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Worcester-based Webster First Federal Credit Union has agreed to merge with a small one-branch credit union in Merrimac that will become its 16th location.

The City of Worcester said it will file a lawsuit against companies making and distributing opioids, seeking damages for the cost of opioid treatment and prevention.

The Board of the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has elected two new members to three of its committees, including Kevin Grozio, Fallon Health senior vice president and CFO.

Worcester agency Southern Mass Staffing will pay $95,000 in penalties for a labor scheme keeping minimum wage, overtime and sick time pay from hundreds of workers at a Dudley aerosol factory, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

JOHN P. BUDAJ is the new vice president of information technology at Fallon Health in Worcester. Budaj...

Many women in business are often one of few women – if not the only one – in the room, where they feel they aren't treated the same as their male counterparts.

Studies show that companies with more women in senior management positions have better profits.

Despite a $47 million tax bill from bringing home foreign earnings, Oxford's IPG Photonics grew its 2017 net income by 33 percent to $347.6 million.

A settlement with the state Attorney General Maura Healey's office will see a Southbridge clinical laboratory pay more than $400,000 to resolve claims it billed MassHealth for unnecessary drug screens.

Oxford laser equipment manufacturer IPG Photonics has purchased 10 acres of land just four miles away from its current headquarters.