This story first appeared in the Nov. 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Andy Rooney delivered his first 60 Minutes commentary on July 2, 1978, railing against the media tradition of tallying highway deaths during holiday weekends. But Rooney, who died Nov. 4 at 92 of complications following surgery, worked at CBS for nearly 60 years and spent 30 years of his career behind the camera. He always considered himself a writer first. Rooney grew up in Albany, N.Y., was drafted into the Army in 1941 and won a Bronze Star for his reporting under fire at the Battle of Saint-Lo. Here, Continue reading >>>

Hancock cuts jobs John Hancock Financial Services said it is cutting 116 jobs in Boston — 3 percent of the financial giant’s Hub workforce of about 3,800 — as part of a restructuring of the company’s annuity business. The layoffs come just a few days after Hancock CEO Jim Boyle told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce that the company’s presence in Boston “is as strong as it has ever been.” Starbucks snaps up Fireman investment Fireman Capital Partners, the private-equity firm started by Reebok founder Paul Fireman, said its portfolio company Evolution Fresh, a California-based Continue reading >>>

More than 60 years after World War II veteran Arthur Fishtine returned home from fighting in Europe, the 87-year-old can still fit into his Class A Army uniform. He’s proud of that fact — even if the uniform is “very tight” — but prouder still that the dress suiting has found a permanent home at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where it is currently on display as part of “Beauty as Duty: Textiles on the Home Front in WWII Britain.” The exhibit features British propaganda scarves and flags from museum benefactors Frederic and Jean Sharf. And it was a connection to Fred Sharf — Continue reading >>>

ON WGBH Greater Boston “Beat the Press’’ 7 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) Host Emily Rooney moderates a discussion of the major issues of the week. Basic Black “Revisiting a ‘High-Tech Lynching’ and the Politics of Language’’ 7:30 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) ON CHRONICLE Veterans 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV (Channel 5) Meet veterans and their families. And see how sacrifices made Continue reading >>>

Carol Nesson, president of the West Roxbury Friends of Rosie's Place, admitted at the charity's Harvest Brunch on Sunday that the food drive and fundraising initiative often relies on major donations. But, Neeson added, smaller gifts perhaps best represent the generosity of the West Roxbury community. "At our last event we got a donation — a check for five bucks — that was written in spidery, old lady handwriting," she said. Also tucked inside the envelope, Nesson added, were three pennies — the absolute most the donor could afford to contribute. "This woman gave us her last 3 cents," Continue reading >>>

BOSTON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Goodwin Procter LLP, a national Am Law 50 firm, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Neighborhood Business Initiative on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at Boston’s historic Old South Meeting House. The Neighborhood Business Initiative is a community outreach program that provides pro bono legal services to low-income entrepreneurs and small-business owners in underserved neighborhoods Continue reading >>>

From Mayor Menino's Press Office: Yesterday Mayor Thomas M. Menino kicked off the 8th Annual Mayor’s Holiday Special program. Designed to reinvest every dollar patrons spend on theatre, dance and music tickets back into the Boston arts community, the program helps to sustain and grow local cultural events in the city by providing special deals on tickets at www.MayorsHolidaySpecial.com. The program also helps to attract more people to shop and spend at local small businesses in Boston’s main streets districts. “This program has saved ticket buyers over $2 million and put even more Continue reading >>>

BOSTON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Equity Office Properties was certified as a “Sustainable Business Leader”, having completed the Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP) - a comprehensive program of the Sustainable Business Network (SBN) of Greater Boston that provides guidance, support and technical assistance to facilitate the “greening” of small and medium-sized local and independent businesses. “Our Continue reading >>>

We eat local. We shop local. Why does Boston send so many of its philanthropic dollars to New York? The “Support Local Causes” campaign will take place on the web, in social media, and at events around Boston between now and the end of the year, encouraging the public to think locally when they think about donating money. “Neighborhood nonprofits and community organizations are working extremely hard, doing more with less, and having the greatest real impact,” said Michael Sattler, founder of Cambridge-based startup company Cauzoom. “But when people think of whom to support Continue reading >>>

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