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MassDevelopment, the state’s development agency, issued a $16.5-million tax-exempt bond to Attleboro autism services nonprofit Amego Inc., to buy 16 facilities, including seven in Central Massachusetts.

Hopkinton-based Isto Biologics, a biologic and cellular therapy company in the orthopedic space, has acquired Los Angeles-based TheraCell, Inc.

Holliston biotechnology company Biostage Inc. saw its net losses for the year climb by $3.1 million to approximately $8 million as a result of ongoing wrongful death litigation.

People's United Financial Inc., a Bridgeport, Conn.-based financial holding company with seven bank branches in Central Massachusetts, is now owned by Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T Bank Corp., after a $8.3-billion acquisition was completed over the weekend.

A 73-room hotel in Milford will go up for auction in May, according to a post from Holbrook-based auctioneer Paul E. Saperstein Co.

Mass General Brigham officials said Friday the hospital system has withdrawn its controversial proposal to build outpatient care centers in Woburn and Westborough and to expand an existing facility in Westwood after learning Department of Public Health staff would not recommend approval of the projects.

Steve Kerrigan, president & CEO, talks about Kennedy Community Health Center's expansion into Milford, his cooperative relationship with other nonprofit leaders, and the start of a new trans healthcare practice.

Companies with new hires and promotions include Oriol Health Care, Eagle Clearning Corp., Bay State Savings Bank, and Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects.

Now, in its seventh year, the Manufacturing Excellence Awards seeks to accentuate the top performers in a highly complex and varied industry.

A set of three office buildings in Marlborough known as The Marlborough Business Center sold for $1.58 million, according to a Friday press release from Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc., the Northborough-based firm which brokered the deal.