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01/23/12--19:05: Cafe Funchal owners now running Roasted Pig (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — One of the city's landmark restaurants, Cafe Funchal on Church Street in the North End, is no more.




01/23/12--19:05: Fed not likely to raise rates before 2014 (chan 2556880)

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER




01/23/12--19:05: Baristas turned bartenders (chan 2556880)

Bloomberg News




01/23/12--19:05: Banks seek to settle lawsuit (chan 2556880)

Major banks propose paying $25 billion to close deceptive-foreclosure case.




01/23/12--19:05: New Bedford seafood auction (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — The Whaling City Seafood Display Auction handled 125,318 pounds of seafood Friday.




01/23/12--19:31: Search under way for new harbor development chief (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell has appointed a search committee to find a replacement for Kristin Decas, the outgoing director of the Harbor Development Commission.




01/24/12--19:15: New Bedford seafood auction (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — The Whaling City Seafood Display Auction handled 144,211 pounds of seafood Monday.




01/24/12--19:15: CV Variety, gas station sold at auction (chan 2556880)

DARTMOUTH — CV Variety at 532 Russells Mills Road — which took over the site of local icon Dairy Chief less than five years ago — was sold Tuesday at auction for $1.55 million.




01/24/12--19:15: 'Disheartening' December caps bleak housing year locally (chan 2556880)

Massachusetts single-family home sales fell in 2011 to their lowest annual level in 21 years, a new report shows.




01/24/12--19:15: Seasonal losses cited as area jobless rate climbs (chan 2556880)

The New Bedford area's unemployment rate rose slightly in December but remained lower than a year ago, according to state data released Tuesday.




01/24/12--19:15: Skyscraper at a low point (chan 2556880)

Mark Lennihan/Associated Press File




01/24/12--19:15: IMF chief warns of '1930s moment' (chan 2556880)

MARKETWATCH




01/25/12--18:55: GM chief: Politics drove Volt inquiry (chan 2556880)

By Todd Spangler




01/25/12--18:55: Low interest rates here to stay a while (chan 2556880)

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER




01/25/12--18:55: US Airways explores merger with American (chan 2556880)

By Ely Portillo




01/25/12--18:55: At Davos, some occupied by thoughts of Occupy movement (chan 2556880)

By Matthew G. Miller




01/25/12--20:43: NEW BEDFORD SEAFOOD AUCTION (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — The Whaling City Seafood Display Auction handled 41,794 pounds of seafood Tuesday.SPECIES POUNDS PRICELarge cod 425 $3.23-$4.71Market cod 1,885 $2.20-$2.45




01/26/12--18:35: Businesses spending again (chan 2556880)

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGER




01/26/12--18:35: Taxpayers still owed $133B in bailout (chan 2556880)

By MARCY GORDON




01/26/12--18:35: Investors may get bigger bite of Apple (chan 2556880)

By Adam Satariano




01/26/12--20:54: NEW BEDFORD SEAFOOD AUCTION (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — TheWhaling City Seafood Display Auction handled 146,723 pounds of seafood Wednesday.Species Pounds PriceLarge cod 1,060 $5.01-$5.47Market cod 7,228 $2.10-$2.39Scrod cod 2,750 $1.88-$1.98




01/26/12--21:50: DirecTV, Sunbeam resolve fee dispute (chan 2556880)

DirecTV Inc. and the owner of TV stations in Miami and Boston have resolved a dispute over fees the satellite provider pays to run broadcast programming.




01/27/12--20:10: NEW BEDFORD SEAFOOD AUCTION (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — TheWhaling City Seafood Display Auction handled 73,154 pounds of seafood Thursday.SPECIES POUNDS PRICELarge cod 485 $4.99-$5.49Market cod 8,775 $2.14-$2.61




01/27/12--20:14: Growth not enough to dispel pessimism (chan 2556880)

WASHINGTON — The economy grew late last year at a pace that in normal times would suggest it's healthy.




01/27/12--20:14: Facebook readies massive IPO (chan 2556880)

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever.




01/27/12--20:16: Costa Concordia settlement scrutinized (chan 2556880)

The Costa Concordia's owners offer $14,460 to uninjured passengers after the maritime disaster, but some say that's nowhere near enough.




01/27/12--20:19: State's growth lags behind nation (chan 2556880)

BOSTON — The Massachusetts economy grew at a slower clip than that of the U.S. during the final three months of last year, marking the first time in six quarters that the state's growth failed to outpace the nation's, according to a new report.




01/28/12--19:31: Greek yogurt on a marathon-like growth spurt (chan 2556880)

SOUTH EDMESTON, N.Y. — Chobani is making Greek yogurt as fast as Americans are eating it.




01/28/12--19:31: Super Bowl frenzy demands some caution (chan 2556880)

Football fans who want to share in the Super Bowl frenzy might unintentionally buy knock-off merchandise if they are not careful.




01/28/12--19:31: Cheesecake for dinner? Tasty concept works (chan 2556880)

NEW BEDFORD — The McKenna family firmly believes that it's perfectly fine to start off your meal with cheesecake.




01/28/12--19:31: Business newsmakers (chan 2556880)

MILFORD — Ely Kaplansky, president and founder of Kaplansky Insurance Agency, Inc. with offices in Brookline, Fairhaven, Maynard, Marlboro, Medford, Milford, Newton, Truro and Weymouth, was re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts...




01/28/12--19:31: HEALTH NEWSMAKERS (chan 2556880)

FALL RIVER — Southcoast Hospitals Group has promoted Jim Feen to director of applications and systems development in the MIS department. Feen oversees four core information technology applications teams that focus on business systems, physician...




01/28/12--19:31: Retirement saving more needed than ever with federal programs cuts (chan 2556880)

People need to save for retirement as the federal government is already cutting some social programs for the elderly.




01/28/12--19:31: How to shop 'going out of business' sales (chan 2556880)

For retailers, the holiday shopping frenzy is often followed by a bleak January, sometimes marked with store closings or bankruptcy filings. Shoppers might be tempted to run out and pick up supposed bargains from the advertised "Everything must go!"...




01/28/12--19:31: Got a project? You may need a manager (chan 2556880)

The Rhode Island chapter of the Project Management Institute, a global professional association, in theory covers Southeastern Massachusetts.




01/28/12--19:31: In the era of big boxes, a day for the little guy (chan 2556880)

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — It began quietly, as an email to 40 friends.




01/28/12--19:31: SouthCoast business in brief (chan 2556880)

WAREHAM — Wareham Community Television has produced a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Cape Cod Canal Celebration Committee promoting the Summer 2014 gala.




01/28/12--19:34: New Bedford firm creates a special line of armor to save lives (chan 2556880)

You'd never know it by looking at it, but lots of lives around the world may be saved by what comes out of an unassuming facility on Nash Road in New Bedford.




01/28/12--19:39: Try a 'getting-by' job while you heal (chan 2556880)

Q: Dear Mildred, My daughter wants to work in an industry that requires people to handle money well, but her record of doing so isn't clean. (She's not a criminal.) She's afraid she's going to be stuck in fast food, getting paid for plasma, etc., because...




01/28/12--19:40: A conversation about college continues with readers (chan 2556880)

I continue to debate with people about the purpose of college.