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International Trade

  • Post-Acquisition, Akibia Is Fully Assimilated

    June 18, 2013

    Three years after becoming part of an Indian company called Zensar Technologies, Westborough-based Akibia — which recently adopted its buyer's namesake — has been fully integrated into the company, said Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar.

    June 18, 2013
  • Framingham Firm Receives Funding For Israeli Collaboration

    June 11, 2013

    A Framingham life sciences firm will receive a grant to work with partner firms in Israel, thanks to a second round of funding under the Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Partnership (MIIP).

    June 11, 2013
  • Mass. Life Sciences Launches International Program

    April 23, 2013

    The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has launched a new program for Massachusetts companies to partner with international firms.

    April 23, 2013
  • Jabil-Nypro Deal Closing Delayed

    March 21, 2013

    Reporting its second-quarter fiscal year 2013 financial results, Jabil Circuit Inc. said its acquisition of Clinton-based Nypro would likely take longer than originally expected.

    March 21, 2013
  • Bay State Manufacturers Suffer Drop In Exports

    March 18, 2013

    Although Massachusetts exporters have made significant efforts to spread their products around the globe, the fact that the United Kingdom is suffering from a weak economy and, yet, is the state's second-largest export partner hurt the commonwealth'

    March 18, 2013
  • Staples' Profits Plummet On Restructuring Costs

    March 6, 2013

    Framingham-based office supply retailer Staples Inc. ended its fourth quarter with a slight uptick in revenue but a big drop in profits, related mainly to store closures and restructurings.

    March 6, 2013
  • Briefing: Colombian Connection

    March 4, 2013

    Gov. Deval Patrick returned last week from a 10-day trip to Colombia, where he sought to strengthen ties between the Bay State and South America's third-largest economy.

    March 4, 2013
  • Patrick Signs Agreement With Colombia

    February 22, 2013

    Nearly a week into a trade trip to Colombia, Gov. Deval Patrick signed an agreement to formalize collaboration between the South American country and Massachusetts in the life sciences, technology and clean energy industries, Patrick's office

    February 22, 2013
  • Patrick Aims To Drum Up Mass. Business In Colombia

    State House News Service February 18, 2013

    Gov. Deval Patrick hopes Massachusetts businesses can “get in on the ground floor” with an emerging South American economy during his five-day trade mission to Colombia, which was scheduled to begin last Friday

    State House News Service February 18, 2013
  • AMSC Looks Ahead After Trimming Losses

    February 12, 2013

    AMSC, the Devens company formerly known as American Superconductor, saw its losses shrink in its third quarter – three months that included a 25-percent reduction of its workforce.

    February 12, 2013
  • The Growth Keeps Coming For Westborough's Virtusa

    January 31, 2013

    Westborough-based IT consulting, technology and outsourcing provider Virtusa Corp. is having its strongest fiscal year since it was founded nearly 17 years ago.

    January 31, 2013
  • AMSC Ships Grid System To China

    January 16, 2013

    Devens-based AMSC, formerly American Superconductor, said it has received an order for its D-VAR system from a company helping Chinese utility providers improve power quality.

    January 16, 2013
  • TechPrecision Gets $115M Contract For Cancer Treatment Parts

    January 7, 2013

    TechPrecision Corp. of Pennsylvania announced that it has signed a five-year deal for more than $115 million to produce parts of cancer treatment equipment. Its Wesminster subsidiary Ranor Inc.

    January 7, 2013
  • ViryaNet Announces Partnership

    December 21, 2012

    Westborough-based software firm ViryaNet Ltd. announced it has formed a partnership with Infotech Enterprises, a global engineering firm based in India.

    December 21, 2012
  • Better Days Ahead For Electric Car Batteries, Say Analysts

    December 10, 2012

    More electric-powered vehicles have been sold this year than in any other, but it's still not enough demand to absorb all the production coming out of companies in Central Massachusetts and beyond.

    December 10, 2012
  • Nypro Hiring 100 In Ireland

    December 10, 2012

    Clinton-based plastics manufacturer Nypro Inc. will be adding 100 jobs to its Ireland facility over the next year.

    December 10, 2012

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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.