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As Massachusetts state and business officials gather to establish the plan to re-open the economy perhaps by May 18, Worcester entrepreneur Amy Lynn Chase joins The Weekly Business Report podcast to detail her businesses' struggles since the coronavirus pandemic became a reality in Central Massachusetts.

Derek Canton has made a shift during the coronavirus pandemic from developing a restaurant app for dining rooms to one offering a safer and more secure method for takeout and delivery, he said during an interview on the WBJ Podcast.

The 11th Annual Worcester Women's Leadership Conference will be postponed until Nov. 16, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced in a press release on Monday, attributing the rescheduling to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

New hires and promotions at companies like AAFCPAs in Westborough, Bryley Sytems in Clinton, Concierge Physical Therapy in Sutton, Reliant Medical Group and Framingham State University.

With a $2 trillion stimulus package one House vote away from President Donald Trump's desk, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday told small business owners that the coronavirus relief bill would make millions available to them, mostly through loans, as they try to weather the shutdown of economic life nationwide.

The $10-million fund set up Monday by the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration to provide relief to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus was open for three days.

Renee Diaz, the business's owner and founder, said she reduced her 25-employee staff down to herself and four employees.

The two seemingly unrelated and exciting developments this year in the Worcester food scene can both be traced to four people at a Boston comedy show 18 months ago.

After paying all their back taxes and bills and calculating the cost and time spent running a restaurant and events space in the 144-year-old Bull Mansion for nearly three years, the partners simply broke even.

Worcester Business Journal on Saturday night received eight awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association's Better Newspaper Competition, running the gamut from coverage of the cannabis industry to honors for investigations, feature writing, an editorial cartoon and Columnist Renee Diaz.