Maynard

Michelle Moran is not a likely master of the skincare and beauty industry, but the Maynard resident got a hang of it about as quickly as anyone could have.

A total of 16 Central Massachusetts companies made Inc. 5000's 2018 list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the country.

Shares of Acacia Communications have jumped nearly 20 percent since it said the business will get back on track with its largest customer allowed back into U.S. commerce.

Living where you shop is now part of a trend toward developments not differentiating between a commercial area and a residential one.

Shares of Acacia Communication opened Thursday up more than 3 percent after news its largest customer — a Chinese smartphone maker — would be able to do business in the U.S.

LLB Architects, a Rhode Island architectural firm that designs commercial, residential and other developments, will open a Worcester office next month, it announced Wednesday.

Shares of Maynard-based Acacia Communications were down nearly 5 percent early Tuesday in the wake of the U.S. Senate's vote to reinstate sanctions on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE.

Maynard telecommunications equipment manufacturer Acacia Communications has released its first public statement on ZTE Corp. since the Trump administration announced a $1.4-billion settlement.

Maynard telecommunications component manufacturer Acacia Communications opened Thursday's trading with a 4.25-percent gain after the U.S. announced a deal to allow its largest customer back into U.S. commerce.

According to a report from Reuters, the Trump Administration is nearing a deal to lift a ban on a Chinese telecommunication giant and the largest customer of Maynard-based Acacia Communications.