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1. Give us your geniuses . .

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Wow. It has only taken Congress seven years - and counting - to remove a tourniquet from around the neck of the American economy. On Capitol Hill, […]

Published
2007

3. Rushing for the rotund; No need to diet if he weighs in

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Health insurance industry, Medical economics, Obesity, Diet
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS A few decades ago America decided smoking was a national health crisis and took action to get people to quit. We taxed smokers to the hilt, turned […]

Published
2007

4. Without slots, we only scratch surface

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Every time I walk into a convenience store I get stuck behind someone buying half a dozen Lottery tickets from the many rolls behind the counter. Then […]

Published
2007

5. Politics as usual won't play in '08; GOP pundit sees time for change

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Political parties -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Newt Gingrich will "absolutely" jump into the presidential campaign this autumn, and "will suck out all the oxygen" by dominating the media coverage. Keep your eyes on […]

Published
2007

7. Alleged gender gap amounts to nothing

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Ten years ago I left the world of finance to become a journalist. Yes, I earn a lot less - but my work is much more fun […]

Published
2007

8. For Cape Wind, a more favorable forecast

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Wind power -- Buildings and facilities, Cape Wind Associates L.L.C.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS What a difference a year makes. This time last year it looked like Cape Wind was in deep trouble. Even a spokesman for the American Wind Energy […]

Published
2007

10. Mitt shoots holes in his credibility

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Political parties -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS The Republican Party has a big problem going into 2008, and its name is Mitt Romney. "I've always been a rodent and rabbit hunter. Small varmints if […]

Published
2007

11. Falling housing costs may crush predators

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Dwellings, Housing
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS On the same day that Rep. Barney Frank announced congressional hearings into the subprime mortgage scandal, I got a letter in the mail from a company I […]

Published
2007

12. A less self-righteous right; Republicans had better take notice

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Political parties -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS You can't get much closer to George W. Bush than Michael Gerson. He's the former White House aide who wrote the "axis of evil" speech. From 1999 […]

Published
2007

13. The waiting is the hardest part; Feds delay marital bliss

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Marriage
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS As the raid in New Bedford shows, few debates generate as much heat today as immigration. But half the subject is getting left out. LEGALimmigration. A case […]

Published
2007

15. Hagel's the only real right stuff

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Hagel, Chuck
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Conservatives should stop complaining about their choices for president. They already have a serious candidate who is to the right of Ronald Reagan - and who could […]

Published
2007

16. Tips for Deval on playing the 'game'

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Memo to Gov. Patrick: For heaven's sake, take back that Cadillac and get a hybrid. And if the state police object, overrule them. You're the governor. Didn't […]

Published
2007

17. Mitt's main business was self-promotion

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS During the four years Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, it had the second worst jobs record of any state in America. So says the federal government. […]

Published
2007

19. Obama rocks Granite State; And viva NH primary

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS You can't get into an office building in any city in America anymore without showing photo ID. Usually your name needs to be on the security guard's […]

Published
2007

20. Earth to skeptics: Heat's on

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Global warming
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS The global warming skeptics are on a roll. In the last few weeks they've been hitting all media to hammer their talking points. There's just one problem. […]

Published
2007

21. Scollay Square redux; Happy days, be here again

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Some of the mayor's advisers are eyeing a truly radical plan for the redevelopment of Government Center. No, not a monorail. Not even a 2,000-foot tower. The […]

Published
2007

22. Closing the teller's window on terrorists

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Palestine National Authority
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Just before Christmas the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, a leader of Hamas, got into a shootout with border guards as he tried to enter Gaza […]

Published
2007

23. Presidential race not just for show

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Presidents -- Elections, Electioneering, Political campaigns
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Say what you like about American Idol. At least they have a system for picking the finalists. Which is more than you can say for our presidential […]

Published
2007

24. McCain no longer rocks in Granite State

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
McCain, John
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS As Mitt, Hillary, Barack and a dozen others jump into the presidential stampede, something interesting is happening in New Hampshire. For seven years, conventional wisdom has said […]

Published
2007

25. Good call, City Hall, in reviving Hub's wi-fi

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Wi-Fi
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Apple CEO Steve Jobs grabbed the headlines as he strutted the stage in San Francisco last week to unveil his company's first cell phone. Here in the […]

Published
2007

26. Mitt must manage vision . .

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Consulting services, McKinsey and Company Inc., Bain & Company Inc.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Anyone who has spent time in an American corporate boardroom will recognize the Mitt Romney campaign immediately. This is a management consultant running for president. As I […]

Published
2007

27. Just let it ride on Romney

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS LONDON - I'm sitting in a pub here, and if I weren't writing for the Herald I would be down at the bookies right now betting on […]

Published
2007

28. EMC watchers eye future without Tucci

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Computer peripherals industry, EMC Corp. (Hopkinton, Massachusetts)
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS As if there wasn't enough going on over at the Hopkinton HQ of data storage giant EMC Corp., people are starting to ask two more big questions. […]

Published
2006

29. Tweeter treads water as troubles take out one of its top executives

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Executives
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS This was the Christmas season when Tweeter, the Canton-based electronics retailer, was supposed to pull itself out of its slump. Instead, its troubles are getting deeper and […]

Published
2006

30. Hub stock pickers bean N.Y.'s Street

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Securities industry, Investment analysis, Securities industry, Standard & Poor's Corp.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Move over, Wall Street. We've got your number. Two years ago, after the Red Sox marched to victory over the cold, dead body of the New York […]

Published
2006

31. [C]But other banks spend to win in Bay State

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Staff at Sovereign Bank are nervously awaiting news from new CEO Joe Campanelli, who will this week present his "aggressive" cost-cutting plan to the board of directors. […]

Published
2006

32. In Mass., the party's over for GOP; God-gun-gay platform fails

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Political parties -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Now that the dust has settled, I have a question. Can we get a new second party in this state? Nationwide, the American people voted for checks […]

Published
2006

33. Citigroup to sponsor landmark center

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Financial services industry, Corporate sponsorship, Financial services industry, Company business management, Citigroup Inc. -- Management
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Say goodbye to the Wang Center . . . and hello to the Citibank Center for Performance Arts. Center president Josiah Spaulding will today announce that Citigroup […]

Published
2006

34. Sulzbergers urged to scrap special shares

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Newspaper publishing -- Reports, Securities industry -- Reports, Stocks -- Reports, Securities industry, New York Times Co. -- Reports, Morgan Stanley -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr., chairman of the Boston Globe's parent company, the New York Times Co., is now coming under pressure from one of his biggest shareholders […]

Published
2006

35. On State Street; Hedge fund now bargain

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Hedge funds, Company securities
Abstract

Byline: Brett Arends If you think Wall Street is doing well, you should take a look at Hub hedge fund manager Chuck Clough. It's 18 months since he launched his […]

Published
2006

36. Kerry on, wayward sen

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Financial services industry, Financial services industry, Citigroup Inc.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS John Kerry's colleagues are having fun at his expense over last week's "botched joke" gaffe. Rep. Steve Lynch (D-South Boston), speaking on Thursday to a select group […]

Published
2006

37. Citigroup could shake up Hub bank biz

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Financial services industry, Banks (Finance), Financial services industry, Citigroup Inc.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Worldwide banking giant Citigroup finally opened its first branch in Boston yesterday, heralding what could become the biggest shake-up of Hub banking in years. Chief Executive Chuck […]

Published
2006

38. A nation undivided cannot stand

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Cable television broadcasting industry, FOX News Network L.L.C.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Just when Fox News and the president threaten to turn me into a socialist, I pick up The Boston Globe and start thinking like a conservative again. […]

Published
2006

39. Eaton Vance, Wall St. guru spar over 'spyware,' 'fraud'

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Fraud, Spyware, Mutual fund industry
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Five words are guaranteed to send a chill through the Hub's financial community today. Jim Grant is watching you. The legendary Wall Street guru has become embroiled […]

Published
2006

40. ON STATE STREET; Don't be scared off by scandal-hit stocks

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Pharmaceutical industry, Merck & Company Inc.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Trick-or-treating is nothing new on Wall Street. Every stock you buy turns out to be one or the other - and, of course, you only find out […]

Published
2006

41. Globe sale price could be too high

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Securities industry, Newspaper publishing, Securities industry, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., New York Times Co.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS What's the Boston Globe worth? Wall Street analysts were yesterday pouring cold water on the idea that Jack Welch, Jack Connors and their allies might be able […]

Published
2006

42. Welch, Connors talk of possible purchase

Author

Arends, Brett and Gatlin, Greg

Subjects
Newspaper publishing, New York Times Co.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS and GREG GATLIN Boston business legends Jack Welch and Jack Connors have held talks about trying to buy The Boston Globe from the New York Times Co., […]

Published
2006

43. ON STATE STREET; MFS gets new life as sale falls short

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Hundreds of workers at Back Bay fund-management company MFS may have won a reprieve yesterday, after plans to sell the company collapsed. Parent company Sun Life Financial […]

Published
2006

45. With Patrick, the price may not be right

Author

Arends, Brett

Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS When it comes to Deval Patrick, there's one big question still to ask. Just how much is all of this going to cost? Because when it comes […]

Published
2006

46. Mellon reported eyeing MFS buy

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Financial services industry, Mutual fund industry, Financial services industry, Boston Company Inc., Dreyfus Corp.
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS The bidding is heating up for Hub mutual fund giant MFS. Pittsburgh-based Mellon Bank is reportedly competing against Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia for MFS, the nation's oldest mutual […]

Published
2006

47. Bush economy nothing to broadcast

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Economic conditions
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS The neocon talk-show hosts were so angry last week they could barely speak. The "mainstream media" and "the drive-by media" and "the liberal media," they said, were […]

Published
2006

48. YouTube search for a sucker matches Google

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Information services industry, Information services industry, Google Inc.
Abstract

Byline: Brett Arends Congratulations to the guys behind YouTube, who yesterday found a sucker willing to pay $1.6 billion for their free, 18-month old, anyone-can-do-this Web site. That sucker, of […]

Published
2006

49. Boston Scientific: employees fret as stock options lose their value

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Stock options, Medical equipment, Physiological apparatus, Stocks
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS The crisis enveloping Boston Scientific in Washington, D.C, and New York is coming home to Massachusetts. News of the Natick company's woes has so far focused on […]

Published
2006

50. Bidders get great deals on 31 units at Hub auction

Author

Arends, Brett

Subjects
Real property, Real estate industry, Auctions
Abstract

Byline: BRETT ARENDS Just how weak is the Boston real estate market? We got an idea yesterday. And if you're looking to sell your home in the near future, the […]

Published
2006

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