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Staples has completed the acquisition of a Silicon Valley-based software company that helps online retailers increase sales by personalizing the shopping experience, the Framingham-based office supply retailer announced.

Office vacancy rates in Central Massachusetts fell over the last year, following a trend throughout the eastern half of the state and indicating business growth, according to data from global real estate broker Colliers International.

Audio technology company Bose Corp. has completed a long-term extension of its lease in Westborough.

A federal appellate court ruled last week that a planned generic sleep aid would infringe on Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. patent for its Lunesta drug, rerversing a lower-court ruling against the Marlborough firm.

Natick-based Infinium, Inc., a metals production technology company, said it has received a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy Grant, plus a $100,000 matching grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to accelerate development and commercialization of its new aluminum production technology.

In the 18 years since Waters Corp. went public, other life sciences companies have expanded their product lines, made opportunistic acquisitions, merged and spun off new entities.

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The 495 North submarket, which has struggled with office vacancy and offered lease rates well below those found in neighboring regions, showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2013, according to Boston commercial real estate advisory firm Richards Barry Joyce & Partners (RBJ).

An Atlanta law firm is investigating whether A123 Systems complied with federal securities laws when making statements to investors.

After selling its hemophilia drug program to an Illinois company earlier this year, French pharmaceutical company Ipsen has announced it will relocate its U.S. research and development activities to Cambridge in 2014.