Hopkinton

The Patrick administration is awarding nearly $14 million in grants to support new building projects for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, schools, and communities across the state, including 21 in Central Massachusetts.

Barbara Finer is, arguably, the most influential person in the MetroWest technology community. An entrepreneur with a...

Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. said Monday it plans to acquire DSSD, a 60-employee flash storage architecture company based in California's Silicon Valley.

Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. saw net income decline by $188 million in the first quarter, to $392 million, as costs increased, but revenue increased 2 percent to $5.5 billion.

Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. was awarded a 10-year contract to provide enterprise disk storage infrastructure and services to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), the agency said.

Construction has concluded on a $45 million, 240-unit apartment complex in Hopkinton, the developers announced Monday.

The owner of lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems, which has operations in Westborough and Hopkinton, won an auction Friday for hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive with a $149.2 million bid.

A 9,750-square-foot Hopkinton property has changed hands for what brokerage firm Greater Boston Commercial Properties described as an “unprecedented value.” Sold at $131 per square foot for a total of $1.28 million, the industrial property at 71 South St. is two-thirds two-story office space with the remaining area being industrial drive-through bays. “The value here is truly in the 3.82 acres of industrial land located less than a mile from Exit 21B off (Interstate) 495, and which can be utilized in (a) manner that is very difficult to find so close to 495 or the Mass Turnpike,” said Greater Boston Commercial Properties Senior Associate Benjamin Gatti, who procured the buyer.

EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, which recently announced financial results that exceeded analysts' expectations, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents per share of stock that it will pay in April.

Lithium-ion battery maker A123 Energy Solutions, which has operations in Westborough and Hopkinton, announced Wednesday a contract to supply, install and commission a 1-megawatt energy storage system in Japan.