The Brookstone store in the Natick Mall will close as the company plans to significantly scale back its retail business as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Shares of Natick machine vision systems and bar code reader manufacturer Cognex Corp. jumped about 15 percent Tuesday after the company said its second-quarter revenue was a 19-percent increase over last year.
Jeffrey Welch is departing Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MetroWest Medical and other affiliates little more than one year after becoming CEO for Tenet Healthcare's area hospitals.
Median home sale prices in Worcester County hit $307,000 in June, a 10.9-percent increase from the previous year, according to a report by the Boston real estate firm Warren Group Wednesday.