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Friday, August 10, 2018

Engineering firm VHB to leave Union Station for Mercantile Center

National engineering firm VHB has signed a long-term lease for nearly 9,000 square feet of office space at the Mercantile Center.

Four Worcester colleges made Top 20 lists in The Princeton Review's annual college rankings released earlier this month, although some probably wish they had not.

The data storage company Western Digital is closing a 114-worker facility in Marlborough as part of a restructuring.

UMass Memorial offering first Worcester child eye surgery

UMass Memorial Medical Center is offering what it says is the first child eye surgery unit in Worcester in a new collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital.

Pottery Barn, Homesense coming to Northborough Crossing

Pottery Barn opened a new outlet store at Northborough Crossing on Thursday and will soon be joined by a new Homesense.

State regulators are preparing to put one of the most significant roadblocks to the rollout of the non-medical marijuana industry in the rearview mirror later this month.

Internet sales tax law changing

The U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for states to impose a sales tax collection obligation on large and medium-sized out-of-state retailers operating over the internet.

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Regional Roundup

Protein House planning expansion (MassLive)

WRTA addresses problems from state audit (Telegram & Gazette)

Brazilian church denied license in Framingham (MetroWest Daily News)

Boston won't limit ridesharing (Boston Globe)

Week in review

Acacia expecting normal Q3 operations with ZTE back

Shares of Maynard maker of optical networking technology Acacia Communications have jumped nearly 20 percent since last week when it said the business will get back on track in the third quarter with its largest customer allowed back into U.S. commerce.

Boston Scientific acquires Calif. firm for up to $160M

California-based VENITI, Inc. is the newest medical device firm to be gobbled up by Marlborough's Boston Scientific, which has now announced acquisitions of more than $1.5 billion this year alone.

17 recreational marijuana shops proposed in Worcester

So far, companies have publicly informed Worcester of their plans to open 17 recreational marijuana stores in the city, according to new data from city officials.

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