low-end routers & hellip;. and more.