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Shares of Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics dropped more than 11 percent to start trading Tuesday as the company reported a 9-percent dip in year-over-year revenue and 13-percent decline in profit.

A small Valu gas station and building on Grove Street in Worcester has been sold to an Oxford-based gas station owner for $675,000.

Catch up on which Central Mass. professionals are on the move.

Pretty soon, two of the Massachusetts most sinful industries will compete for the same kind of customers.

So far, 19 companies have signed on to be founding partners of the Worcester Red Sox minor league baseball team, including Polar Beverages, MGM Springfield and Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Oxford laser maker IPG Photonics is getting more public help, this time from the state in the form of a $2.5 million state grant to the town.

Marijuana regulators on Thursday approved two testing laboratories to inspect recreational marijuana sold in Massachusetts and approved a host of licenses for other Central Mass. cannabis businesses.

Dairy Queen will open by early next year on Grafton Street in Worcester, making it the chain's first location in the city.

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.

The Sears store in the Natick Mall is the only of the troubled retail giant's stores to close in Massachusetts after it filed for bankruptcy Monday.