Professional Services

The Telegram & Gazette will soon have its third owner in a little more than a year after its parent firm, Halifax Media Group, announced it's being acquired by the parent of GateHouse Media, which owns the MetroWest Daily News and other notable media properties in Massachusetts.

Toronto-based CCL Industries Inc., a global label and packaging company, said it has acquired a UK company under its Avery segment, which has operations in Framingham. Label Connections Ltd., a private company based in Cambridge, England, designs, manufactures and markets under the PCL brand, making a range of pre-die cut pressure-sensitive labels for use on professional digital printers, CCL said.

Proforma Marcom Solutions, a marketing and brand management company based in Marlborough, has announced a merger with a similar firm, Eastern Advertising Novelty (EAN), based in Springfield.

Unum, the insurance company that employs more than 600 in downtown Worcester, saw earnings continue to grow based on its core businesses United Kingdom and Colonial Life segments as its U.S. operations lag, the company reported.

Third-quarter net income at the Hanover Insurance Group decreased to $54.9 million or $1.22 per share from $61.3 million or $1.37 per share in the prior-year quarter, the company reported on Thursday.

Federal prosecutors allege a Connecticut man defrauded taxpayers in that state and in Massachusetts of $43 million in a tobacco smuggling case.

The Hanover Insurance Group, based in Worcester, has expanded its healthcare business into additional medical facilities while broadening its coverage for medical professionals, the company announced Monday.

AT&T has agreed to pay $105 million in a federal-state settlement over unauthorized cell phone charges, known as “mobile cramming,” with Massachusetts receiving $327,000, according to the state attorney general's office.

Fitchburg-based digital marketing company 190 Group has agreed to purchase an ecommerce Web design and development firm, adding 1,300 customers to its client base, the company announced.

Boston Scientific Corp. of Marlborough was ordered Wednesday to pay a Texas woman $73 million—including $50 million in punitive damages — after a jury found the company negligent in both the design and marketing of its Obtryx transvaginal mesh sling.