Natick

A Milton-based company that sells components, tools, and replacement parts to the construction industry has purchased the former home of Framingham Motor Parts for $650,000, according to MetroWest CRE, which handled the deal for the buyer.

Boston Scientific of Marlborough and a Japanese firm will jointly develop a new product that will be used in Boston Scientific's Polaris Multi-Modality Imaging System that's used to treat heart patients.

By the end of this year people in Marlborough who are nowhere near a hospital emergency room will have another option to get fractured bones set or have wounds sutured. They'll be at the Doctors Express Urgent Care clinic on Rte. 20, where patients with less-serious ailments will be able to walk in without an appointment seven days a week, and walk out within an hour, according to the company. Doctors Express, a national chain of more than 50 walk-in clinics, is in the process of remodeling 4,000 square feet of office vacant space in a retail area that also includes a liquor store and a 99 restaurant. When they're finished, the facility will include nine exam rooms, x-ray equipment and a lab for medical tests.

AFC Doctors Express, a nationwide urgent care franchise, plans to open its second Central Massachusetts location in Marlborough.

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Media and internet company IAC said it will acquire The Princeton Review, the Natick-based test preparation and college admission services company owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners.

Natick-based Cognex Corp. announced record profits and revenues for its second quarter.

Strong sales from several divisions, as well as international growth of 7 percent, were tarnished by heavy expenses as Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) reported a 97-percent drop in profits in its second-quarter financial results.

A school designed to train and certify professionals in the nascent medical marijuana industry is opening in Natick, and will serve dispensaries throughout the Northeast. According to School Administrator Cara Crabb-Burnham, the Northeastern Institute of Cannabis will begin offering courses later this summer. Students will choose from a dozen course offerings and receive a certificate of completion at the end of a full semester. The goal is to educate people who will take jobs at medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts, but also those who are pursuing jobs at medical marijuana businesses in other states and countries. According to Crabb-Burnham, the Northeastern Institute has been fielding inquiries from people all over the globe since it announced it would open.

Boston-based mobile software company Drizly is working hard to make doorstep alcohol delivery the latest convenience for consumers living in a push-button world, and the MetroWest suburbs are its latest frontier. The startup offers its mobile app to retail liquor stores in four major cities, including Chicago, New York City (plus the Hamptons) and Los Angeles. But bringing the services to MetroWest towns that include Natick and Wayland, to start, will test the viability of the Drizly app on suburbanites, a departure from the urban dwellers Drizly has catered to since launching last year.