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Doble Engineering Co. of Marlborough has appointed Matthew Carrara as its new president.

Natick-based machine-vision company Cognex Corp. has acquired German-based lighting technology company SAC Sirius Advanced Cybernetics GmbH.

A former co-owner of the Framingham based New England Compounding Center was sentenced on Thursday in federal court in Boston, in case stemming from an incident that led to the deaths of more than 100 patients.

CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc., which has a location in Westborough, reached a multistate settlement of $1 million following an investigation into the company’s selling practices by a coalition of state attorneys general.

An entity registered to Jonathan Crandall, owner of Danvers landscaping firm JC Grounds Management, has purchased a storage site and residential duplex in Littleton for $2.2 million.

After winning a long fight to impose a surtax on the state's highest earners designed to fund education and transportation, unions and educators from across Massachusetts are making it clear that public higher education is on the top of their priority list for the newfound funds.

Waters Corp., a Milford-headquartered laboratory instrument and software company with 7,500 employees worldwide, has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Dan Brennan and Mark Vergnano.

The Chicago based recreation company Puttshack plans to open a 22,000-square-foot, two-level mini-golf location inside the Natick Mall by the end of 2023.

The medical technology division of General Electric known as GE Healthcare, which has a facility in Marlborough, will be spun off into its own separate company on Jan. 4.

MassDevelopment made 18 grants totalling more than $1.5 million to businesses, cities, towns, and nonprofit organizations in Central Mass.