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<h4>Wed. Dec. 14, 2011
</h4><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/lwzzdgfsjkkrqznzrdhpgrqpsf=
rnqfscchyqqhmmzdhmw_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Pinnacle Awards honor local women=
leaders</a></b><br>The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce today announced =
the winners of its 2012 Pinnacle Awards, which honor women for workplace ac=
hievement, leadership, and a commitment to enhance the quality of life in t=
he region. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard Business School, wi=
ll receive a lifetime achievement award. Others being honored include chief=
executive Suzanne Bates of Bates Communications Inc.; Marcy L. Reed, presi=
dent of National Grid’s Massachusetts operations; US District Attorne=
y Carmen M. Ortiz; and Mary Jo Meisner, a Boston Foundation vice president.=
</p><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/plvfyjrwmqqbdflfbyvtjbdtwrbld=
rwkkvsddvhhfyvhd_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Kayak.com to stop advertising on TLC=
s “All-American Muslim”</a></b><br>Travel website Kayak.com wil=
l no longer advertise on the TV show “All-American Muslim,’R=
17; a TLC cable channel reality series that follows the lives of Muslim fam=
ilies in the Detroit area.</p><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/dms=
grhlzcppfsgmgfrjkhfskzlfmslzwwjnssjttgrjtj_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Mass. cons=
umer office offers stress-reducing tips for holiday shopping </a></b><br>Th=
e Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation today re=
leased a list of survival tips for consumers now enduring the holiday shopp=
ing season. Some tips may seem obvious --- but bear repeating at this time =
of the year. Among the tips: Set a budget and stick to it, comparison-shop,=
bring sales circulars with you on shopping trips and save receipts, don=
217;t rely heavily on credit cards, and ask about refund policies before ma=
king a purchase.</p><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/pylfyjrwmqqbd=
flfbyvtjbdtwrbldrwkkvsddvhhfyvqf_kmmhdvdhvp.html">AAA: Holiday travel =
should edge up 1.4%</a></b><br>AAA projects that 91.9 million Americans wil=
l travel 50 miles or more from home during the 2011-12 year-end holiday tra=
vel season, a 1.4 percent increase from the same period last year. Travel f=
rom the New England region is expected to increase 1.7 percent over last ye=
ar. Regionally, automobile travel is expected to increase 2.9 percent while=
air travel is projected to decline by 11.2 percent. Higher ticket prices a=
nd fewer seats are impacting air travel nationwide.</p><p><b><a href=3D"htt=
p://links5.boston.com/jtvstjzcvrrwfsmswtnhjwfhczwmfzckkndffnbbstnrb_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Genzyme CEO: Company’s new French parent remains commi=
tted to Mass.</a></b><br>Eight months after being acquired by French drug m=
aker Sanofi SA in a $20.1 billion deal, Genzyme Corp. remains committed to =
growing over time in Massachusetts, its new chief executive said this morni=
ng. “We’re hiring aggressively now in our manufacturing and qua=
lity areas,” David Meeker told more than 100 business leaders at an i=
nnovation forum breakfast sponsored by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commer=
e. “Sanofi is committed to building out research and development here=
in Massachusetts.”</p><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/ayyb=
ydvrhkknsbpbnylzdnszrvnpsvrgglwsslmmbylkk_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Zipcar ups =
stake in Spanish car-sharing service</a></b><br>Zipcar Inc., the Cambridge-=
based car-sharing service, has exercised its option to buy a majority owner=
ship interest in Catalunya Carsharing SA, known as Avancar. Avancar op=
erates a fleet of vehicles in the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Sant Cuga=
t del Valles. The transaction is expected to be completed in early 2012 and=
builds on Zipcar’s initial equity investment in Avancar in December =
2009. With this transaction, Zipcar increases its percentage ownership in A=
vancar to a controlling stake of 60 percent.</p><p><b><a href=3D"http://lin=
ks5.boston.com/gkgwkgjsryydnwtwdkmqgdnqsjdtnjsppmhnnmccwkmyg_kmmhdvdhvp.html">McDonald’s enlists CampusLIVE to help promote coffee, Pepperm=
int Mocha</a></b><br>CampusLive, a Boston marketing agency focused on colle=
ge students, has been enlisted by McDonald’s Corp. to build awareness=
around such initiatives as the fast-food chain’s promotion of $1 cof=
fee. Looking to highlight McDonald’s $1 Any Size Coffee promotion, Ca=
mpusLIVE is challenging consumers to go to the McDonald’s closest to =
campus, purchase a coffee, take a picture with their best “McSmile,&#=
8221; and submit said photo to CampusLIVE.com. The top voted picture wins =
a trip for two to Miami. </p><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/zbmz=
bpgvsmmkdzlzkbfjpkdjvgkldgvqqftddfrrzbfmb_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Charles Riv=
er Laboratories provides 2012 guidance</a></b><br>Charles River Laboratorie=
s International Inc., a Wilmington drug research and services firm, is proj=
ecting sales and profit gains for 2012. Looking to gain efficiencies, the c=
ompany’s biopharmaceutical clients are inclined to outsource more res=
earch, and that is an opportunity for Charles River Laboratories. As a resu=
lt, the company said it expects sales growth to strengthen in a range of 1 =
percent to 3 percent on a constant currency basis; non-GAAP earnings per sh=
are are projected to increase between 7 percent and 11 percent.</p><p><b><a=
href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/ntqwtfcgdyynjwpwntkhfnjhgcnpjcgmmkzjjkqqw=
tkyd_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Google to give $6m to local groups as part of e=
ffort to help education and tech nonprofits</a></b><br>Google Inc. announce=
d today that it will give $6 million to three Boston area groups as part of=
its effort to support education and technology nonprofits. The grants will=
go to Citizen Schools, the Concord Consortium, and the Harvard School of P=
ublic Health. Google said it singled out Citizen Schools, a Boston group th=
at connects volunteers with area middle school students, for its work in ex=
posing students to science, technology, engineering, and math education and=
for expanding the “horizons of underprivileged youngsters.”</p=
><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/rkjjknhygrrpwjvjpklfnpwfyhpvwhyb=
blqwwlccjklrv_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Thomas H. Lee said to be in lead for Gl=
axo consumer assets</a></b><br>Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, a Boston-based pr=
ivate equity firm, is in the lead to buy consumer-health assets from GlaxoS=
mithKline Plc and may announce a deal as soon as this week, said two people=
with knowledge of the matter. THL is close to entering exclusive talks wit=
h Glaxo, said the people, who declined to be identified as the matter is pr=
ivate. The companies have yet to agree on price and may not reach a deal, t=
he people said. </p><p><b><a href=3D"http://links5.boston.com/nfkwtfcgdyynj=
wpwntkhfnjhgcnpjcgmmkzjjkqqwtkyr_kmmhdvdhvp.html">Hydroid AUV discover=
s underwater helicopter wreckage off Norwegian island </a></b><br>Hydroid I=
nc., a Bourne-based manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs=
, said that one of its AUVs has discovered the wreckage from a 2003 helicop=
ter crash in icy waters near Svalbard, a group of Norwegian islands in the =
Arctic Ocean. The helicopter’s crew escaped alive, but the wreck had =
not been seen since it sank, said Hydroid, a subsidiary of Norway-based Kon=
gsberg Maritime and the maker of REMUS AUVs. </p>
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