July 22, 2024Edition

For the third year in a row, TJX Cos. Inc. President and CEO Ernie Herrman was the highest-paid CEO in Central Massachusetts. Herrman earned $22.2 million in total compensation for fiscal 2023, nearly 1,496 times more than the corporation’s median employee compensation of $14,857, according to TJX’s filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

In Worcester, a city defined by the flow of immigrants over the centuries, and throughout Central Mass., immigrants start businesses at a higher rate than natural-born residents, according to a 2018 joint report by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau and Worcester Business Journal.

Employees at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, Shepherd & Goldstein of Worcester, and Nichols College in Dudley are on the up and up.

Recognizing individual strengths, outlining shared goals, and establishing clear parameters are all elements of a successful team.

The plan complements Massachusetts’ ongoing decarbonization efforts and provides a roadmap for how we can ensure all needed infrastructure is built in an equitable fashion.

Julia Becker Collins, COO of Vision Advertising, provides some advice on using emerging AI technology to assist with marketing

Hodge takes the role at a time where colleges across the country are facing the prospect of declining enrollment.

Central Massachusetts universities are implementing AI technology into courses and trying to address concerns for faculty and students.

The SDO plans to amend its citizen requirement to allow immigrants with a legal status to qualify.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has partnered with the ​​Framingham nonprofit South Middlesex Opportunity Council to open in February a seven-bed pilot respite program.

While candlepin’s glory days are yet to return, there's hope the Worcester-born pastime will live on for future generations.

Even though very few companies are actually using AI now – a U.S. Census Bureau survey from November found only about 4% of businesses are using the technology – the anticipation is many, many more will use it in the future.

The studio space includes multiple podcast studios, space for editing and production work, and a larger studio for film and photography work.

iLottery would provide an annual source of revenue that would grow year over year with a projected $230 million for the state by the end of its fifth year.

Worcester-based social equity cannabis dispensary New Dia is suing a California-based entity, claiming the firm has failed to pay an agreed upon purchase price of $2 million for a minority stake in the dispensary.