International Business News - Boston http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Real estate investment trust Boston Properties Inc. said late Tuesday said second-quarter results improved, helped by the acquisition of the GM Building in New York, and offered third-quarter guidance above analyst expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/boston-properties-2nd-quarter-results-beat-street.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:42:03 EDT Shares of Boston Scientific Corp. fell Tuesday after the medical device maker reported its earnings fell 15 percent in the second quarter due to lower sales and charges from acquisitions and restructuring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/boston-scientific-slumps-on-2q-earnings-report.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:30:20 EDT Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Monday it expects third-quarter adjusted earnings between 14 and 19 cents per share on revenue between $1.95 billion and $2.06 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/boston-scientific-posts-3q-guidance.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:54:42 EDT Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Monday its second-quarter profit declined, hurt by acquisition, restructuring and other charges, as revenue inched lower. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/boston-scientific-2q-profit-inches-lower.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:34:06 EDT A federal judge rejected a request by Boston Scientific Corp. for a new trial in a patent-infringement case that ended with a $501 million judgment against the medical-device maker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/boston-scientific-loses-bid-for-new-patent-trial.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:04:08 EDT Boston Scientific Corp. has agreed to sell pieces of its investment portfolio through a pair of transactions that will raise a total $140 million before taxes and help pay off debt, but also force the medical device maker to record losses against second-quarter earnings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/boston-scientific-to-sell-investments-for-140m.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:09:40 EDT Ward Boston, a former Navy attorney who helped investigate the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 crewmen and years later said President Lyndon Johnson ordered that the assault be ruled an accident, has died. He was 84. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/navy-attorney-in-uss-liberty-investigation-dies.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:15:48 EDT Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. spent $400,000 lobbying the federal government in the first quarter, according to a recent disclosure form. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/boston-scientific-spent-400-000-on-lobbying-in-1q.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:02:17 EDT Boston Scientific Corp. expects the drug-coated stent market to continue recovering, as it works to place its line of Taxus products at the front of a crowded, competitive field. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/boston-scientific-expects-continued-stent-recovery.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:59:02 EDT A trolley driver who died in a fatal crash last month wasn't on her cell phone when her trolley slammed the back of another one, a prosecutor said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/da-trolley-operator-not-on-phone-before-may-crash.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:34:26 EDT Real estate investment trust Boston Properties Inc. said Tuesday it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the General Motors Building in New York City from affiliates of Macklowe Properties for about $2.8 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/boston-properties-buys-nycs-gm-building.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:04:10 EDT Boston Financial Data Services Inc. is moving into MBNA's former waterfront property and plans to hire 100 people by year's end, officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/boston-financial-launches-operation-in-maine.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:31:05 EDT The senior vice president of real estate investment trust Boston Properties Inc. sold 3,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/boston-properties-svp-sells-shares.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:43:44 EDT Investment bank JPMorgan plans to move into a new office on Boston's waterfront and add more than 300 jobs. Tuesday's announcement came about a month after Mayor Thomas Menino proposed extending tax incentives to JPMorgan. A spokeswoman for New York-based JPMorgan Chase and Co. says the company has applied for the incentives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/jpmorgan-to-expand-in-boston-add-over-300-jobs.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:51:16 EDT Boston Scientific Corp. is reorganizing its executive ranks, with the CEO and president returning his focus to the medical device maker's overall daily operations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/boston-scientific-ceo-to-focus-on-day-to-day-ops.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:12:50 EDT Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Tuesday that Chief Executive Jim Tobin would stay with the company "for the foreseeable future" and would add the responsibilities of the chief operating officer, who is retiring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/boston-scientific-extends-ceo-jim-tobins-tenure.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:07:29 EDT Federal officials say a commuter train was going nearly 30 mph faster than it should have when it crashed into another train in Massachusetts. Kitty Higgins of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday that a red signal required trolley operator Terrese Edmonds to stop for 60 seconds at the Waban station before proceeding at no more than 10 mph. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080531/ntsb-boston-train-was-speeding-before-fatal-crash.htm Sat, 31 May 2008 15:57:51 EDT More than 80 years ago, the Hook brothers started trucking their catch of lobsters from Maine and Canada to Boston's fish piers, selling them directly to the city's top restaurants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/58572-boston-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/fire-destroys-landmark-lobster-business-in-boston.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/fire-destroys-landmark-lobster-business-in-boston.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 15:14:06 EDT Two commuter trains collided during the evening rush hour outside Boston on Wednesday, hurting several passengers and trapping the seriously injured operator of one train, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/2-commuter-trains-collide-and-derail-in-boston.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 20:12:18 EDT Private banking and investment-management firm Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. said in a regulatory filing Wednesday it is reviewing its capital levels and may look to raise more money. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/boston-private-financial-holdings-may-raise-funds.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 10:52:23 EDT