Hopkinton

Hopkinton-based Solect Energy has secured a contract to install a 537-kilowatt solar energy system on the roof of a Brockton company's building, Solect announced Friday.

Inside Route 128, incubators for early-stage companies are numerous, but in MetroWest and Greater Worcester, the options are far more limited. But two local nonprofit leaders, Kevin O'Sullivan, president and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives in Worcester, and Barbara Finer, CEO of TechSandBox in Hopkinton, have been pioneers on the incubation frontier and are leading ongoing efforts to increase resources to help local startups thrive.

The Hopkinton Technology Park added tenants and retained current companies with the recent leasing of 93,800 square feet in ten different transactions, according to Greater Boston Commercial Properties.

Five companies located in the MetroWest region earned the highest scores possible on the Human Rights Campaign's annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI), that measures major companies' lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) inclusion in the workplace.

Nina Hargus has been appointed chief marketing officer of EMC Information Infrastructure for the Hopkinton-based EMC Corp., the company announced Monday.

Holiday Inn Boxborough, Middlesex Savings Bank and Emerson Hospital were main sponsors of the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce Dash and Bash 5K, to benefit the chamber scholarship fund.

These businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Aug. 1-15. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.

It would be the largest acquisition in the history of the technology sector, but for locals, the bigger story is what's ahead for EMC's Hopkinton operations when Dell acquires the data-storage giant for $67 billion.

Following a shareholder vote in June, Framingham-based office supply retailer Staples Inc. announced this week it will limit severance packages for senior executives that leave the company.

One year ago, when Worcester Polytechnic Institute dove into the high-risk, high-reward world of self-insurance, it hoped the gamble would pay off enough to keep tuition in check.