Greater Worcester

The year we're about to leave - for some, maybe forget - saw several noteworthy business-related events in Central Massachusetts, but here's our consensus selections for the top five stories of 2014. As a staff, we unanimously agreed on the top story. There was little debate over the remaining four.

UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) has posted a $29 million operating surplus for fiscal 2014, according to a report the Worcester-based health care system released this week.

The construction of Quinsigamond Community College's QuEST (Quinsigamond Engineering, Science and Technology) Center is one step closer to completion, as the school celebrated the last phase of the building's steel construction with a “topping out” ceremony.

While residential real estate in the Bay State continues to recover, 2014 saw commercial organizations grabbing office...

There was more optimism among Central Massachusetts business leaders heading into 2014. There's even more heading into 2015. Here are the results of this year's Economic Forecast survey, along with out predictions for the year ahead and our report card on how our predictions for 2014 turned out.

Community Healthlink and UMass Memorial Health Care are among 10 organizations sharing $1.3 million in grants under a new program administered by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.

Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester has been assessed a $6,004 penalty for alleged environmental violations stemming from a 2012 inspection.

Generex Biotechnology Corp. of Worcester, a developer of drug delivery technology, said it has entered into an agreement with Canadian medical marijuana development firm CannScience Innovations Inc. to license its drug delivery system for delivery of medical marijuana products.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $1.1 million in federal grants to help revitalize the nuclear power industry, the school announced Monday.

National Grid will more than triple its solar-power generation capabilities in Massachusetts with an additional 16 megawatts of energy at 19 sites to be built in the next year, the utility announced Monday.