Greater Worcester

Fallon Health of Worcester will cut 45 jobs as the health insurance provider shuts down its Fallon Total Care program this September.

Connecticut-based United Bank, which has seven branches in Central Massachusetts, reported record earnings in its second quarter, helped by a 19-percent jump in commercial lending and a jump in home loans.

A health insurers' group believes Massachusetts can save tens of millions of dollars a year if poorer senior citizens who would otherwise wind up in nursing homes were enrolled in a senior care plan rather than remain in a Medicare or Medicaid program.

Providence & Worcester Railroad has been awarded $455,691 from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) for improvements...

UMass Memorial Health Care is entering the growing field of virtual doctors' visits, agreeing to a deal with a Minneapolis-based company to provide online diagnosis and treatment, the company, Zipnosis, said Monday.

When Robert Fecteau wanted to test the market for his own bread recipes while working for Five Loaves Bakery in Spencer, he didn't turn to his own storefront or online sales. Rather, he brought his products to the Crompton Collective farmers market in Worcester's Canal District.

In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a “war on cancer.” But despite plenty of research on the...

Does business have any responsibility in addressing social issues or needs?

Real Deal highlights a recent commercial property transaction in Central Massachusetts. This week's deal: The DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, in Westborough.

When the U.S. Supreme Court pronounced same-sex marriage legal, businesses sprang into action on social media and their websites. Public expressions, such as rainbow-colored messages, underscore businesses' increasing degree of inclusion of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, community.