Monica Benevides

The American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9-trillion economic relief package signed into law on Thursday by President Joe Biden, is slated to provide billions of dollars in aid to small businesses around the country.

Waters Corp., a life sciences company based in Milford, announced on Wednesday it has released a new small molecule analysis tool aimed at simplifying the work process for bench scientists.

Westborough-based Kopin, which manufactures wearable technology, is teaming up with Canadian underwater diving equipment company Shearwater Research to incorporate Kopin’s display technology into the Shearwater’s NERD 2 diving computer, according to a Wednesday press release.

Andrew Mitchell & Co. of Marion has merged with ERA Key Realty Services of Northbridge, the companies announced on Monday.

Curaleaf, a cannabis company headquartered in Wakefield with a dispensary in Oxford, is officially moving into the European market.

Massachusetts Tech Collaborative, a Westborough-based state agency focused on technology and innovation and colloquially known as MassTech, named Christine Nolan as the director of its new Center for Advanced Manufacturing in December.

PerkinElmer, headquartered in the United Kingdom, completed its acquisition of Marlborough-based diagnostics company Oxford Immunotec.

Quinsigamond Community College announced on Monday it has received $2.4 million in emergency funds from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II, which was authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, as well as internally earmarked an additional $1 million internally toward helping students during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Gordon Lankton, founder of the Museum of Russian Icons and the man who transformed Clinton manufacturer Nylon Products into a billion-dollar, employee-owned company, died on Sunday at the age of 89.

Hologic, a medical device company based in Marlborough, announced on Monday it is teaming up with Gallup, Inc., the Washington, D.C.-based analytics and advisory company, to develop the Hologic Women’s Health Index.