BOSTON — Boston Scientific plans to cut as many as 1,000 additional jobs this year as the medical device maker expands a push to reduce operating expenses.

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Fringe in Union Square selects members based on their willingness to contribute to the larger whole — anything from advice to skills and moral support.

BOSTON — New England’s top fishing regulator said Friday that crippling cuts in catch limits this year are unavoidable.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has signed a letter of intent to buy Jordan Hospital in Plymouth — one of the state’s last independent hospitals.

DARTMOUTH, Mass. — The new chancellor says the school faces a $15 million deficit this fiscal year that will require some tough decisions

BOSTON — The drop is due to falling natural gas prices and lower demand.

BOSTON — Two separate assessments of cod stocks in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank are providing more evidence of their poor condition.

WASHINGTON — The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines 787 in Boston earlier this month was not overcharged, but government investigators said there could still be problems with wiring or other charging components.

BOSTON — Businesses misrepresenting seafood could be fined $800 and have their licenses to operate suspended or revoked.

BOSTON — One Colorado-based distributor of marijuana-infused products is hopeful he will be able to start selling his goods in Massachusetts this year.

WASHINGTON — The Dreamliner is Boeing’s newest and most technologically advanced plane.

BOSTON — The colleges, along with other worker-training programs, formed the Massachusetts Casino Careers Training Institute.

BOSTON — One of the last to file was Crossroads Massachusetts, which is pursuing a casino in Milford.

BOSTON — The company, led by Chicago casino and real estate tycoon Neil Bluhm, said it was evaluating “a select number of sites” in the Boston area and would make an announcement at a later date.