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Boston Globe - Business

Healthy workers are ditching company insurance to save $1,000 a month - With premiums rising 6 percent in 2025 for company family plans alongside the growing cost of living, some workers are questioning whether their benefits are worth the cost.

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Massachusetts brain implant company tests in China in apparent first -- The Cambridge company, Axoft, also said it raised $55 million.

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Uber moves toward becoming an 'everything app' with hotel bookings powered by Expedia

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Biogen beats estimates as Alzheimer's drug gains momentum -- Leqembi, which was approved in 2023 to treat the mind-robbing disease, generated $168 million in sales, up 74 percent from the same period a year ago.

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Powell says he'll remain at Fed after chair term ends, as board keeps key interest rate unchanged -- Earlier in the day, the Senate Banking Committee approved Powell's successor as chair, Trump appointee Kevin Warsh, on a party-line vote.

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RI BUSINESS - Providence Place mall has a new buyer in $133 million deal - The bidder is Pyramid Management Group, a Syracuse, N.Y.-based company with ties to the mall's original developers. A judge approved the deal Wednesday.

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Fidelity to require Boston employees to come into the office five days a week -- It's a significant shift from the financial services company's current hybrid-work plan.

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Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings -- US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downed shots of raw milk at the White House last May and previously promised to halt "aggressive suppression" of the product.

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Your next roommate might be over 50. Here's why older people are increasingly sharing homes.

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It's been 20 years since Romneycare sparked near-universal health insurance coverage in Mass. Now, that status is under threat.

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Students at Berklee College of Music pay up to $85,000 to attend. Some say the school's AI classes are a waste of money.

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Pierre Terjanian is leading the MFA into a new era -- Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city's business community to talk career paths, accomplishments, and visions for Boston's future.

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Explore the 2025 Tech Power Players list -- The Globe's fourth annual list of the most influential people in tech shows an innovation scene ready for a comeback.

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Explore the Top Places to Work 2025 list -- According to employee surveys, these 175 companies have the happiest workers in the state.

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See who took the No. 1 spot on the top largest companies list

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Explore rent estimates and trends all over Eastern Mass.

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Kevin Warsh heads to full Senate vote after Trump's nominee for Fed Chair is approved in committee

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Rachel Dratch of 'SNL' fame to deliver keynote speech at Dartmouth's commencement

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Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI's future

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After a surge of affordable housing development in Boston, the money that helps pay for it all is drying up

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Get ready to pay more for ChatGPT

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EU says Meta is failing to keep underage users off Facebook and Instagram

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Iran's economy has been battered. But its leaders think Trump will blink first.

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Lululemon founder has advised company rivals

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The world needs natural gas now, but the US is exporting all it can

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Consumer confidence unexpectedly climbs on jobs outlook

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Local tech stocks got torched by fears of AI. Now some hedge funds say AI could be the answer.

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FCC orders a review of ABC's broadcast licenses after latest feud between Trump and Kimmel

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Thermo Fisher opens new facility for vaccine, gene therapy development

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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's criminal sentence could be the last step before company dissolves

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