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Hanna Instruments Inc., one of the world’s leading privately held manufacturers of electro-analytical instrumentation, has opened a new sales and distribution center in Sursee, Switzerland, the company announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Exports from the Ocean State fell 15.4 percent in February to $192.9 million on a month-to-month, seasonally adjusted basis after rising 19.3 percent in January, according to an international trade statistics report from e-forecasting.com.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island announced Tuesday that it has banded with other states and the federal government in a $500 million dollar settlement with generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Ranbaxy that will recover $290,600 for Rhode Island’s Medicaid program.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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Companies placed fewer orders for computers, machinery and other capital equipment in April for a second month, indicating manufacturing in the U.S. is cooling.
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By Timothy R. Homan |
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Exports from Rhode Island plunged 19.9 percent to $212.6 million in March after reaching a record high of $265.5 million in February, according to an international trade statistics from e-forecasting.com.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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When industry insiders talk international travel in Rhode Island, they really don’t.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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U.S. stocks were little changed, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index poised for the biggest monthly drop since September, as data showed jobless claims increased and the economy grew more slowly than previously estimated.
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By Rita Nazareth
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U.S. Stocks rose on Wednesday amid signs of a potential rescue of Spain’s troubled banks by the European Union, according to Reuters.
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By PBN Staff
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Oil dropped in New York as rising Spanish borrowing costs pushed the dollar higher, adding to concern that Europe’s debt crisis will curb crude demand.
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By Lananh Nguyen and Ben Sharples |
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An index of Rhode Island’s leading economic indicators, produced by e-forecasting.com and Providence Business News, rose 1 percent in April.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
