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  • Advanced Cell License Worth $1.25M

    Matthew L. Brown August 11, 2008

    Worcester-based Advanced Cell Technology Inc. says it could receive up to $1.25 million in up-front payments after licensing technology to Embryome Sciences Inc. of California.

    Matthew L. Brown August 11, 2008
  • Revenue Plummets At Marlborough Firm

    Matthew L. Brown August 8, 2008

    Exact Sciences Corp. of Marlborough says an amended licensing agreement with another company is to blame for its second quarter revenue nosedive.

    Matthew L. Brown August 8, 2008
  • Hanover To Buy Conn. Firm

    Matthew L. Brown August 6, 2008

    The Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester plans to acquire Windsor, Conn.-based specialty insurer AIX Holdings Inc.

    Matthew L. Brown August 6, 2008
  • SBA Changes Rules For Oil, Gas Cos.

    Matthew L. Brown August 1, 2008

    The U.S. Small Business Administration has changed its small business size standards in an effort to maintain the small business eligibility of heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas dealers.

    Matthew L. Brown August 1, 2008
  • Galvin Charges Merrill Lynch With Securities Fraud

    Matthew L. Brown July 31, 2008

    Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin has filed a complaint charging investment bank Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. with securities fraud.

    Matthew L. Brown July 31, 2008
  • Hanover To Sell Last Life Line

    Matthew L. Brown July 31, 2008

    The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has come to a $220 million agreement to sell the last of its life insurance business to the Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Co.

    Matthew L. Brown July 31, 2008
  • Acton Firm Takes Job Market Hit

    Matthew L. Brown July 29, 2008

    Acton-based employee drug testing company Psychemedics Corp. reported a 23 percent drop in second quarter net income and a 4 percent decrease in revenue.

    Matthew L. Brown July 29, 2008
  • Nasdaq Hearings Last Hope For GTC Listing

    Matthew L. Brown July 21, 2008

    Framingham-based GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. said it intends request a hearing before a Nasdaq listing qualifications panel in an attempt to save the company's stock from being delisted.

    Matthew L. Brown July 21, 2008
  • Award, Licensing Bring $70M To 3Com

    Matthew L. Brown July 14, 2008

    A Taiwanese rival has agreed to pay Marlborough-based 3Com Corp. $70 million to resolve a long-standing patent dispute.

    Matthew L. Brown July 14, 2008
  • Foreclosures Hit All-Time High In May

    Matthew L. Brown June 30, 2008

    The number of foreclosure deeds filed in May reached an all-time high in May, rising 107.5 percent over May 2007, according to Boston-based real estate tracker The Warren Group.

    Matthew L. Brown June 30, 2008
  • Worcester Attorney Nominated As Accident Judge

    Matthew L. Brown June 30, 2008

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    Matthew L. Brown June 30, 2008
  • Breaking News: Worcester Men Charged In Mortgage Scam

    Matthew L. Brown June 27, 2008

    Attorney General Martha Coakley has filed 106 indictments against two Worcester men and others in a scam that used falsified bank documents to get millions in mortgage loans.

    Matthew L. Brown June 27, 2008
  • $300M Offering To Fund Evergreen Expansion

    Matthew L. Brown June 25, 2008

    Marlborough-based Evergreen Solar Inc. said it intends to make an offering of $300 million in debt convertible to company shares or cash as a way to fund the completion of its new manufacturing facility

    Matthew L. Brown June 25, 2008
  • Unum To Pay $5.55M Penalty For Premium Scam

    Matthew L. Brown June 24, 2008

    Tennessee-based employee benefits provider Unum Group, which has operations in Worcester, agreed to pay $5.55 million in fines for failing to report fees paid to a San Diego insura

    Matthew L. Brown June 24, 2008
  • Potential $257M In GTC Deal

    Matthew L. Brown June 23, 2008

    Framingham-based GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. could earn as much as $257 million in a new partnership with Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. to bring its drug ATryn to the U.

    Matthew L. Brown June 23, 2008
  • Bay State Drops In Litigation Ranking

    June 20, 2008

    Businesses in Massachusetts had better watch out for lawsuits.

    June 20, 2008

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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.