Mass. Market: The best light-hearted biz news of the year

Business journalism can be a pretty sobering profession these days, what with all the talk of foreclosures, a possible recession and Donald Trump's reality TV career. At least we've had some light-hearted news to provide some balance in 2007.

Biggest project that will never die: Fall River's former mayor famously pledged to kill the proposed LNG terminal in that city with a ``thousand paper cuts,'' through legal challenges and political maneuvers. By my last count, we've easily passed 900. But the developers, including Hess Corp., still won't give up.