Retail

A legislative committee has endorsed a bill establishing a $15 an hour minimum wage for fast food and so-called big box store workers.

An 82,000-square-foot parcel in Auburn has sold for $725,000 and will be used by BJ's Wholesale Club to build a gas station near its Route 20 store, according to NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs of Worcester.

Founded 15 years ago by then Clark University doctoral student Andrew Schiller, Worcester big data firm Location, Inc. has become an industry authority in neighborhood search technology for 12 million people annually. It's also a leader in big data analytics for the insurance, real estate, retail and site selection industries.

When Chip Norton set out to purchase two office towers in downtown Worcester, he knew modernizing the buildings and the adjoining property that includes a portion of a former mall would be key to the equation.

When Chris Lloyd started working at Auburn beverage distribution company Atlas Distributing Inc., he was a young, single guy who didn't much care about the company's benefits. More than a decade later, he said, they're a big reason he wouldn't think of working anywhere else.

Founded in early April way back in 1860, Marlborough Savings Bank has always remained committed to its customers and its employees.

We're now more than a month past a deadline that was supposed to mark a major retail transition to a more secure credit card technology in the United States.

Worcester has received $15,000 towards helping emerging food entrepreneurs and small food retailers, and thus area unemployment, according to the Worcester Community Action Council (WCAC).

The nation's employment picture in October improved slightly over September as the unemployment rate dropped from 5.1 to 5 percent, and the country added 271,000 positions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday.

Westborough information-technology consultant Virtusa Corp. announced Thursday its plan to pay $270 million for a majority interest in an India IT company that serves the banking industry.