Westborough

Since 2009, Reflectance Medical in Westborough has been working with a lean team and millions in federal...

Venture capital investment activity fell 15 percent in the first quarter of this year, representing a 12-percent drop in value, according to a report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).

The MBTA will add two express trains on the Worcester-to-Boston commuter rail line – one in each direction – weekdays starting April 29, according to Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail (MBCR), which operates the commuter rail lines for the “T.”

A Worcester-based group that wants to open a film studio in the city has its eye on a vacant warehouse that once housed a passenger railcar manufacturing facility.

Westborough-based infrastructure management services firm Akibia Inc. has changed its name to match that of an Indian company that acquired it in 2010.

While residential energy efficiency is a boon for consumers and helps the environment, it is also boosting Massachusetts businesses.

Since medical marijuana became the law of the land in Massachusetts last fall, many cities and towns that perceive legal or public safety problems arising have scrambled to exert local control over where the 35 treatment centers authorized by voters will open.

Once Framingham's largest employer, label and packaging firm Avery Dennison's small remaining presence in Framingham will be gone entirely by August, when the company's Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) division moves to neighboring Westborough. Avery Dennison sold its office building at 7 Bishop Street in Framingham last spring. It remains housed in the space, but not for long, as Westborough officials confirmed the company is planning to relocate.

James Curran has worked in the Central Massachusetts banking sector for nearly three decades.Like many longtime bankers,...

Should Massachusetts follow some other states in allowing private firms to design, build, operate and maintain bridges, roads and other transportation assets? We're still far off from the Chicago Skyway, which was leased to a private operator in 2006 for $1.8 billion for 99 years, or New York City, which has done similar deals with some of its bridges. But with a deeply indebted transportation system, Massachusetts is looking at different ways to meet its infrastructure needs. And a policy expert from MetroWest will be playing a role.