Northborough

Just weeks after announcing plans to close 182 stores, including four in Central Massachusetts, Toys R Us is now planning to end its U.S. operations.

A fourth individual has been charged in the ongoing legal saga now involving several Worcester restaurants and the laundering of illegal drug proceeds.

BJ's Wholesale Club joins a growing list of now eight Central Massachusetts retailers to partner with online grocery delivery service Instacart.

Pittsburgh-based Dick's Sporting Goods is ending sales of assault-style rifles and will no longer sell any firearm to anyone under 21, including at its Massachusetts stores.

Northborough-based Aspen Aerogels had a strong fourth quarter and reduced its net loss by $4 million, but it still ended the year in the red with a net loss of $19.3 million.

The Chameleon, the short-lived restaurant on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, was opened using proceeds from the former owner's illegal drug sales, federal prosecutors allege.

The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting the importation of aerogel insulation manufactured by two Chinese companies alleged to have infringed upon patents held by Northborough-based Aspen Aerogels.

A new report from researchers at UMass Dartmouth paints a detailed picture of a MetroWest region richer and better educated than the state as a whole, and an area fast-growing and diversifying.

Toys R Us plans to close 182 stores in the U.S., including the Millbury, Northborough, Bellingham and Framingham locations.

Aspen Aerogels, a Northborough manufacturer of aerogel insulation for the energy infrastructure and building materials markets, announced Tuesday a series of judgments from a German court against a Dutch reseller of an aerogel product for which Aspen claims it holds patents.