MetroWest

How do business leaders in the MetroWest region foresee the fortunes of their companies and the area economy in the coming months? This special print edition of MetroWest495 Biz presents results from a recent survey conducted by the 495/MetroWest Partnership, MetroWest495 Biz and Framingham State University. Click here to read an electronic version of the issue.

With a new CEO on board and federal health care reform requirements prompting U.S. hospitals to connect to information health care exchanges, Natick-based Interbit Data sees ample opportunity to grow.

Boston Scientific is offering more than $1 billion in debt notes to help pay earlier debt that was borrowed at a higher interest rate, the Natick-based medical device manufacturer announced.

Ameresco's second-quarter revenue was below expectations, but President and CEO George P. Sakellaris is optimistic the company will fare better in the second half of the year.

As clinical trials continue for its macular degeneration treatment, Marlborough-based Advanced Cell Technology reported falling revenue and greater losses in the second quarter.

Most workers are willing to commute up to 30 minutes each way for their dream job, while 11 percent would travel for more than an hour each way, according to a new survey by Maynard-based Monster.com.

Laboratory equipment manufacturer Waters Corp. of Milford has acquired Nonlinear Dynamics, a U.K.-based maker of proteomics and metabolomics analysis software that it has been working with on a product for nearly two years, according to the two companies.

Southborough-based Sevcon, which designs and manufactures microprocessor-based controls for zero emission electric and hybrid vehicles, said its third-quarter financial results met the company's expectations, with revenue coming in at $8.7 million.

A health care IT industry veteran with more than two decades in the field has been appointed president of Natick-based Interbit Data, the company announced.

The state's transportation department announced that is has completed the acquisition of the Worcester/Framingham Commuter Rail lines from CSX Corp., giving passenger travel priority over freight and the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail (MBCR) control of dispatching.