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International Trade

  • Movers & Shakers

    October 1, 2018

    Eight Central Mass. businesspeople were on the move this issue.

    October 1, 2018
  • Hanover sells specialty business Chaucer for $950M

    Zachary Comeau September 13, 2018

    Worcester-based Hanover Insurance Group has agreed to sell its specialty insurance business Chaucer to a Chinese company for $950 million.

    Zachary Comeau September 13, 2018
  • Worcester firm to treat OCD with brainwave device

    September 4, 2018

    Achieve TMS East, depression treatment firm with three Central Massachusetts locations using a brainwave stimulation device, now hopes to offer the treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    September 4, 2018
  • Primetals to build wire rod mill for Indian manufacturer

    September 4, 2018

    The Worcester location of U.K.-based metal mill manufacturer Primetals Technologies has landed a contract with an India-based steel company to build a new wire rod mills next year.

    September 4, 2018
  • Maine environmental group opposes Mass. energy transmission project

    State House News Service August 16, 2018

    An environmental nonprofit from Maine was expected to oppose contracts related to the 140-mile New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project at a hearing Wednesday.

    State House News Service August 16, 2018
  • Biostage to withdraw SEC registration

    August 13, 2018

    Holliston biotech Biostage is seeking to withdraw a registration statement with the SEC filed nearly one year ago after no securities had been issued or sold under the statement.

    August 13, 2018
  • Trump's tariffs hurting New England economy

    James T. Brett August 6, 2018

    The U.S. must work toward a modernized NAFTA and should reconsider the tariffs.

    James T. Brett August 6, 2018
  • IPG loses $3B in value Tuesday morning

    July 31, 2018

    Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics saw the values of its shares drop 27 percent on Tuesday morning, eroding $3 billion of its total valuation in a few hours.

    July 31, 2018
  • Hologic scores two patent case victories

    Zachary Comeau July 30, 2018

    Marlborough medical imaging device firm Hologic has scored two legal wins to help protect the company's intellectual property.

    Zachary Comeau July 30, 2018
  • Mass. gas prices down 3 cents as U.S. oil production increases

    July 23, 2018

    Prices at the pump are down three cents this week, but remain 59 cents higher than the price at this time last year.

    July 23, 2018
  • Say nice things about Trump

    July 23, 2018

    Personally, I find the way Trump conducts himself to be shameful, and his policies are mean-spirited and self-serving; but as professional journalists, we need to understand both sides and tell our stories fairly.

    July 23, 2018
  • Manufacturers look to avoid layoffs as Trump's tariffs eat into their bottom line

    Zachary Comeau July 23, 2018

    The impacts of tariffs have been swift and immediate for Central Massachusetts manufacturers, who are seeing raw material costs spike while they remain locked in deals for goods.

    Zachary Comeau July 23, 2018
  • Their honeymoon startup

    Brad Kane July 23, 2018

    Two weeks after their wedding, Dave and Deb LeRiche bought Batch Ice Cream and moved the company from Boston to the LeRiches' New Braintree home.

    Brad Kane July 23, 2018
  • ReWalk, Harvard add a year to research agreement

    July 19, 2018

    Marlborough medical device manufacturer ReWalk Robotic's research agreement with Harvard University's Wyss Institute has been extended one year to 2022.

    July 19, 2018
  • MathWorks donates $3M for education for women, children

    July 17, 2018

    Natick-based software developer MathWorks has donated $3 million to an organization to boost initiatives focused on educational opportunities for women and children.

    July 17, 2018
  • New CEO at Sudbury manufacturer anticipates strong 2019

    July 10, 2018

    Jerry Rex, formerly the president of Sudbury-based Methods Machine Tools, has taken on the additional role of CEO, the company announced last week.

    July 10, 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.