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International Trade

  • Ameresco adds new director from England

    October 28, 2016

    Framingham energy services company Ameresco, Inc. announced Friday it has added a new member to its board of directors.

    October 28, 2016
  • Brazilian drug testing jumps Psychemedics profits 240%

    Laura Finaldi October 27, 2016

    Thanks to growth in the Brazilian market, employment drug testing company Psychemedics reported a 240-percent increase in net income over the same period last year.

    Laura Finaldi October 27, 2016
  • Fitchburg's SDI signs master distribution agreement

    Sam Bonacci October 20, 2016

    Security Devices International Inc. of Fitchburg announced Thursday the signing of a master distribution agreement with Tac Wear Inc., and a new board member.

    Sam Bonacci October 20, 2016
  • SeaChange secures Quebec cable TV deal

    October 17, 2016

    Acton media company SeaChange International, Inc. on Monday announced it finalized a deal with Canada's Cogeco Connexion to stream on-demand television service on SeaChange's platform.

    October 17, 2016
  • Baker leading trade trip to Israel

    State House News Service September 29, 2016

    Gov. Charlie Baker will lead a trade mission of about a dozen state government officials and 40 private sector representatives to Israel in December.

    State House News Service September 29, 2016
  • Manufacturer secures space for $8M expansion

    Sam Bonacci September 26, 2016

    Worcester-based Curtis Industries has signed a 163,000 square-foot lease that will serve as the jumping-off point for an $8 million expansion for the manufacturer.

    Sam Bonacci September 26, 2016
  • Merger enhances Canada's role in Mass. energy puzzle

    State House News Service September 14, 2016

    Houston-based Spectra Energy, which is pushing a controversial pipeline project in Massachusetts, expects to merge with a Canadian company, to create "the largest energy infrastructure company in North America" valued at $127 billion.

    State House News Service September 14, 2016
  • Chinese biotech opens U.S. subsidiaries in Natick

    Sam Bonacci September 13, 2016

    What is touted as the largest Chinese biotech company opened the doors of its first U.S. subsidiaries over the weekend in Natick as company officials seek to enter the U.S. market.

    Sam Bonacci September 13, 2016
  • Worcester exports up $1.1B over six years

    Sam Bonacci September 9, 2016

    Exports from the Worcester Metropolitan area are up more than 54 percent since 2009, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

    Sam Bonacci September 9, 2016
  • Sunovion plans $624M Canadian acquisition

    September 6, 2016

    Marlborough drugmaker Sunovion Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire Toronto-based Cynapsus Therapeutics for $624 million sometime in the fourth quarter.

    September 6, 2016
  • International border seen as impediment to energy solutions

    State House News Service August 30, 2016

    As part of a push for a regional energy transmission system, the premier of Nova Scotia on Monday urged Gov. Charlie Baker to "erase the border" between his province and Massachusetts.

    State House News Service August 30, 2016
  • Canadian consul general to visit Worcester

    Laura Finaldi August 23, 2016

    David Alward, the consul general of Canada to New England, is scheduled to visit Worcester on Thursday to explore business opportunities between Canada and Central Massachusetts through two site visits.

    Laura Finaldi August 23, 2016
  • TJX earnings hit $562M on growing consumer traffic

    Stephanie Meagher August 16, 2016

    As other retailers continue to pull back from brick-and-mortar locations, TJX is reporting continued growth in-store traffic that resulted in $562 million in earnings in the second quarter of the year.

    Stephanie Meagher August 16, 2016
  • Worcester's Curtis hires Canadian country manager

    Sam Bonacci August 15, 2016

    A Worcester company specializing in enclosures for small recreational and work vehicles announced a new position of Country Manager for Canada as the company looks to expand in the country.

    Sam Bonacci August 15, 2016
  • Oxford Immunotec posts 34% revenue gain

    Sam Bonacci August 3, 2016

    Oxford Immunotec posted a 34-percent gain in revenue for the second quarter and has adjusted up its guidance for the full year to up to $84.5 million in revenue.

    Sam Bonacci August 3, 2016
  • Worcester's Primetals sends car part machine to China

    August 2, 2016

    Worcester-based Primetals Technologies announced last week that it shipped a car part manufacturing machine to a Chinese steel producer, in the first modernization of that Asian facility's operations in nearly 20 years.

    August 2, 2016

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.