Framingham

Greater Boston Commercial Properties Inc. of Marlborough has announced three new commercial office lease deals in Westborough and Framingham, totaling more than 11,000 square feet. Hiperos LLC, a computer software company specializing in third-party management, signed a two-year lease on a 2,704 square-foot property at 176 East Main St. in Westborough. The office condominium building is located at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 30. A second Westborough deal brought Stellar Apparel to a 778-square-foot space at 57 East Main St., a three-year deal.

Postal worker union members are protesting the opening of Postal Service retail centers inside 82 Staples stores.

HeartWare International said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter revenue may fall short of market expectations.

Framingham-based uTest has raised $43 million in capital to inject more investment in its software testing services and to facilitate expansion.

Biotech giant Genzyme has bought a 12-percent stake in Cambridge-based Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in an investment valued at $700 million, Genzyme announced today.

Data science applications provider Prelert, of Framingham, has announced an agreement with an IT consulting and professional services firm that will boost sales for its signature product, the company said. The product, Anomaly Detective, will be offered by the consulting and services firm, Turnberry Solutions, to customers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic that use the Splunk Enterprise environment. Splunk helps convert data into insight for businesses.

Leaving his post at president of Kutztown University in Kutztown, Penn. for the same job at Framingham State University will bring F. Javier Cevallos into familiar territory. “In a way, it's like going back home,” said Cevallos, who was hired as a Spanish professor for the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1984 and, through the years, advanced to vice chancellor for student affairs before leaving for Kutztown in 2002.

A former professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is being recommended as the next president of Framingham State University.

Staples is expanding its program that allows home and business owners to control energy use from handheld devices, according to announcement today from the Framingham-based office supply retailer and the company it has partnered with in the venture.

Framingham-based Gulf Oil LP announced Monday it will enter the commercial and industrial fuel supply business.