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Profits and revenue for Framingham-based Ameresco came in well below expectations in the third quarter.

Voters in East Boston and Palmer rejected casino proposals pushed by developers who hoped to build resorts at Suffolk Downs and in a wooded area off the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Karyopharm Therapeutics, a Natick-based clinical-stage pharmaceutical startup, has raised $108.8 million through an initial public offering of stock Wednesday.

The McAuliffe Charter School has purchased a four-acre site in Framingham that will become the school's new home in the fall of 2014.

Holliston-based Harvard Bioscience completed the spinoff of the regenerative medical device portion of its company last week, the company said.

Virtusa Corp. of Westborough reported revenue growth of 17 percent in its most recent quarter, but fell short of analysts' estimates for both profit and revenue.

A Northborough company that provides lending services for people who buy mobile homes, will expand outside New England, establishing operations in Maryland, Delaware and New York. Chris Schofield, who founded Priority Funding in 2003, made the decision to grow to the south and west after maximizing the company's potential in New England. Schofield said Priority Funding has serviced about 3,500 loans for its clients, who provide financing on mobile homes built on leased land, and now he sees great potential to grow the business outside the region.

Framingham-based uTest, which tests software and mobile applications, announced Tuesday it will change the company's name to Applause in 2014.

Boston Biomedical Associates (BBA) had just five employees in a single Northborough suite when it launched in 1999. As the biomedical consulting industry grew, BBA expanded its headcount to 52. Those employees worked out of five suites scattered throughout an office building, making it difficult to coordinate across departments, said Mack Rubley, the company's director of business development.

Tufts Medical Center announced it has opened a new primary care office in Framingham in partnership with MetroWest Medical Center. The practice, called Tufts Medical Center Primary Care, will refer patients in need of follow-up care to specialists at both Tufts Medical Center in Boston and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham and Natick, according to a statement from Tufts. Tufts Medical Center Primary Care offers same-day appointments and on-site laboratory services at its location on Route 9, at 85 Worcester Road, next to Shopper's World.