Greater Worcester

StartUp Worcester — The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce's Higher Education-Business Partnership — says its first year was a success and it's getting ready to encourage a new group of possibilities.

Chef and cooking instructor Candace M. Murphy of Worcester has been chosen to run the DCU Center's new eatery, which officials say will open next month.

Generex Biotechnology Corp., a Toronto company with operations in Worcester, has signed a letter of intent to pay $5 million to acquire a 51-percent stake in MediTemp Ltd.

RIA K. MCNAMARA was hired by SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston of Framingham as vice...

Training Associates of Westborough was named a Fastest-Growing Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts....

One year ago, when Worcester Polytechnic Institute dove into the high-risk, high-reward world of self-insurance, it hoped the gamble would pay off enough to keep tuition in check.

There's something about having a local baseball team that some locals have a soft spot for. After all, a coalition of local business leaders tried to form an ownership group to take over the former Worcester Tornadoes, an independent minor league team that suffered financial disaster back in 2012 and is now defunct. The play for the Tornadoes didn't materialize, but shortly after, the collegiate Futures League team, the Worcester Bravehearts, was founded in 2014.

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from July 1-15, 2015. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.

Today, 37 percent of local Worcester businesses are owned by foreign-born entrepreneurs, almost double the statewide rate....

Companies using temporary workers and franchises will face a multitude of new legal and labor issues, now that the National Labor Relations Board has called into question who actually employs those people.