Westborough

Westborough-based wearables technology company Kopin Corp. said it has divested its equity interest in Recon Instruments, a Canadian company that makes wearable displays for skiers, cyclists and runners, after it was acquired by Intel Corp. Kopin, a public company, said it expects to receive $6 million in cash proceeds for its interest, subject to certain closing conditions.

It’s About Time, a mobile dry cleaning company from Dudley, is opening a storefront at 40 Hamilton...

Twenty-seven Central Massachusetts companies are among nearly 200 companies in the Bay State that have been awarded state-funded workforce training grants.

As Maribeth McCauley Lynch walked the property of one of her latest listings in Westborough, the Realtor looked up to see a hawk floating above the rolling four-acre site, envying the bird's view. That perspective, she concluded, could help sell the property.

Greater Boston Commercial Properties of Marlborough announced three lease deals in offices on Route 9 in Framingham, totaling nearly 14,000 square feet.

Westborough-based Cumulus Global has opened an Atlanta-area office on the back of continued demand for business-effective cloud solutions.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank, is buying Needham-based Firestone Financial Corp.

There are a lot of exciting things about starting your own business, but the isolation many entrepreneurs feel when they start out can be debilitating, said Venkat Kolluri, the chief executive of Internet advertising firm Chitika in Westborough. He remembers working alone in his home back in 2003 when he was trying to get Chitika off the ground. After the first few days, he said he started talking to himself because there was no one else to kick around ideas with. “How well can you be motivated when you're alone?” Kolluri said.

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Venkat Kolluri, CEO of Internet advertising companies Chitika Inc. in Westborough and Cidewalk Inc. in Southborough, describes...