(NECN) - In this down economy, many people and business find it challenging to match past donations to charities. Which is why it's somewhat unexpected that Mass High Tech honored a record number of companies for their generous giving.

Mass High Tech managing editor Rodney Brown has more on this year's Tech Citizenship Awards.

(NECN) - Stocks fall, ending lower for the week.

The major indexes were down by less than one percent.

The Dow Jones industrial average closes at 10,318-- slipping 14 points.

The Nasdaq Composite finishes at 2,146-- losing nearly 11.

The S-and-P 500 ends at 1,091-- dropping more than three.

Regionally -- Bloomberg’s New England index falls almost one point.

The New England tech stock index goes down less than half.

Jim Lowell, chief investment strategist for Adviser Investments has Friday’s Market Analysis.

(NECN) - A bunch of 20-something entrepreneurs in Boston have taken on a mission. They want to prevent promising start-ups from leaving Massachusetts.

Lisa van der Pool of the Boston Business Journal shares the details in the video player above.

NEW YORK (AP) - Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.

Major indexes tumbled about 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 94 points but ended well off its low. Energy and material stocks logged some of the biggest losses as a jump in the dollar sent commodity prices tumbling. Meanwhile, an analyst's downgrade of the chip industry pulled technology shares sharply lower.

Tech stocks could get hit again Friday following a report from

(NECN: Brian Burnell) - A couple of years ago, the University of Vermont started a pilot program to certify buses for energy efficiency. They've gotten a great response from the industry and a big bus company in Connecticut is leading the way.

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - We have been hearing a number of stories in recent days about the $700 billion federal stimulus package. Did the money help in the creation of saving or creating 640,000 jobs? Will the number go up to 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year?

There is more than a little controversy about those numbers, and even the White House admits the administration was, perhaps, too quick to take credit for the effect of the stimulus money.

A story in today's Boston Globe describes some questionable Massachusetts projects funded with taxpayer dollars.

(NECN: Peter Howe, Boston) - The surprise news Thursday that Massachusetts' unemployment rate dropped in October from 9.3 percent to 8.9 percent may have you wondering: Where are jobs being added? The answer, to a great extent, is jobs requiring brainpower and college or graduate degrees in health, education, and technology.

(NECN) - Bank of America downgrades chipmakers.

Stocks fall.

The Dow Jones industrial average closes at 10,332, tumbling nearly 94 points, almost one percent.

The Nasdaq composite finishes at nearly 2,157, losing 36, more than one and a half percent.

The S-and-P 500 ends at almost 1,095-- falling nearly 15-- one percent.

Regionally -- Bloomberg’s New England index drops five points.

The New England tech stock index sinks more than one and three quarters.

Jim Lowell chief investment strategist at Adviser Investments has Thursday’s Market Analysis.

(NECN) - The commercial real estate market is no better off than the housing market, so any sign of progress raised new hope.

Brokers feel they found some hope with commercial properties near the "T". The vacancy rate is down, albeit ever so slightly.

Mary Moore from the Boston Business Journal joins NECN with a look at what's happening.

(NECN) - Unemployment drops a couple of notches in Massachusetts. The legislative session ends without action on some key issues.

We go "On the Record" with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Chamber President Paul Guzzi has more on these topics.