Professional Services

That lack of advance planning makes a difference to the bottom line.

Daily newspapers in Fitchburg and Lowell and a related weekly publication earned a $5-million profit and a 26-percent profit margin in the last budget year.

A version of Gov. Charlie Baker's life sciences legislation, which will continue a decade-long initiative lauched by former Gov. Deval Patrick, is on the move on Beacon Hill.

Reliant Medical Group is now officially part of the international health care company Optum, with the deal receiving necessary state approvals in Massachusetts.

Christopher Slavinskas plead guilty to concealing $330,000 in drug money from investigators in The Chameleon restaurant saga.

Walgreens has agreed to pay a $5.5-million fine for overcharging for prescription drugs at its pharmacies, including one in Worcester.

New survey results show most doctors believe prior-authorization required by insurance companies hurt clinical outcomes.

Chances are now very high daily community news coming out of Central Massachusetts will be from a publication owned by a large media corporation, with a strong commitment to the bottom line.

Business cards once had to serve as Rolodex-filling necessities if someone wanted to remember how to reach an important or distant contact. In the digital age, that's not as necessary.

New York-based GateHouse Media, the parent company of the Telegram & Gazette, the MetroWest Daily News and dozens of other daily and weekly newspapers in the state, is spending $1.2 million to acquire the Worcester Magazine and other five small papers in Central Massachusetts.