Greater Worcester

The American Cancer Society has distributed nearly $800,000 in research funds to a Worcester medical school researcher that focuses on lung cancer.

Emuge Corp. of West Boylston donated more than $100,000 in manufacturing equipment to Quinsigamond Community College, to help QCC expand and update its Manufacturing Technology Center.

The Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester is raising $375 million in funds to pay down its debt.

Dueling multi-million dollar lawsuits filed within the past week pit Shields Health Solutions, LLC, a co-venture with UMass Memorial Health Ventures, Inc., its co-founder, Jack Shields, Sr. against former company president Tom Guilfoile.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor received a $185,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force to make unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) more intelligent and reliable, even when they experience mechanical problems or encounter unexpected situations.

Skyscope, a Worcester startup focused on video production, was acquired by a Newburyport public relations firm Tuesday and will remain operating in the city with all its employees.

The City of Worcester is exploring changes to its regulations that would ease the costs for businesses with heavy water uses.

California-based Confie insurance has entered the Massachusetts market with the acquisition of Axiom Insurance Agency based in Springfield.

A Westborough man has agreed to pay a $31,000 fine to the state that will resolve violations to the state's wage and hour laws, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.

Worcester's Thomas Bartholomew has been named to the Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisers list for 2016, a national collection of elite financial advisers.