MetroWest

A123 Systems, which has sites in MetroWest, announced a rebranding of its advanced battery business in Westborough, five months after the company announced it would sell most of its assets to Chinese firm Wanxiang Group.

Framingham-based office retailer Staples Inc. is hoping 3-D printers will catch on in the consumer and small business market.

The national unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage points to 7.5 percent in April, as the country added 165,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

New York-based GateHouse Media, which operates two daily newspapers in Central Massachusetts and 79 across the country, saw its revenue fall and its losses increase during its first fiscal quarter, ended March 31.

Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services Inc. (SYFS) announced a new executive director with 15 years of experience in the mental and behavioral health nonprofit world.

Citing tough competition and saying the bulk of its corporate restructuring efforts have been implemented, Maynard-based employment recruiter Monster Worldwide Inc. reported mixed results for its first quarter of 2013.

A flourishing life sciences industry has created a practical problem for companies that need to protect precious samples: how to store them.

A tracheal scaffold and bioreactor system manufactured by Holliston-based Harvard Bioscience were used in the first successful transplant of a regenerated trachea in the United States, the company announced.

Framingham-based HeartWare International Inc., which makes technology to treat patients with advanced heart failure, announced an 87-percent jump in revenue in its first quarter of 2013, thanks to the commercial launch of its Ventricular Assistant System.

Machine sensor maker Cognex of Natick said it set first-quarter records for revenue and net income in the period that ended March 31.