By Canton Citizen The FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance to identify an unknown serial bank robber who robbed two banks in the greater Boston area from July 28 to August 11. Surveillance footage from an August 11 robbery in Milton The robber is a black male with a medium athletic build, approximately 25-30 years old, 5’8” to 6’ tall, is clean shaven and may have a tattoo on the right side of his neck. While a weapon has not been displayed during any of the robberies, the suspect has gestured to his waist, as if reaching for a weapon. He is Continue reading >>>

The numbers of anti-infective drugs, such as Cubist's recently-approved Sivextro, have seen the fastest growth in recent years, as cancer drugs have become slightly less dominant. Don Seiffert BioFlash Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Continue reading >>>

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The new service will link New England and Hong Kong directly for the first time, and marks Cathay Pacific’s sixth gateway in the United States, and eighth in North America. Cathay Pacific Airways today announced at a joint press conference at the Massachusetts State House with Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, Richard Davey, President and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Paul Guzzi, and Thomas P. Glynn, CEO, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), that it will commence a new four-times-weekly nonstop service from Boston Continue reading >>>

DUXBURY — Camp Wing is less than 30 miles from Boston. But to the hundreds of city kids who come to camp here each summer, the distance can feel much greater, in a good way. The camp is the main summer headquarters for Crossroads for Kids, an innovative program whose mission is showing young people a future beyond their immediate homes and neighborhoods. They come predominantly from Greater Boston, and they will tell you that the two or three weeks they spend at Camp Wing represent much more than a change of scenery. Continue reading below “You really don’t have a choice but to love Continue reading >>>

DUXBURY — Camp Wing is less than 30 miles from Boston. But to the hundreds of city kids who come to camp here each summer, the distance can feel much greater, in a good way. The camp is the main summer headquarters for Crossroads for Kids, an innovative program whose mission is showing young people a future beyond their immediate homes and neighborhoods. They come predominantly from Greater Boston, and they will tell you that the two or three weeks they spend at Camp Wing represent much more than a change of scenery. Continue reading below “You really don’t have a choice but to love Continue reading >>>

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‘This is the crown jewel,’ commissioner says The members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission laid out on Thursday the framework they will follow in choosing the winner of the Greater Boston casino license, a complex, multi-day, public deliberation that the commissioners said was going to involve very difficult choices. The commissioners are choosing between Mohegan Sun’s casino proposal for Revere and the Wynn Resorts proposal for Everett. Both companies are promising to invest well north of $1 billion in their projects and employ thousands of workers. Which one will return the Continue reading >>>

Tunnel issues a concern for Mohegan The two companies vying for a Greater Boston casino license are both making progress in winning state environmental and transportation approvals for their projects, but some potentially serious transportation issues remain unresolved. One area of concern for Mohegan Sun, which wants to build a casino in Revere at the Suffolk Downs racetrack, is the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston. State transportation officials say Mohegan Sun’s environmental impact analysis indicates eastbound traffic through the Ted Williams Tunnel will operate at LOS F even if nothing Continue reading >>>

Interesting stats for sure, though I am not sure I am buying the bubble argument. Skahen uses relatively high June price numbers – a high point annually in the real estate market – to make his point.

But the comparison is with full-year numbers for 2008. That’s not quite an apples-to-apples comparison. Full-year price numbers are always lower, and as we know now, the world economy came close to collapse in the fall of 2008.

Still, an interesting take for sure.