Greater Worcester

Worcester County fared better than the state as a whole for new foreclosure filings in March, with the region dropping 7 percent compared to a 6-percent increase for the entire state.

An expansion by Worcester fuel distributor Nouria Energy Corp. that doubled its presence in Maine was funded by $32 million in credit from Citizens Bank.

Wormtown Brewery has contracted with Spencer Brewery to brew seasonal beers as the Worcester company pushes to meet strong demand.

The United Parcel Service has signed on to locate a regional driver training and education center at a 15,000 square-foot space in West Boylston.

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).