Franklin S. Prosnitzeditor
CytoTherapeutics clings to hope
CytoTherapeutics, a Lincoln based bio-technology company that is in the throes of winding down its Rhode Island operation after an unsuccessful trial of its...
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Economic Data
Total GDP: $165.3 billion
(1998 Revised estimate)
$164.4 billion (1999 Projection)
Real GDP Growth: -5.1%
(1998 Revised estimate)
0.5% (1999 Projection)
Per Capita GDP:...
VIETNAM
Total GDP: $26 billion (1998)
Real GDP Growth: 4.0% (1998)
Per Capita GDP: $332 (1998)
Inflation: 10% (1998)
Unemployment Rate: Urban: 6.8%, Rural: 3.9%...
RI shifts slowly to new economy
Rhode Island is in the middle of all states, and last in New England, in its ability to adapt to a dynamic new economy...
ISRAEL
Total GDP: $98 billion (1998)
Real GDP Growth: 3.0% (1998)
Per Capita GDP: $17,000 (1998)
Inflation: 9% (1998)
Unemployment Rate: 8.0% (1998)
Industrial Production:...
From TV news to video work to find stability
Company: Public Eye
Owner: Mary Maguire andJames O'Halloran
Number of employees: Two
Type of business: Video productions
Location: Norton, Mass
Year founded : 1995
Annual revenues...
Manufacturing jobs growing, report asserts; analysts demur
An Illinois company that reportedly measures manufacturing job growth, maintains that there are nearly 92,000 people employed in manufacturing jobs in Rhode Island and...
Robert O. Pare
Name: Robert O. Pare
Occupation: President, chief executive officer and chairman, Centreville Savings Bank.
Backround: First employed at Centreville 37 years ago as a...
‘Be happy, be entertained,’ ‘Male Intellect’ creator says
For Robert Duvac, known for his roles on television and in films, his one-person play, The Male Intellect, an oxymoron?, is as a much...
Economists see signs of slowdown in RI
While the Federal Reserve was debating last week how much to raise interest rates, economists locally were saying that the slowdown in the economy...
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