Framingham

Blink Fitness, a New York City-based gym chain, is ready to move into Massachusetts, with its sights set on the MetroWest region.

Framingham's Active Broadband Networks has been acquired for its technology by Louisiana-based CenturyLink that will absorb 13 of the company's employees as part of its testing team.

Medtronic announced Monday that it will buy Framingham's Heartware International for $1.1 billion as the Dublin-based company seeks to expand its heart failure portfolio.

Framingham's Staples has donated $1 million and partnered with singer Katy Perry to encourage continued support of teachers.

A transportation finance bill the House plans to take up Wednesday could serve as a model for an eventual new method of funding road and bridge repairs in Massachusetts, according to one lawmaker.

Framingham's Ameresco has completed an 18.6 megawatt (MW) direct current solar facility built for the U.S. Army in Maryland.

Anna Maria College is in the preliminary phases of putting together its strategic plan, as President Mary Lou Retelle wraps up her first official year on the job.

Bose has sold manufacturing plants with a combined 3,500 employees in Mexico and Malaysia for an undisclosed sum.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham will undergo $7.6 million in renovations starting this month.

Officials are eying the e-cigarette threat as youth smoking fades and the smoking age rises.