With less than three weeks before the deadline for submitting proposals to the state, a Canadian company said it's looking at a site in Littleton as a possible location for a slots parlor.
Lightower Fiber Networks of Boxborough is merging with a New York City-based provider of high-capacity communications services in a deal valued at more than $2 billion.
UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. (UMMHC), the largest employer in Central Massachusetts, has its investment portfolio to thank for an improved fiscal 2012, which ended Sept. 30.
Framingham-based New England Compounding Center (NECC), which has been linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed 39 people and sickened more than 600, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it announced.
Unemployment rates in the geographic regions of Central Massachusetts tracked by the state's Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) were all down in November compared to a year ago, the agency said.
The Northborough Crossing shopping mall, which opened in 2011 and is home to such notable anchor stores as Wegmans, Kohl's and BJ's Wholesale Club, has been sold to a New York City-based developer and manager of shopping centers for $128 million.
Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray joined local and other state officials this week in South Acton at a groundbreaking ceremony for a project that will renovate the busiest station on the Fitchburg commuter rail line.
Westborough-based software firm ViryaNet Ltd. announced it has formed a partnership with Infotech Enterprises, a global engineering firm based in India.