Hopkinton

Think outside your normal circle. This means, remembering the woman on your team may have missed the conversation in the men's room.

Almost eight months after Dell and EMC merged together, the new company is doing quite nicely. Fears of deep cuts as the company shakes out redundancies seem unfounded.

Liberty Mutual is discontinuing its Hopkinton peer-reviewed research efforts and will lay off up to 44 employees effective June 6.

The vacancy rate for industrial space in the 'boroughs area of MetroWest -- Northborough, Southborough, Westborough, Marlborough -- hit an all-time low of 10.5 percent in the first quarter.

A Massachusetts judge last week ruled against Hopkinton-based Dell EMC in a trademark lawsuit filed against the data storage provider last year, according to court documents.

Boston Marathon spectators will be able to hop on and off the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line for a flat $20 daily fee instead of the usual charge per ride.

After its $67-billion purchase of Hopkinton-based EMC Corp., Texas computer firm Dell Technologies now leads the list of Central Massachusetts' largest manufacturers.

The office market along Interstate 495 in MetroWest added a net positive of 38,000 square feet of leased office space in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by Boston-based Transwestern Consulting Group.

Foreclosure petitions across Middlesex County fell by 40 percent in February, according to a report Monday by Boston real estate statistics firm The Warren Group.

Solect, a Hopkinton solar energy developer and installer, has bought the Northeast division of industry rival Brightergy, Solect announced Tuesday.