Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Brian MacQuarrie Globe Staff November 14, 2018 BALTIMORE — Stung by the Vatican’s surprise demand to postpone a long-awaited bishop accountability policy, the nation’s Roman Catholic prelates listened in rapt silence Tuesday as the leader of their own advisory panel on sexual abuse assailed them for doing too little, too late.“The faithful and the clergy do not trust many of you. They are angry and frustrated, no longer satisfied with words and even with prayer,” said Francesco Cesareo, a layman who is the chairman of the National Review Board and president of Assumption College in Worcester, Mass.The unusual public scolding came on a day when more than 200 US bishops, still reeling from the Vatican’s sudden decision, unveiled the accountability proposals they had hoped to adopt this week. Advertisement But instead of … [Read more...] about Catholic prelates are subject of blistering criticism at leadership meeting
You’ll hate-read this story that speculates about who might run for Massachusetts governor in 2022
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Joshua Miller and Matt Stout Globe Staff November 14, 2018 And now . . . 2022.In Massachusetts, where politics is both blood sport and parlor game, it’s never too early to think about who might run for governor in four years.Okay, okay, it’s too early! But days after Governor Charlie Baker won a resounding reelection victory, political insiders, prodded by the Globe, are already talking about who might run next time around. Advertisement In interviews with 22 of them (22 on ’22!), Attorney General Maura T. Healey, a Democrat who just won a second term, is beloved by the grass roots, and has cut something of a national profile, is running a mile ahead of the pack. Get Metro Headlines in your inbox: The 10 top local news stories from metro Boston and around New England delivered daily. Thank you for signing up! Sign up for more … [Read more...] about You’ll hate-read this story that speculates about who might run for Massachusetts governor in 2022
We may have ‘lost’ Amazon HQ2 but we still won in other ways
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Jon Chesto Globe Staff November 14, 2018 Maybe we didn’t really lose the HQ2 sweepstakes after all.Sure, we’re not getting the tens of thousands of jobs that Amazon promised to one city — actually, make that two. Instead, the retail giant’s East Coast base of operations will be divided between Arlington, Va., and New York’s Long Island City neighborhood. Nashville also won a consolation prize: a logistics office that could employ up to 5,000 people.Boston made it to the top 20 metro areas under consideration. But the city and the state certainly wouldn’t match the generous public incentives that Amazon will get in New York and Virginia. More importantly, Amazon wanted a big talent pool, and the populations of the D.C. and NYC metro areas are simply bigger than ours. And there were plenty of valid questions about whether our … [Read more...] about We may have ‘lost’ Amazon HQ2 but we still won in other ways
GE Heads for Biggest Gain Since 2015 as Culp Speeds Up Oil Exit
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Brendan Case Bloomberg News November 14, 2018 General Electric Co. surged as chief executive Larry Culp accelerated plans to pare the company’s stake in Baker Hughes with a deal that would raise almost $4 billion at current prices.GE will sell as many as 166.2 million shares in the oilfield-services provider through a secondary offering and a stock repurchase by Baker Hughes, the companies said in statements Tuesday. That would be worth about $3.9 billion based on the closing price Monday of Baker Hughes. GE will retain about half of the Houston-based company.Culp’s decision punctuates the pivot away from oilfield businesses championed by former CEO Jeffrey Immelt, who spent $10 billion on deals in the decade through 2013 and agreed in 2016 to merge GE’s oil businesses with Baker Hughes. Culp is stepping up efforts to raise cash amid mounting … [Read more...] about GE Heads for Biggest Gain Since 2015 as Culp Speeds Up Oil Exit
St. Paul officials tell homeless to vacate Cathedral Hill encampment by Thursday
Late last week, St. Paul city officials said they were increasingly worried about how the onset of wintry weather was affecting a camp of homeless people at the base of Cathedral Hill, and they hoped to come up with a plan for them over the next couple weeks. Early Tuesday morning, they took action: police officers and workers from the Department of Safety and Inspections visited the encampment alongside Interstate 35E and handed out fliers. “To protect your health and safety,” the flier told campers, “this site will be permanently cleared at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 15th. You are required to vacate the site and not return.” Any items left after that date would be considered abandoned and disposed of, the flier added. “It’s been determined by the Minnesota Department of Transportation that it’s no longer a safe place for them to be,” said Ricardo Cervantes, who leads DSI, which is coordinating the response to the camp. “And we … [Read more...] about St. Paul officials tell homeless to vacate Cathedral Hill encampment by Thursday