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WPI to name global project center after Laurie Leshin
April 8, 2022The building, currently known as the Project Center, is to be renamed to the Laurie A. Leshin Global Project Center, according to the Thursday announcement from WPI.
April 8, 2022
Mass. gas prices drop 6 cents
April 5, 2022The 6-cent drop follows President Joe Biden’s decision to release 1 million barrels of oil per day for six months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
April 5, 2022-
Mass. gas prices drop 9 cents
March 22, 2022The average gasoline price in Massachusetts is now at $4.26 per gallon of regular unleaded, down 9 cents since last week, according to a report from the travel group AAA Northeast.
March 22, 2022 
Shrewsbury manufacturer's $5B merger with Finnish firm set for April 1
March 22, 2022Neles Corp., a valve manufacturer with a facility in Shrewsbury, and Valmet Oyj, a technology developer in Finland, are set to complete their proposed merger on April 1.
March 22, 2022
WBJ inducts the Class of 2022 into its Hall of Fame
Updated: March 7, 2022With the induction of the Class of 2022, the WBJ Hall of Fame has grown to 22 members who have made a lifetime of achievements to the Central Massachusetts economy and community.
Updated: March 7, 2022
Battery Resourcers raises $70M, plans European expansion
September 21, 2021Vertically integrated lithium ion battery recycling and manufacturing company Battery Resourcers, based in Worcester, announced on Tuesday it has raised $70 million at the closing of its latest mid-round funding.
September 21, 2021
Hiring WPI's global dean marks milestone in international projects program
Updated: June 21, 2021With Mimi Sheller of Philadelphia’s Drexel University just named incoming dean, The Global School at Worcester Polytechnic University has launched as a formalizing and furthering of something the university has done all along: global projects.
Updated: June 21, 2021
Greater Worcester's population growth stagnated in 2019, as immigration dropped
Updated: April 27, 2020Foreign-born immigrants have long driven the Worcester area’s population growth – and given diversity to its restaurants, shops, schools and workplaces – but a precipitous drop in international arrivals in 2019 could portend challenges to come.
Updated: April 27, 2020
Hologic expands in Costa Rica with new services center
February 18, 2020Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic, Inc. on Tuesday inaugerated its 32-employee financial services center in Costa Rica, expanding the company's presence in the Central American country.
February 18, 2020
Brazilian-Americans have transformed MetroWest communities like Framingham and Marlborough
Updated: December 9, 2019In Framingham, the influx of Brazilians has been particularly crucial to the revival of a former mill town going through hard times.
Updated: December 9, 2019
After toiling under communism, Albanian immigrants have found the American Dream in Worcester
Updated: December 9, 2019To understand the Albanian community in Worcester, you need to understand some basic facts about Albania.
Updated: December 9, 2019
Visa program used by Central Mass. businesses for specialized workers under fire
Updated: December 9, 2019When Central Massachusetts companies look to fill software, programming or research jobs, they’re increasingly looking to foreign labor under an immigrant work program called H-1B.
Updated: December 9, 2019
Seven Hills to revisit influential 2015 report on Worcester immigrants
Updated: December 9, 2019Seven Hills Foundation has plans to revisit its influential 2015 report, which found foreign-born residents accounted for 37% of all business owners in Worcester and spent an estimated $472 million across the local economy that year.
Updated: December 9, 2019
New England Center for Children now a major international player
Updated: October 28, 2019The New England Center for Children has a presence in 18 countries and is focusing on continued expansion to serve more children with autism.
Updated: October 28, 2019101: Tackling tariffs
October 14, 2019How can businesses, especially smaller ones, handle the effects of tariff increases?
October 14, 2019U.S. manufacturing index contracts again
October 1, 2019The latest economic warning signals were sent Tuesday by the Institute for Supply Management, which reported that economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in September for the second straight month.
October 1, 2019
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