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Two marijuana testing labs - including one in Framingham - are set to get their final licenses from the Cannabis Control Commission in what is another huge milestone for the industry.

Thirteen professionals were on the move recently in Central Massachusetts.

The third quarter for Oxford-based IPG Photonics was even tougher than expected, as the company's preliminary financial results came in less than originally expected.

The tax break for IPG Photonics' planned $70 million expansion of its Oxford headquarters has been approved by the state.

Five entities based in or connected to Central Massachusetts have received a share of nearly $2.9 million in state workforce training funds.

Bay State Savings Bank has promoted three people at its Worcester headquarters: THOMAS BELTON to senior vice...

IPG Photonics' Chairman and CEO Valentin Gapontsev, a Worcester resident and an American citizen, has been listed as a Russian oligarch by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

xford-based Swissturn has never drug tested prospective employees. Making sure employees are sober and aren't bringing marijuana to work is now the priority rather than policing the private lives of workers, President Ken Mandile told the WBJ in an interview.

With cannabis legal to use in Massachusetts since December 2016, a worker could go home and toke up, akin to stopping by a pub for a beer. Well, not really.

Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics saw the values of its shares drop 27 percent on Tuesday morning, eroding $3 billion of its total valuation in a few hours.