Marlborough

As some communities evaluate tax rate changes for businesses, their is mixed evidence of the impact on businesses.

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TierPoint, a St. Louis-based provider of colocation and cloud services has acquired a privately held provider of similar services Xand, which is based in Hawthorne, N.Y. and employees 40 at its data center located in Marlborough.

Several Central Mass. organizations were among the 28 community hospitals to receive awards totaling $60 million from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), it announced on Wednesday.

The work Marlborough planners did to create a mixed-use overlay district in the city's southwest quadrant paid off, now that several development proposals are in the works. But now they're turning their attention away from the office parks that line Interstate 495, and inward to downtown. It's not that downtown Marlborough is in dire straits. Mark Racicot, land use planning director for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), said its ample parking, historic architecture and quaint streetscape elements — such as ornamental lighting — make Marlborough's downtown the envy of many other communities. ”There are so many communities that would love to have what Marlborough has,” Racicot said.

Marlborough-based Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) saw revenue climb 6 percent over 2013 in the third quarter, driven largely by sales of its cardiovascular products, according to an earnings statement released Tuesday. Net sales for the company totaled $1.8 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $1.7 billion a year earlier. Earnings per share increased to 3 cents, compared with less than a penny per share a year earlier, on net income of $43 million. That's a turnaround from a net loss of $5 million in the third quarter of 2013.

Boston Scientific of Marlborough has launched a trial of a coronary stent system to get more information about the product's use in underserved populations, including women and people of color, the company announced Monday.

Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU), and Sungage Financial, a Boston-based platform that provides homeowners with access to low-cost solar financing, have initiated a $100 million residential solar loan program, the companies announced Thursday.

A stem cell-derived eye treatment from Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Marlborough has been found to have long-term safety in a study where some patients showed improved vision. The study, published in “The Lancet,” followed 18 patients to evaluate the safety and tolerability of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) cells following sub-retinal transplantation into patients, according to a release from ACT. The proprietary cells from ACT were implanted for the treatment of Stargardt's macular degeneration (SMD) and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study demonstrated positive long-term safety results, according to ACT.

The Marlborough City Council has unanimously approved a tax deal that would save GE Healthcare Life Sciences $124,500 over 10 years as the division of General Electric prepares to move into the city.