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Stylish collars, leashes feeding growing pet market
“This is good. Did your husband write it?” more
Chafee, mayors announce $2M for youth employment program
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung announced a $2 million program designed to provide summer employment to more than 1,300 Rhode Island youth. more
Report: R.I. must match skills to jobs
In order to turn around the economy, Rhode Island must reduce the overall cost of doing business, change public perception about the unfriendliness of its business climate and face the mismatch of talent with job needs, according to a report from the New England Economic Partnership. more
Providence, workers reach retirement deal
Providence has reached a tentative agreement with its current and retired workers on a package of benefit cuts large enough to keep Providence out of bankruptcy and end a high-stakes court fight. more
April jobless rate drops in Providence metro
Unemployment rates were lower year over year in April for 342 of the nation’s 372 metropolitan areas, including the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metro area, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. more
| 5/30/12
Report: Creative jobs on the rise in R.I.
Rhode Island added 770 creative industry jobs and 460 new businesses between 2011 and 2012, according to an annual report from Rhode Island Citizens for the Arts. more
38 Studios’ former employees in high demand
Rival game companies are lining up to hire the recently unemployed staff of 38 Studios LLC, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s embattled gaming company, according to Boston.com. more
| 5/29/12
Massachusetts adds 2,500 jobs in April
BOSTON – Preliminary April 2012 estimates show that Massachusetts added 2,500 jobs over the month, for a total of 3.24 million jobs, according to the Mass. Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. more
5/28/12
Education key for long-term solution to unemployment
The most recent state-level employment figures remind us that this economic recovery, like the recession that preceded it, is astonishingly uneven across the United States. more
Guest Column: Edward Glaeser | 5/28/12
Collaboration crucial to boosting workforce skills
Dominique Fernandez’s life could have been very different. more
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