Posted Oct. 24, 2014 @ 7:00 am

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Shanghai-listed stocks for trainmaker China CNR (6199.HKG, 601299.SHA) shot up 9.9% on news that the company had secured a contract to provide at least 284 subway cars to greater Boston, Bloomberg reported. In Hong Kong, shares for the company rose as much as 4% to an intraday record after Xinhua announced the victory. China CNR beat out competitors including Bombardier (BBD.B.TSE), Hyundai Rotem, Kawasaki Rail Car and CSR Qingdao Sifang with a US$567 million bid according to a proposal posted on the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's website. Continue reading >>>

 The thing is, you never really know how a single terrorism incident will play out. Pat Moscaritolo, the head of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau last year pointed out to CBS News that it took his city’s tourism industry more than two years to recover from 9/11. Yet it took just a few weeks after last year’s Boston Marathon bombings before tourists returned in force. Yes, the scale of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York dwarfed what took place in Boston in April 2013. Nevertheless, three people died in Boston, more than 250 were injured, and residents lived through Continue reading >>>

Press release: CAMBRIDGE, MA (Thursday, October 23, 2014) -  Steve Van Doren traveled back to his hometown in Boston to celebrate the groundbreaking of Lynch Family Skatepark alongside Congressman Michael Capuano, Peter Lynch of the Lynch Foundation, Renata von Tscharner of the Charles River Conservancy and state officials, beneath the ramps of the Zakim Bridge. The 40,000 square foot skateboard and recreation facility, near North Point Park in Cambridge, will open in 2015. “Urban parks and recreation are essential to quality of life for residents and help to revitalize communities,” Continue reading >>>

As soon as Wynn Resorts received the Greater Boston casino license, the calls began pouring in from potential employees and vendors. All of them had questions. Now, through a series of six information sessions, Wynn Resorts hopes to provide some initial answers to the throngs of folks wanting to know how to get involved in the region’s fledgling casino industry. <!--/* * The backup image section of this tag has been generated for use on a * non-SSL page. If this tag is to be placed on an SSL page, change the * 'http://sparkwiresolutions.com/revive/www/delivery/...' Continue reading >>>

By Kailee Bradstreet Thu, Oct 23 2014 10:47 am | Comments From L to R: Boston city officials, Steve Van Doren, Joe Ciaglia of CA Skateparks, Renata von Tscharner (CRC), MIke McIntyre of Stantec, Maeve Bartlett (EEA), DCR Commissioner Jack Murray, Congressman Michael Capuano, Peter Lynch, Tony Alva, and Christian Hosoi Vans And Boston To Build Lynch Family Skatepark in Cambridge   CAMBRIDGE, MA (Thursday, October 23, 2014) – Steve Van Continue reading >>>

The New York real estate mogul turned television personality Barbara Corcoran is every bit as succinct and quick on her feet in person as she is on the hit show Shark Tank.What does it take to build a multimillion-dollar empire? Who better to ask than a women with experience as a bootstrapping entrepreneur and an angel investor who swoops in and saves struggling companies? Here are four lessons for achieving massive success, Shark style, that I gleaned from my conversation with her at the Four Points Sheraton in Norwood, Mass., after her recent appearance at a Greater Boston Real Estate Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — Parts of Greater Boston picked up more than 5 inches of rain between midday Wednesday and midday Thursday, the National Weather Service said, as a nor’easter moves through. The torrential downpours left deep puddles of standing water on many Massachusetts roads, prompting closures, and making for a slow Thursday morning commute. Two lanes of Interstate 95 Northbound were closed in Weston. A spokesman for the state Emergency Management Agency said water was slow to drain because leaves are clogging drains and catch basins. There have been no reports of major injuries Continue reading >>>

The National Weather Service is forecasting heavy rains and showers will continue as “an all-day event” and has issued a flood watch until late morning and a wind advisory until 11 p.m.“With the heavy rains still going on we’re getting reports of flooding around the Greater Boston area and flooding around Chelsea where several roads are inundated,” said meteorologist Benjamin Sipprell of the NWS in Taunton.A flash flood warning remains in effect until 10:15 a.m. for northeastern Middlesex and Essex counties.“This system will pivot around New England so a flood warning was imperative Continue reading >>>