Greater Worcester

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.

Dragonfly Wellness Center opened at 176 Jackson Rd., in the former American Red Cross building, in Devens....

A common problem that I see with entrepreneurs of all ages or stages of development is the inability to present or pitch properly. From young entrepreneurs in the undergraduate and MBA programs at the local universities, to budding entrepreneurs I meet at industry and networking events from Worcester to Boston, or seasoned small business owners, the problem is the same. Very few individuals really know how to present or pitch their ideas, their product or themselves.

Through a free, four-part series on entrepreneurship, the Worcester Public Library is offering a way to explore becoming your own boss.

Fallon Health of Worcester has acquired a third-party administrator of self-insurance Group Insurance Service Center Inc. (GISC), expanding its reach into the market.

Tantara Corp. of Worcester ranks 25th on the 2015 Inner City 100, a list of the inner-city businesses in the U.S. with the fastest-growing revenue.

A European-style, high-end hotel will be the newest member of the CitySquare ecosystem in downtown Worcester beginning in 2017 when it opens with a restaurant, 168 rooms and meeting space.

Doctors at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) were entrenched in the Liberian health system long before the historic Ebola Virus outbreak that came to a frightening head last year. The Worcester medical school had been working in that country to strengthen medical education and infrastructure since 2006, after the system had been ravaged by civil war that ended a few years earlier.