Greater Worcester

Disability and life insurance firm Unum Group has settled into its new office building in downtown Worcester,...

Five days after it purchased three biotech office buildings adjacent to its campus for more than $40 million, UMass Medical School (UMMS) issued a lengthy response Tuesday evening to Worcester officials concerned the purchase could result in a $1.5-million tax hit to the city.

In a bit of a surprise move, the University of Massachusetts Medical School has purchased the remainder of the five biotech buildings in the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park on Plantation Street for $40.3 million.

As part of a five-year capital improvement plan by the Massachusetts Port Authority's (MassPort), the Worcester Regional Airport could see $36 million in improvements.

After rebounding in 2010 from a down year, the growth of the Worcester metropolitan area's real gross domestic product slowed in 2011, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) said today.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, which opened an office in downtown Worcester 16 months ago, has launched an online tool to help patients research the cost of various procedures and services.

Worcester-based Mass Megawatts, a publicly traded wind turbine maker, said it has sold its first wind electric power generator.

The New York Times Co. said it's seeking a buyer for the Boston Globe and Telegram & Gazette.

John G. O'Brien, who retires next week from his position leading UMass Memorial Health Care, has been appointed to a distinguished professorship at Clark University, the school announced.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded a five-year contract worth approximately $12 million per year to UMass Medical School (UMMS), the school announced.