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Firms using license plate scanners to track the public

While debate about the technology has centered on police use, business has adopted the scanners with remarkably few limits.

A screen displayed the trading day’s final tally for the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Close to 16,400, the index has surged since hitting a low near 6,500 five years ago during the financial crisis.

Shirley Leung

A mostly ignored stock market has roared back

A lot of cash is still on the sidelines, and that’s one of the reasons some Wall Street gurus don’t think we’re heading into a bubble.

Secretary of State John F. Kerry placed flowers atamemorial to antigovernment protesters killed in Kiev last month.

John Kerry displays US support in worried Kiev

The secretary of State’s challenge is translating goodwill into a plan to counter Russia’s military takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.

Matthew Huron, CEO of Good Chemistry of Massachusetts (at microphone), took a question at a City Hall hearing Tuesday.

Medical marijuana dispensary seeks new site

After facing a barrage of criticism, the owners of a proposed dispensary on Boston’s Boylston Street said they are negotiating for a new site.

After Shridhar Singh’s plans fell through last summer, he said he had the most stressful vacation of his life.

Rose Lincoln for The Globe

College hunt can bring high-stress summers

Amid escalating competition, summer has become a pricey, resume-building crunch time for students.

Ernie Boch Jr. said he wanted to “strongly encourage” other businesses to support “this new living wage.”

Car dealer Ernie Boch Jr. will raise hourly wages

Boch said he will raise the pay of his minimum wage workers to $10.10 on April 1.

Marilyn Riseman held weekly fashion shows at Brasserie Jo.

Marilyn Riseman, beacon of Boston style, dies at 86

Mrs. Riseman was a party-circuit fixture and a onetime owner of a national chain of avant-garde clothing stores.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/slider1-4772.jpg Parade organizers rescind invite to gay rights group

Organizers of South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade have cut off negotiations to end a longstanding ban on gay groups.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0305oped_keane2.jpg Boston’s ‘edge’ for the Olympics

Five reasons why Boston is suited to Host the Games.