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EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION COSTS rose nationally and in New England in June 2013 / COURTESY U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTUCS

Employee compensation rises in New England

Personnel 07/31/2013

WASHINGTON – Total compensation costs, as well as wage and salary costs, for private industry New England workers increased in the three-month and 12-month...

GreenBytes names new VP

Technology 07/31/2013

PROVIDENCE – GreenBytes Inc., a developer of virtual desktop and cloud-scale IO-offload and data deduplication solutions, chose Chris Brandon as its new vice president...

TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY is adding three new actors to its resident company for the first time since 2005 / FLICKR.COM/GARY KOELLING

Trinity Rep makes first additions to resident company since 2005

Economic Activity 07/30/2013

PROVIDENCE – The Trinity Repertory Company added three actors to its resident acting company roster, the State Theater of Rhode Island announced Monday. The...

CONSTRUCTION JOBS FELL in the Providence metro area in June, against the national trend / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SAM HODGSON

Providence metro construction jobs down in June

Capital Goods 07/30/2013

ARLINGTON – Rhode Island construction employment declined five percentage points between June 2012 and June 2013, according to an analysis of federal employment data...

OFFSHORE WIND FARM leases will be up for auction Wednesday for two areas off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/CHRIS RATCLIFFE

Offshore wind farm lease auction to open Wednesday

Natural Resources 07/29/2013

WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold the monetary phase of an auction for two federal lease areas off the coast...

GOV. LINCOLN D. CHAFEE addresses a crowd at a forum held at CCRI's Newport campus. The Governor announced over the weekend the state will hold four public forums on living and working in Rhode Island next week. / PBN PHOTO/CATIA CUEN

Chafee to hold forums on working and living in R.I.

Government 07/29/2013

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Division of Planning’s Statewide Planning Program, RhodeMap RI, will sponsor four public forums next week to gather input from citizens...

LIN TV updates timing for reorganization

Economic Activity 07/24/2013

PROVIDENCE – The trading price of class A common stock of LIN TV Corp., a local multimedia company, increased approximately 32 percent since the...

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE has tapped School of Management Professor Lawrence Wilson as head of the college's new future leaders initiative. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

RIC launches ‘future leaders’ initiative

Education 07/24/2013

PROVIDENCE – In an effort to improve students’ opportunities entering the job market as well as to cultivate future state leaders, Rhode Island College...

MBtech Group chooses VectorCAST

Technology 07/24/2013

EAST GREENWICH – The VectorCAST platform from software testing solutions firm Vector Software Inc., has been chosen by engineering and consulting service provider MBtech...