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The forecasted stall in the nation's hotel industry would come as Worcester metropolitan area hotels mark five years of growth in occupancy rates and average nightly room rates.

It would be a head-in-the-sand mentality for electrical contractors not to brace for a bit of a tremor by the time 2020 rolls around.

Worcester Regional Airport has an economic impact of $97 million, seventh in the state, according to a study released Monday.

In a 55-page document, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said IPG Photonics and CEO Valentin Gapontsev's lawsuit to remove the wealthy physicist from a list of Russian oligarchs lacks merit.

Leominster-based Montachusett Home Care Corp. has named its longtime Chief Financial Officer Lori Richardson as its new CEO following the retirement of its former chief in December.

Boston engineering firm Howard Stein Hudson has opened a downtown Worcester office in the Guaranty Building.

Massachusetts Land Court has struck down a Charlton bylaw prohibiting the recreational marijuana industry,

Worcester will negotiate with another retail cannabis establishment, Nature's Remedy, bringing the total number of retail stores to negotiate a host community agreement with the city to 14.

In a move that could ease the issues plaguing many Massachusetts cannabis businesses, Facebook could loosen restrictions on posts promoting marijuana sales.

Valentin Gapontsev, CEO of Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics, lost $1.2 billion of net worth in 2018, according to Forbes' list of billionaires.