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HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster plans to layoff the equivalent of at least 20 full-time workers, according to the union representing nurses.

LEAVING A PAPER TRAILLeominster Credit Union’s Shred-a-Thon, where sensitive documents are securely destroyed, raised $815 for Habitat...

Manufacturing services firm Jabil Circuit Inc., the parent company of Clinton-based Nypro Inc., reported net income of $188.3 million, or 93 cents a share, for the three months ending May 31, compared to net income of $50.1 million, or 24 cents a share, for the same period a year ago.

HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster on Wednesday said it will lay off employees from clinical and administrative departments, including managerial staff, due to declining patient volumes.

Ayer-based Optometrics Corp. has received a $300,000 equipment loan from MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development agency.

The Patrick administration is awarding nearly $14 million in grants to support new building projects for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, schools, and communities across the state, including 21 in Central Massachusetts.

The minimum wage in Massachusetts would increase from $8 an hour to $11 an hour by 2017 under a deal announced Wednesday night by top House and Senate Democrats.

Family relationships can be complicated. But in some cases, those blood relationships can be tested and even strained when there's a family business involved that needs caring and nurturing.

This year the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary with a look back at major events over that time, this issue we look at Nypro's Russian joint venture in 1990.

True North Holistic Center and Retreat House in Hubbardston will open The Evoking Alchemy Center —a refurbished...