Early signs point to a problem in an area that housed electrical and air-conditioning equipment, but a Pemex official says “no line of investigation will be discounted.”
2013
Coyotes deal appears unlikely to go down
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Just when it seemed like the Phoenix Coyotes would get an owner after more than three years of waiting, the ongoing saga took another turn. Former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison reached a preliminary deal to buy the team from the NHL last year and worked out a 20-year lease agreement […]
N.Y. Times hit by Chinese hackers for months
The infiltrations followed a report on the Chinese premier’s family riches, but no sensitive data was lost.
High-profile squatter gets eviction papers
Andre ‘Loki Boy’ Barbosa has been occupying the $2.5 million Boca Raton home since Dec. 26.
Briefcase
Dow Jones off to best start in nearly two decades NEW YORK – The Dow logged its best start to the year in almost two decades. Stocks rallied in the first week of the year after U.S. lawmakers reached a deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and then pushed higher toward record levels as optimism […]
Foreclosure settlements: $121 million
Lender Processing Services will pay the money to 46 states and D.C. over claims it mishandled documents.
Pirates’ Valabik endures pay cut to pursue long-term goal
Portland’s new blueliner could have earned more overseas but wants to return to the NHL.
Hostess stalking-horse bids total $858 million, CEO says
As the process moves ahead, the fates of 18,000 Hostess workers who lost their jobs are up in the air.
Union will call halt to Walmart picketing
A settlement will stop demonstrations at stores for at least 60 days.
New England Dispatches
High school students protest against testing requirement / Diocese pulls speaker over anti-Islamic concerns / Bear rehabilitator caring for record 27 orphaned cubs … and more news from around the region.