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Meeting between O'Brien, Goldberg over cannabis chair's suspension set for April
March 11, 2024After appointing her to the top job in 2022, Goldberg suspended O'Brien, a former state treasurer and the Democratic Party's 2002 nominee for governor, with pay in September. O'Brien's annual rate of pay is $181,722.
March 11, 2024
Athol public company to merge with Kentucky private equity firm, become privately-held
March 11, 2024The L.S. Starrett Co., a publicly traded tool manufacturing company founded 144 years ago, plans to merge with a private equity firm and become a privately-held company.
March 11, 2024
Devens green hydrogen factory receives $50M in private funding
March 6, 2024Electric Hydrogen, a company with headquarters in Natick and California specializing in the clean production of hydrogen, has received $50 million in financing for a 187,000-square-foot production facility in Devens.
March 6, 2024
Central Mass. businesses receive $600K boost from state manufacturing accelerator
March 5, 2024Central Massachusetts businesses in Worcester, Natick, and Hudson are among those benefiting from a Gov. Maura Healey Administration grant injecting $3.14 million into the state’s manufacturing industry.
March 5, 2024
Cannabis regulators consider allowing dispensaries to sell lottery tickets, other non-cannabis products
March 5, 2024State law and the CCC's regulations neither explicitly allow nor prohibit licensed marijuana stores from selling Lottery tickets. But the CCC has, by policy, limited the non-marijuana items its retailers can sell to marijuana accessories like pipes
March 5, 2024
Following acquisition, Baxter to close Acton manufacturing operation, lay off 59 workers
March 4, 2024Baxter purchased Hillrom, the Illinois-based previous operator of the Acton facility, for $10.5 billion in February 2022. At the time, Baxter said the move would help reach a broader global market.
March 4, 2024
Business Leaders of the Year: Youngblood uses his marijuana business to drive social change
Updated: March 4, 2024In his own words, Ulysses Youngblood is relentless and obsessed. And those qualities have paid off for the entrepreneur. Just off Kelley Square, on a quiet street in Worcester's Green Island neighborhood, sits the fruits of years of his labor: Major
Updated: March 4, 2024
Business Leaders of the Year: Coghlin leads a fourth-generation company with heart and a focus on adaptability
Updated: March 4, 2024Coghlin Cos. is constantly fostering the most cutting-edge technologies, but its leader, Chris Coghlin, has never lost sight of his great-grandfather’s humble beginnings and puts building relationships with both clients and employees, known as
Updated: March 4, 2024
WBJ names the 2024 Business Leaders of the Year
Updated: March 4, 2024Being a true business leader is much more than just understanding profits and losses, dealing with customers, creating a vibrant employee culture, or even growing your company.
Updated: March 4, 2024
Workers at Oxford cannabis dispensary seek to unionize, citing low morale and pay
February 29, 2024“It’s kind of sad when you see [co-workers] walking into the building looking like they’re on death row,” one employee said, “It wasn’t like this before.”
February 29, 2024
Boston Scientific raises $2.2B to support purchase of California medical device company
February 28, 2024The primary use of the funds will be used to fund Boston Scientific’s purchase of Axonics, Inc., a $3.7-billion transaction the company announced in January.
February 28, 2024
North Grafton dispensary, CEO sued for alleged lack of repayment for $100K loan
February 22, 2024Another Central Massachusetts cannabis company is in hot water over debt, as Grafton-based dispensary Discern'd Cannabis Purveyors has been sued for allegedly failing to make payments on a $100,000 loan.
February 22, 2024
Westborough battery firm raises $162M to boost construction of Kentucky factory
February 20, 2024The company plans on utilizing these funds to advance construction of a manufacturing facility in Kentucky.
February 20, 2024
Q&A: Worcester tech entrepreneur aims to put software on the moon
Updated: February 19, 2024Brian Geisel went the Steve Jobs route and dropped out of college after a year to write software. His philosophy is to hire talented people who can write innovative code in the artificial-intelligence and machine-learning realms.
Updated: February 19, 2024
Crafting a future: Wachusett Brewing’s acquisition is the latest signal of change in the craft beer industry, but a collaborative spirit remains
Updated: February 19, 2024The simple narrative proclaiming the craft beer industry is dying may fit nicely into a headline or television news chyron, but it doesn’t begin to explain the complexities of the local craft beer space.
Updated: February 19, 2024
Biomedical firm with Marlborough location hires new CEO
February 15, 2024Bruning, who has served on StageBio’s board of directors for the previous five years, has more than 25 years of experience with companies providing preclinical testing services.
February 15, 2024
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