China CNR Corp. shares surged by as much as 9.9 percent in Shanghai trading after the official Xinhua News Agency reported the trainmaker won a contract to provide trains for the greater Boston subway system. The stock climbed 5.1 percent to 6.38 yuan as of the city’s 11:30 a.m. trading break, while CNR’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose as much as 4 percent to an intraday record. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.9 percent. The company’s shares jumped after Xinhua reported on its microblog that the Beijing-based company won the bid for the contract. China CNR beat competitors Continue reading >>>

Stressed out by Greater Boston’s crazy prices? Well, you might get a little breather this fall. With winter around the corner, sellers are slashing prices on their homes in order to cut a deal before the snow comes, new statistics released by Zillow show. The number of Boston area homes with price cuts rose by 5.6 percent in the third quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to the same period last year. Along with price cuts, there are also now more homes for buyers to pick from, with a 22 percent jump in the number of listings on the market in the Boston area compared to last year. The same Continue reading >>>

By Scott Souza
ssouza@wickedlocal.com


Posted Oct. 22, 2014 @ 9:19 pm

CAMBRIDGE

R.I. Kitchen Bath is honored to be the recipient of a 2014 PRISM Award — A Silver Award in the “Best Bath Remodel under $75,000” category. Presented by the Builders Association of Greater Boston, the PRISM (Prestigious Results in Sales and Marketing) Awards recognize the accomplishments of professionals who influence the present and shape the future of building and design. The largest industry competition in this region recognizes achievements in building and design and is open to builders, developers, project owners, architects, land planners, marketing/advertising firms, interior design Continue reading >>>

By Nathan Lamb


Posted Oct. 22, 2014 @ 8:50 am
Updated at 8:51 AM

MALDEN

Through the first 9 months of 2014, January through September, Greater Boston area managers and executives in a career transition found new jobs in an average of 15.5 weeks – more than a month less than the 21 weeks it took them to find new employment during the same period in 2010. Laid-off employees want to get back to work and take advantage of the improved job market. They are being more flexible and expanding job possibilities to other industries, taking jobs that will leverage their core expertise, while broadening their knowledge-base and their network, even if it’s a Continue reading >>>

Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker talks with reporters after speaking to members of The Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston in Roxbury Monday. (Elise Amendola/AP) BOSTON — Charlie Baker is trying to become the first Republican to win the Massachusetts governor’s office since Mitt Romney. But Baker is wooing a far different electorate than the one Romney won over in 2002. In the dozen years since Romney took the Corner Office, Massachusetts voters have become significantly less white overall. This demographic shift looms large, since nonwhite voters tend Continue reading >>>