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Fed leaves low rates alone and foresees no moves in 2020

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate alone Wednesday and signaled that it expects to keep low rates unchanged through next year.

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These 2 Boston companies just topped Glassdoor’s best places to work list

Looking for a new job? Two Boston-area companies were named No. 1 and 2 on Glassdoor’s annual Best Places to Work list — and both are hiring.

The city has dramatically reworked the design for a new Northern Ave. bridge

The plans now call for a span that prioritizes use by pedestrians and bicyclists, and bans most cars.

Wellforce health system names new CEO

Michael Dandorph will begin the new role in mid-January, after many years as a health care executive in Chicago and Philadelphia. Most recently, he was president of Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Beth Israel Lahey expands orthopedic surgery care, using Baptist Hospital as model
New England Baptist’s surgeons have shared their best practices — their specific way of doing orthopedic surgery — with surgeons at Beverly Hospital in Beverly and Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport.

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Facebook rebuffs US AG over access to encrypted messages

End-to-end encryption locks up messages so that not even Facebook can read their contents.

Big biz group makes strides with board diversity

Because the Roundtable membership consists of top executives from the state’s largest employers, this lack of diversity might have once seemed inevitable. Not anymore.

Amid lawsuits, Bayer mounts campaign to defend weedkiller

Pelosi declares a ‘victory for the American worker’

House Democrats hailed the changes they secured in President Trump’s North American trade pact.

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At Massport, new CEO is ready for change

A smooth rollout of new ride-hail rules at Logan Airport is Lisa Wieland’s first big test as the head of Massport.

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An app developer conference, a holiday party, and other events.

US stocks dip as weekend deadline on trade looms

A new round of US tariffs is scheduled to take effect on Chinese goods Sunday, the latest escalation in the trade dispute.

Report: Colleges aren’t doing enough to prepare students for Mass. life-sciences jobs

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation says job growth is far outstripping the number of qualified candidates for positions.