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Moody’s calls shared services task force a ‘credit positive’
Moody’s Investors Service – a globally recognized rating company – called the shared services task force created between Pawtucket, Central Falls and East Providence by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee a ‘credit positive.’ more
Taco’s White donates to Brookings
Thanks to a gift from John Hazen White Jr., president and CEO of Cranston-based Taco Inc., the Brookings Institution is launching the John Hazen White Jr. Forum on Public Policy to study manufacturing. more
Funding opportunities announced at Innovation Forum
Two sources of grant funding designed to boost the economy were announced Monday by the Department of Labor and Training and the U.S. Department of Defense. more
This board knows firsthand perils of running a business
Retired as president and CEO of the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, David E. Nash is still doing his best to promote business development. He’s the founder of the Rhode Island Small Business Recovery Program, which he began in January 2011. The free program is designed to move the unemployed to self-employment and last year trained 2,400 people. more
Langevin to host Innovation Forum at JWU
A forum focused on teaching small businesses how to obtain federal funds for innovative research and development projects has been scheduled for Monday, June 25, 2012, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Johnson & Wales University’s Culinary Arts Museum, 315 Harborside Blvd., Providence. more
Group action, freedom produce innovation
Teaching is a job that requires extra commitment, which is why Highlander Charter School makes a special effort to thank the staff for their effort. more
By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 6/25/12
University Medicine expands PCMH model
University Medicine has entered into an agreement with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island to roll out its patient-centered medical home model to six more of its practices, BCBSRI announced Monday. more
| 6/18/12
State can make it safer, easier for firms to take risks
Saul Kaplan isn’t about to get “Netflixed.” That’s the term he uses to describe a business’ inability to anticipate change and, worse, failure to reinvent itself for future success, referencing what happened to the Blockbuster franchise when Netflix came along with a new business model for the same product. more
Treading water on R.I. wind farms
Deepwater Wind LLC has signed a new lease agreement with the Quonset Development Corporation for a turbine-manufacturing facility and office space in the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown. The move positions the company to develop a proposed 150-turbine wind farm off the Rhode Island coast, but only after a much-smaller demonstration project the company hopes can be built in the next two years. more
Youth entrepreneurs win seed funding at Young Social Innovators event
On Tuesday night, youth teams pitched their social enterprise ideas at the Young Social Innovators Pitch and Graduation Ceremony at the MET School’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in hopes of winning $1,000 in seed funding. more
| 6/13/12
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