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The Entrepreneurial Spirit – That (not so) little itch that compels you in your career to do more, do it differently or do it by yourself.

With the help of a $1.5-million tax-exempt bond from MassDevelopment issued on Tuesday, Worcester early education nonprofit The Guild of St. Agnes will buy a 19,600-square-foot child care center.

Wellesley not-for-profit insurance provider Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, which has operations in Central Massachusetts, announced Tuesday it has hired a chief business growth officer.

As part of its annual Business Leaders of the Year awards, Worcester Business Journal has created a new Hall of Fame designed to honor those in the Central Massachusetts community with a lifetime of achievement in their careers.

Massachusetts officials plan to use their share of a $500,000 federal grant to put more drivers behind the wheels of electric vehicles over the next two years in a bid to spur sales in that market.

Nearly 30 years ago, Liora and Peter Stone were newlyweds who decided to start a metal fabrication company out of their garage. When Peter Stone went to give his notice at the structural fabrication company where he was working, his boss had a different idea: were Peter and Liora interested in buying his company instead?

Worcester Business Journal has opened the nomination window for its annual Business Leaders of the Year awards, which includes three new categories this year.

One of the 10 board members in charge of The Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester will resign in May when her term expires because of a busy schedule, according to a filing from the company.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute researchers have received $3.2 million in funding to study how high-deductible health plans and preventative drug lists impact asthma patients.

A Needham insurance firm has acquired the significant assets of R.P. Ahearn Insurance Agency in Framingham, the buying company announced Monday.