Framingham

The Worcester metropolitan area added 7,760 jobs over the course of a year, while the area's unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points, according to the latest estimates Tuesday from the state.

Doctors are finding cancers earlier and developing more effective ways to treat them.

Avidia Bank plans to open a full-service location in Framingham this summer, and on Wednesday announced the new branch's leadership team.

Roughly 15 percent of TJX shareholders voted to approve a proposal for setting policies and goals centered around erasing compensation gaps.

TJX and Boston Scientific both moved up and Staples fell on the new Fortune 500 list released Wednesday.

Two Central Massachusetts breweries that grew exponentially over a four-year period made a list of the top 100 regional breweries in the U.S.

New England's largest energy supplier and its dominant private water company will combine under a $1.67 billion agreement announced Friday, a move that gives the water company a local owner.

GateHouse Media, the parent company of several daily and weekly Massachusetts newspapers, is looking for a buyer for the current headquarters of the MetroWest Daily News.

Office supply retailer Staples is collaborating with a design company for a new 40-piece line of office products including planners, pens, storage containers and staplers.

Shareholders of the TJX Cos. in Framingham will decide if diversity among senior executives will be considered as a CEO performance measure and whether or not to produce a pay equity report.