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The TJX Cos. of Framingham boosted its earnings forecast for the year Monday due to expectations of higher sales at its T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores.

Defense contractor Raytheon has landed nearly $72 million in contracts from the Army to upgrade the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System.

Content security provider Content Raven of Marlborough has signed a reseller agreement with a Japanese company that will use Content Raven's software as part of its cloud-based file sharing and transfer service.

A redacted version of the report that torpedoed Caesars Entertainment's plans for an East Boston casino at the Suffolk Downs horse track will be made available to the public when it is completed, likely Wednesday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission said over the weekend.

Two Central Massachusetts nonprofits are among 108 nationwide that were awarded more than $750,000 in donations by the charitable arm of BJ's Wholesale Club, which is based in Northborough.

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In an era of competition from national and international institutions, pricey technology and uncertainty about coming regulations, what's a small local bank to do? The obvious answer, chosen by large numbers of banks across the country over the past couple of decades, is to merge with, buy, or be bought by, a rival. In Massachusetts, though, the situation is a bit different. Bruce Spitzer, spokesman for the Massachusetts Bankers Association, said 75 percent of the organization's members are mutually chartered banks. That means they can't be acquired by stock banks — which include big players like Bank of America — without going through a complex and lengthy conversion process.