Banking & Finance

Central Massachusetts professionals are getting hired and promoted at Saint Vincent Hospital, AAFCPAs, the Milford Physician Group, and the Telegram & Gazette.

For Central Massachusetts banks, rising interest rates are a lot of change to deal with.

While generally supportive of the new rule, the lending industry is concerned about the onus the new requirements put on banks.

The holding company of Oxford-based bankHometown, has reached an agreement to merge with North Shore Bancorp.

"I'm not going to comment on hypotheticals until I see things, but what I'll say is I think as governor, I have not been afraid to take this head on," Healey replied when pressed on how she would respond if the panel explicitly recommends expanding taxes.

The Worcester Guardian online news site, which was founded by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, has received tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit from the U.S. Internal Revenue Services.

Angered over the serious financial challenges at Steward Health Care that could jeopardize the future of safety net hospitals in eastern Massachusetts, top House Democrats insisted Thursday they will not bail out the company.

With tax revenues running $769 million behind projections after December, the Healey administration last month slashed the year-end revenue estimate by $1 billion.

Major swaths of the state's health care system are now considered "high risk," with the crisis largely fueled by a major backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association said Monday.

The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.