Greater Worcester

Running Start Coworking space has launched a new location in Oxford, expanding the organization's reach in the region to southern Worcester county.

Worcester has been ranked 33rd in the nation on a list of the 150 best cities in which to start a business, clinching the second highest rank for a New England city behind Boston at 14th.

The biopharma industry in Central Massachusetts is hiring at a record rate, with job listings throughout Worcester and the 495 more than doubling in the first quarter of 2016.

New York City airline JetBlue, which operates flights of the Worcester Regional Airport, boosted its first quarter earnings by 45.6 percent year-over-year to $199 million on the back of more riders and cheaper fuel.

A group of Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduates have launched a new business that brings gardening into the home and places it on the wall as living art.

Central Massachusetts companies from Worcester to Milford and over to Framingham have pledged to grow their businesses by more than 120 jobs in exchange for $1.845 million in tax incentives from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC).

A consolidated budget amendment released by House leadership Tuesday evening would add nearly $9 million in state spending for public health services, including substance abuse.

Worcester law firm Bowditch & Dewey announced Wednesday that Jon Barooshian has joined the firm as a partner in the business litigation practice.

Over the past two weeks, New Jersey-based Valeritas, which has manufacturing, research and development operations in Shrewsbury,...

The groundbreaking fanfare marking the official beginning of construction at the Lakeway Commons site that will host a Whole Foods, offices and housing in Shrewsbury at the former site of Spag's retail store will take place in June.