Bose Corp.

At its “Beyond Sound” presentation at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Framingham-based Bose Corp. hopes to show its audience what the cars of the future could feel like.

Following 400 employee layoffs from companies including Bose, EMC and Staples, the U.S. Department of Labor has approved a grant for just over $2.5 million for retraining of impacted employees.

Amid the bustle of the Paris Motor Show, Bose has introduced its first small vehicle sound system in the new Nissan Micra with speakers built right into the headrest.

Bose has sold manufacturing plants with a combined 3,500 employees in Mexico and Malaysia for an undisclosed sum.

GLEN MARTIN was promoted at Continental Woodcraft, a millwork subsidiary of BlueHive Strategic Environments of Worcester, to vice president. He was previously manufacturing manager for the company. Martin, who joined BlueHive in 2012, formerly worked for Iaccarino and Son Inc.

Twenty-seven Central Massachusetts companies are among nearly 200 companies in the Bay State that have been awarded state-funded workforce training grants.

Bose Corp. of Framingham has purchased property zoned for nearly 100,000 square feet of office, laboratory and research space adjacent to its headquarters.

W.P. Carey Inc., a global real estate investment trust based in New York, has acquired an office building located inside the Westborough Technology Park for $47 million.

Move over, Cambridge. If recent expansions and arrivals are any indication, Framingham might be a new mecca for technology companies. Susan Herzberg, CEO of Boston Heart Diagnostics, said town policies on permitting have changed during her four years with the company, a span in which the company has negotiated a few different leases. Coupled with Framingham's natural attributes, she thinks the more business-friendly approach makes the town a true destination for tech firms.

Bose Corp. filed a lawsuit last week against Monster Inc., accusing the California-based rival of infringing on the Framingham-based audio technology company's design for in-ear headphones.