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Omni grows presence on Fed. Hill
The Omni Group Inc. has nearly made one corner of Federal Hill its own.
While development activity in most parts of the city is slow,...
Zipcar looking to spread beyond downtown, colleges
Zipcar is measuring environmental progress in the number of green-decaled cars it’s spreading through the streets of Providence.
The vehicles are central to the Cambridge,...
While others contract, EB is ramping up for growth
It’s a strange and wonderful time at Electric Boat. While most of the American defense sector contracts under federal budget cuts, the Groton, Conn.-based...
Workers stitch firm back to health
The founding of North East Knitting Inc. in Pawtucket from the ashes of a bankrupt elastic-textile maker 27 years ago followed a Hollywood script...
Suspended city loan program victim of own success
(Updated, 10:08 a.m., April 9)
121nexus used its $50,000 Providence Innovation Investment Program loan to hire its first employee and four interns to develop a...
Theaters get the picture, begin investing in digital
Few plot twists sound more cruel or ominous for small, independent cinemas than the death of film.
Hollywood’s decision to abandon the grainy flicker of...
Providence seen as potential hub for brain research
When the Brown University researchers who formed BrainGate Co. enabled a paralyzed woman to operate a robotic arm through thought, scientists around the world...
Malls investing to lure target demographics
Change is afoot at Providence-area shopping malls.
Even as the Internet reshapes the retail industry around them, several of the region’s most prominent shopping hubs...
Navy looks to ease turbine concerns
The controversy that’s surrounded wind turbines on Aquideck Island this year isn’t stopping Naval Station Newport from moving ahead with plans for the largest...
Teknor Apex sees opportunity in biodegradable plastics
Dustin Hoffman’s character in “The Graduate” may not have dedicated his life to plastics, but it worked out well for William Murray, the Lincoln...
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