Framingham

Framingham's prominent Bullard Building has been purchased for $1.3 million.

Amar G. Bose, the founder and chairman of Framingham-based audio technology company Bose Corp., died July 12. He was 83.

As casino developers court residents in Milford, canvassing neighborhoods on foot, a similar effort is underway in Framingham for a proposed development with a starkly different purpose.

Robert A. Martin has been appointed interim president of Framingham State University by its Board of Trustees ahead of FSU's transition to a new president.

Making its fourth purchase in the Northeast in six months, Boston-based real estate investment firm Marcus Partners announced it has bought 115,000 square feet of Class A office space in Framingham for $14.5 million.

When it comes to demand for rental housing, as Boston goes, so goes MetroWest, and developers are planning new apartment complexes throughout the region to take advantage of a rental boom.

Elevation Brands, a Framingham-based maker of allergy-friendly and gluten-free foods, has signed a partnership deal with Boston-based Slade Gorton to become a bigger source of those types of foods for suppliers and restaurant operators, the companies announced.

Worcester County was among the majority of areas in the state that saw their unemployment rate tick up slightly in May, rising to 7.5 percent, up 0.5 of a percentage point from April, according to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Nashville-based Vanguard Health Systems will be acquired by Tenet Healthcare Corp., a Dallas-based health care services company, the organizations announced Monday.

Looking to merge its brick-and-mortar presence with its title as second-largest Internet retailer, Framingham-based office products company Staples has launched its first two “omnichannel stores.”