Economy

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has been awarded a $143,000 grant from the Commonwealth Corp. to address the training needs of small businesses.

The state released draft rules for the new paid family and medical leave program on Wednesday, laying out how it sees the new Department of Family and Medical Leave operating and giving the public a chance to weigh in on the proposed regulations.

The coalition behind last year's successful bill raising the minimum wage says the restaurant industry is trying to backtrack on part of the legal agreement, which an industry official says has created a "logistical nightmare."

The state's unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage to 3.3 percent in December, as 5,600 jobs were added.

Former Guinness brewmaster Fergal Murray is back in Massachusetts to work with the 25-year brewing veterans at Wachusett Brewing Co. in Westminster.

Global laser-making giant IPG Photonics has purchased the submarine division of a Brazilian manufacturer for nearly $20 million.

Redemption Rock Brewing Co., Worcester' fifth brewery and second on Shrewsbury Street, will open Saturday.

As the 116th Congress commences this month, it does so with a daunting to-do list. Most urgently,...

A hit-or-miss nature has been an unavoidable part of communities' use of business tax breaks over the last two decades, a WBJ review shows.

The Russian-American billionaire founder and chief executive of Oxford-based IPG Photonics is suing the U.S. Department of the Treasury for listing him as a Russian oligarch.