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International Trade

  • Call center founder has become a $10M steward of the community

    Brad Kane March 19, 2018

    Wallace Andrews has established and operated call centers all over the world first for Minnesota camera maker Polaroid and then Massachusetts computer company Digital Equipment Corp. before striking out on his own.

    Brad Kane March 19, 2018
  • Toys R Us to liquidate U.S. operations, close six Central Mass. stores

    Zachary Comeau March 15, 2018

    Just weeks after announcing plans to close 182 stores, including four in Central Massachusetts, Toys R Us is now planning to end its U.S. operations.

    Zachary Comeau March 15, 2018
  • L.S. Starrett suspends quarterly dividend

    Zachary Comeau March 9, 2018

    Athol precision measuring and cutting tools manufacturer L.S. Starrett Co.is suspending its quarterly dividend program indefinitely.

    Zachary Comeau March 9, 2018
  • Psychemedics records $6.1M annual profit

    Zachary Comeau March 9, 2018

    Thanks to what the company says is a hot Brazilian market, Acton drug hair testing firm Psychemedics is reporting a 2017 profit of $6.1 million.

    Zachary Comeau March 9, 2018
  • ReWalk secures $20M investment after $24.7M annual loss

    Zachary Comeau March 8, 2018

    Marlborough-headquartered ReWalk Robotics recorded a $24.7-million loss in 2017, but scored a $20-million investment from a Chinese group this week.

    Zachary Comeau March 8, 2018
  • Lawsuit claims Hologic infringed patents, violated antitrust laws

    Zachary Comeau March 6, 2018

    Marlborough health imaging company Hologic is being sued by Japanese photography and imaging company Fujifilm for patent infringement and violating U.S. antitrust laws.

    Zachary Comeau March 6, 2018
  • Wachusett Brewing partners with former Guinness brewer

    February 22, 2018

    Wachusett Brewing Co. in Westminster has partnered with a renowned Irish beermaker to release a New England-style stout, his first partnership with a U.S. craft brewer.

    February 22, 2018
  • Biostage's first human throat implant successful, autopsy shows

    Zachary Comeau February 13, 2018

    Biostage, a Holliston-based biotech specializing in regenerative medicine to treat diseases of the throat, announced on Tuesday its first esophageal implant resulted in a regenerated esophageal tube.

    Zachary Comeau February 13, 2018
  • TelexFree conspirator sentenced to 33 months in prison

    February 9, 2018

    A man who led authorities to $20 million hidden in a mattress has been sentenced to 33 months of prison time for his role in the TelexFree pyramid scheme.

    February 9, 2018
  • Virtusa's $20M tax bill results in $8M quarterly loss

    February 8, 2018

    Despite revenues increasing by 6 percent, Westborough business consulting and information-technology firm Virtusa said it lost almost $8 million in its third quarter largely due to the impact of tax reform.

    February 8, 2018
  • Biostage names Chinese investor as board chairman

    Zachary Comeau February 8, 2018

    A Chinese investor and biotech executive has been appointed to be chairman of Holliston-based Biostage's board of directors.

    Zachary Comeau February 8, 2018
  • AMSC loses $27M through three quarters

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018

    Devens energy product manufacturer AMSC reported Monday another quarter of losses, this time $4.2 million in the third quarter, and $26.7 million for the company's fiscal year so far.

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018
  • Aspen Aerogels wins U.S. patent case against Chinese companies

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018

    The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting the importation of aerogel insulation manufactured by two Chinese companies alleged to have infringed upon patents held by Northborough-based Aspen Aerogels.

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018
  • New Hampshire denies Canadian hydrpower transmission project

    State House News Serivce February 2, 2018

    A permit that the Northern Pass project had been counting on was denied by New Hampshire site evaluators on Thursday, jeopardizing the Bay State's newly minted plan to transmit hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts.

    State House News Serivce February 2, 2018
  • U.S. court finds Chinese company guilty of stealing AMSC secrets

    Zachary Comeau January 31, 2018

    A federal court has found a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer guilty of stealing trade secrets from Devens-based AMSC, which caused the loss of 70 percent of AMSC's workforce.

    Zachary Comeau January 31, 2018
  • Eversource, Montreal firm chosen for Northern Pass project

    State House News Service January 29, 2018

    Capping a competitive procurement, the Baker administration and Bay State utilities have selected the Northern Pass project, a joint effort of Eversource and Hydro-Quebec to bring hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts.

    State House News Service January 29, 2018

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.