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Five Central Massachusetts life sciences companies are splitting $5 million in tax incentives to create 245 jobs in the region.

The funding was facilitated by Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing, part of a wider $4.6-million effort across the state.

Insulet, the Acton-based medical device manufacturer and public company, has named a former global chair at multinational bank JPMorgan Chase to its board of directors.

Cassidy Norton, associate publisher and media relations director of The Warren Group, said September’s data represents an ongoing shift in the market.

Medical device manufacturer Hologic is going from a publicly traded company to a private business as the Marlborough-based firm is to be acquired for up to $18.3 billion.

Employees at ERA Key Realty Services, bankHometown, and Spectrum Health Systems are making advances in their careers.

In 2012, a WBJ review found less than half of Central Massachusetts banking institutions had a mobile...

The President Donald Trump Administration cut $110.2 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding to Westborough-based Ascend Elements' plans for an electric vehicle battery recycling facility in Kentucky. Still, Ascend announced in October that it plans to move forward with the project despite the federal cuts.

Boston Scientific, a Marlborough medical device manufacturer, has entered into yet another half-billion-dollar purchase agreement, this time to acquire Nalu Medical, a California-based medical technology firm creating solutions for chronic nerve pain.

Framingham-based Grossman Development Group purchased the former site of a Whole Foods in Wayland for $6.68 million,...