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Confidence levels among Massachusetts employers rose for the fourth straight month and spilled into positive territory for the first time since before the pandemic, according to index results released Tuesday reflecting a survey of more than 140 employers.

BlueHive Exhibits, a Wocester events firm, has launched a new, turnkey rental exhibit program aimed at helping companies plan for reintroducing in-person events after the coronavirus pandemic.

The testing and vaccine center will be run by the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center.

Oxford Immunotec, a diagnostics company based in both Marlborough and the United Kingdom, has entered a memorandum of understanding to bring its research-use-only T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 to South Korea.

On Jan. 1, Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumna Debora Jackson took over as dean of its Foisie Business School. A member of WPI’s board of trustees and experienced in STEM and business professions, Jackson brought a new level of diversity to the role: her background in seminary.

Westborough’s Kopin Corp., a manufacturer of wearable technology, has announced a partnership with San Diego-based HMDmd, Inc. to develop a head-worn display system for surgeons to ease their access to video information during surgery.

Milford life sciences company Waters Corp. reported an 8.8% increase in the company’s fourth quarter, compared to the same quarter in 2019.

The CBD Farm Stand in Webster sells CBD products made from hemp grown at DreamCatcher Hemp Farm in Dudley.

Marlborough medical device company Hologic will soon integrate Google Cloud’s machine learning technologies into its Genius Digital Diagnostics system, which helps doctors screen for cervical cancer, Hologic announced on Monday.

Marlborough medical technology device company Hologic announced on Tuesday a nearly 90% increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2021, resulting in $1.18 billion in gross profit.