Greater Worcester

Eleven nursing homes in Central Massachusetts received the top rating in U.S. News & World Report's annual list of best nursing homes.

Charter Communications has rebranded and upgraded its Charter Business division, renaming it Spectrum Business.

Webster First Federal Credit Union (WFFCU), which is based in Worcester, is merging with Boston-based Industrial Credit Union (ICU), the two institutions announced.

Hanover Insurance Group will pay a quarterly dividend of 41 cents per share to its stockholders, the company announced Friday.

Edward Moore, president and CEO of the Harrington HealthCare System, has been keeping a close eye on developments with Partners HealthCare, the enormous and fast-growing eastern Massachusetts health care system. Although Partners recently scaled back its latest expansion effort, Moore is not letting down his guard.

Chris Provo left Wall Street in 1992 to launch his own financial services company. He started with just one client. But today, Provo Financial is a multimillion-dollar firm, managing investments for both individuals and institutional clients.

In a back room of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, teams work at cataloging and digitizing the organization's collection of American printed artifacts. It's just one example of a group of Central Massachusetts nonprofits that use business ventures to round out grant and foundational funds as part of their revenue mix.

Privacy has been an obligation of the medical profession dating back to the ancient Greeks and the Hippocratic Oath. However, safeguarding patient information has transformed alongside an industry that increasingly relies on technology.

Electronic health records have rolled out in force over the last several years. And, hundreds of companies offer software, and government has provided incentives and mandates for medical offices to modernize. Many patients are logging on to perform tasks that once took a phone call or visit.

With its customers hampered by prolonged train delays and cancellations that began during the recent wave of snowstorms, the company that runs the Massachusetts commuter rail system said Thursday it will operate at full service by March 30.