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  • CCC agrees to faster approach on cannabis cafes

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 22, 2023

    Cannabis regulators voted Monday to overhaul their approach toward rolling out social consumption locations, sometimes referred to as marijuana cafes, that voters embraced in the 2016 ballot question legalizing recreational marijuana use.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 22, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Eugene Scherbakov

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Scherbakov has the distinction of being only the second person to lead the $1.4-billion IPG Photonics. In May 2021, he replaced its founder Valentin Gapontsev as the Marlborough company’s CEO.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Debora Jackson

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    WPI may be best known for its engineering power, but Debora Jackson is putting the business school on the map in the region.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • Manufacturing awards: FLEXcon’s new adhesive seeks to change the medical device paradigm

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: April 3, 2023

    FLEXcon Co., Inc. created OMNI-WAVE technology and it is now being implemented by medical device companies as a way to replace hydrogel, the moist and sticky backing used to attach EKG and ECG devices to patients.

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: April 3, 2023
  • BU grad joins WBJ newsroom to lead healthcare, diversity & inclusion coverage

    January 6, 2023

    Isabel Tehan, a 2022 graduate of the Boston University master’s program in journalism and former intern at the Philadelphia Business Journal, has been hired by Worcester Business Journal as its newest staff writer.

    January 6, 2023
  • Mass. gasoline prices drop to $3.58 per gallon

    Coley Lynch October 25, 2022

    The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Massachusetts has fallen 2 cents, down from last week’s $3.60, according to travel association AAA Northeast.

    Coley Lynch October 25, 2022
  • Waters invests $5.8M to grow Ireland R&D center

    Coley Lynch October 7, 2022

    Waters Corp., an analytical laboratory instrument company based in Milford, has invested $5.8 million in expanding its research and development center in Wexford, Ireland, to expand its mass spectrometry technology.

    Coley Lynch October 7, 2022
  • Mass. gas prices down 8 cents

    Coley Lynch October 4, 2022

    The average price of regular gasoline in Massachusetts continues to fall, dropping to $3.49 per gallon, down eight cents from last week.

    Coley Lynch October 4, 2022
  • Beer’s (almost) missing ingredient: carbon dioxide

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: October 3, 2022

    Talk of CO2 shortages has become commonplace among brewers in Central Massachusetts.

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: October 3, 2022
  • Boston Scientific investigating corruption, bribery allegation in Vietnam

    Brad Kane August 11, 2022

    Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. has received a whistleblower letter saying the company violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in its dealings in Vietnam.

    Brad Kane August 11, 2022
  • Boston Scientific and GE Healthcare announce partnership in Southeast Asia

    Alexander MacDougall July 11, 2022

    Marlborough-based Boston Scientific and Boston-based GE Healthcare have announced a partnership to bring greater cardiovascular care to citizens of Southeast Asia. 

    Alexander MacDougall July 11, 2022
  • After nearly 100 years, WAM begins full exhibition of Egyptian jewelry donation

    Sadie Leite June 20, 2022

    The exhibit Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures at the Worcester Art Museum opened Saturday and runs through Jan. 29, marking the first time the bulk of the pieces in the collection will be displayed in full since they were donated in

    Sadie Leite June 20, 2022
  • A refugee & an entrepreneur

    Anthony Buscarino Updated: June 13, 2022

    The two businesses Sonny Phengsomphone has started in Central Massachusetts are just part of his immigrant journey.

    Anthony Buscarino Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Q&A: Waters executive seeks to bring more women to manufacturing

    Brad Kane Updated: May 30, 2022

    On April 1, Sheree Gaus began her first term on the board of Women in Manufacturing Association, a nonprofit trade group founded in Ohio with aspirations of making a global impact.

    Brad Kane Updated: May 30, 2022
  • TikTok retailer Showcase expanding to Natick Mall

    Laura Finaldi May 18, 2022

    Showcase, a Canadian retail company specializing in selling products seen frequently on TikTok or television shows, is coming to Natick as part of a major U.S. expansion.

    Laura Finaldi May 18, 2022
  • Monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer to cease Trappist brewery operations

    Alexander MacDougall May 17, 2022

    Spencer Trappist Brewery, the only Trappist brewery located in the United States, announced it was ceasing operations via a Facebook post on Saturday.

    Alexander MacDougall May 17, 2022

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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.