Staples Inc.

According to a recent study, 37 percent of the American workforce say they can't even get dressed for work without their first cup of coffee.

A study conducted by Staples Advantage found that salary still contributes greatly to the loyalty of millennials, while also confirming the value nontraditional benefits in creating good will among this generation of employees.

Business growth in MetroWest is continuing the same measured pace in 2015 that the annual Business Climate Survey found last year, with companies expecting moderate growth in jobs and revenue throughout this year.

Framingham-based Staples, preparing to absorb its chief rival, saw a second-quarter sales drop of more than five percent, and a 56-percent plunge in net income linked to restructuring and its planned acquisition of Office Depot.

Amid a relatively flat second quarter for U.S. stock markets, there were a handful of Central Massachusetts-based companies whose shares did well between April 1 and June 30, led by Dover Saddlery of Littleton.

When the U.S. Supreme Court pronounced same-sex marriage legal, businesses sprang into action on social media and their websites. Public expressions, such as rainbow-colored messages, underscore businesses' increasing degree of inclusion of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, community.

Most workers in the United States and Canada feel overworked and burnt out, but an even higher proportion - about six of every seven – say they're happy with their work, according to a new survey from Framingham-based Staples.

Shareholders of Office Depot on Friday overwhelmingly approved Staples' bid to buy its chief rival in the retail office supplies market, clearing the way for final regulatory approvals of the $6.3-billion deal.

Staples has cleared another foreign regulatory hurdle for its intended acquisition of Office Depot, securing approval from the Chinese government, the Framingham-based office supplies retailer said Friday.

Staples' bid to buy its chief rival, Office Depot, has received regulatory clearance from the government of New Zealand, the Framingham-based office supply retailer announced Friday.