According to Massachusetts labor and workforce officials, Greater Worcester added 1,600 jobs in February, and the area's unemployment rate fell from 3.9 percent in January to 3.6 percent.
Westborough's Cumberland Farms has turned to celebrities before to sell its 99-cent coffee, and this week it began airing ads with a new pitchman: wrestling icon Ric Flair.
Marlborough medical device manufacturer Oxford Immunotec has grabbed the chief financial officer from GE Healthcare in U.S. and Canada to replace its retiring financial chief.
Medical device company Candela, life sciences manufacturer Lykan Bioscience and medical optics firm Olympus Corporation of the Americas have been approved for new tax breaks.
Westborough manufacturer Kopin Corp., less than a week after reporting a $35 million loss in 2018, is offering more than 7.2 million shares of the company's stock to raise about $7.5 million.
A Westborough rehabilitation and skilled nursing home has agreed to pay $37,500 to resolve allegations the facility failed to take adequate steps after a patient fell 19 times.
Westborough wearable optical equipment manufacturer Kopin Corp. said it lost more than $35 million in 2018 as it saw revenues decline about 23 percent.