Framingham

Northeast senior living provider Wingate Healthcare has named a new COO and CFO with connections to Framingham and Sudbury.

A Lunenburg construction company and a Framingham company have been ordered to pay $2,359,685 in back wages and damages to 478 employees for misclassifying the bulk of their employees as independent contractors to avoid paying them overtime wages and other benefits, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

A warehouse in Holliston has sold for $7.2 million to Framingham's Atlantic Importing as the alcohol distributor prepares to move its headquarters as part of an expansion.

The struggles at Heartware International continue as the company saw continued year-over-year losses in the second quarter of 2016.

Framingham biotechnology firm Alzheon Inc. announced Monday that in 2017 it will begin registering patients for the final phase of human trials for of a pill to treat Alzheimer's disease.

Arch Therapeutics is in the midst of its first clinical trial, an assessment of the safety and performance of its bleeding control device in humans.

Framingham-based Ameresco has received a $72.2-million contract to improve the energy efficiency of four federal buildings in Washington, D.C., including the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Staples has pulled from its Canadian talent in naming the new president of North American Retail for the Framingham-based office supply company.

Compensation funds totaling $40 million have been set aside by the U.S. Department of Justice for the victims and families impacted by Framingham pharmacy New England Compounding Center's fungal meningitis outbreak of 2012.

Regional convenience store chain Cumberland Farms is urging state representatives to adopt "clear and unambiguous" tobacco regulations.