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When President Joe Biden’s administration dropped a planned $600 reporting requirement on bank account transactions, financial institutions across Central Massachusetts and the nation breathed a collective sigh of relief.

As the strike at Saint Vincent remains high profile, and public favor for labor unions reaches new highs, experts and labor groups say they expect to see an increase in labor action in and around the region.

A new trend is brewing in the craft beer world, and it’s one without a buzz.

Valdivia Logistics LLC, a shipping company based in Atlanta, has laid off 52 employees from its Milford facility, where it provided delivery services for online retailer Amazon, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act filing with the state.

After purchasing CISCO’s Boxborough campus for $10.5 million in July, Braintree developer Campanelli said on Thursday it plans to convert the space into a business park, making it the company’s 16th business park in Massachusetts.

EG Group, a United Kingdom convenience retail operator with U.S. headquarters in Westborough, announced Wednesday it has acquired Georgia-based Sprint Food Stores Inc.

Framingham-based office retailer Staples announced Tuesday it has opened two new locations in Los Angeles and Auburn, Maine, which will include an expanded offering of remote work tools.

Marlborough manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. is expected to receive a $20-million payment from California medical device firm Nevro Corp. for patent infringement, according to a Monday press release from Nevro.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic, Inc., announced Tuesday the launch of a new device designed to address abnormal uterine bleeding.

Northborough’s two Amazon sorting centers have traded hands between real estate companies for $153 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.