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THE RHODE ISLAND JOBS CORPS is currently accepting applications for students ages 16 to 24 for its education and job training program.

Rhode Island Job Corps accepts applications for young adult job training

BOSTON – The Rhode Island Job Corps education and training center is currently accepting students for a U.S. Department of Labor program that provides...
THE R.I. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is teaming up with the R.I. Department of Health on a healthcare and life science trade mission to Israel.

EDC, Health Dept. plan trade mission to Israel

PROVIDENCE – The director of the R.I. Department of Health, Dr. Michael Fine, will lead a Rhode Island healthcare and life science trade mission...
THE GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE BOARD HAS issued roughly $130,000 in grants, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee's office announced Tuesday.  / PBN FILE PHOTO FRANK MULLIN

Workforce Board awards total of $130K to 36 R.I. businesses

PROVIDENCE – The Governor’s Workforce Board has issued roughly $130,000 in grants to 36 Rhode Island businesses in the most recent round of the...

SBA: Businesses affected by Sandy face Aug. 14 deadline

ATLANTA – Working capital loans will be available to Rhode Island businesses until the application deadline on Aug. 14, the U.S. Small Business Administration...
TWIN RIVER'S GROWTH in the past six years is largely due to visitors from Massachusetts, according to the University of Massachusetts Center for Policy Analysis's 2013 New England Casino Gaming Update.  / PBN PHOTO BY STEPHANIE EWENS

Study: Mass. gamblers account for Twin River growth

DARTMOUTH - The University of Massachusetts Center for Policy Analysis released its 2013 New England Casino Gaming Update on Sunday. The annual release reports...
FITCH RATINGS LTD. has rated the city of Woonsocket's $115 million general obligation bonds as "B," stable. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SCOTT EELLS

Fitch rates Woonsocket bonds ‘B,’ stable

NEW YORK – The city of Woonsocket’s $115 million outstanding general obligation bonds have been rated at “B,” by global rating firm Fitch Ratings....
WITH A $942,513 grant to community health centers in Rhode Island, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expects that nearly 20,000 people will be enrolled in health care coverage that are not today.

HHS sends $940K to community health centers to enroll more

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $941,513 in grants to Rhode Island health centers, department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced...
THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME in Newport has named Fila has its official apparel and footwear supplier.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Fila named official supplier of Tennis Hall of Fame

NEWPORT – Fila has been made the official apparel and footwear supplier of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum. The multiyear sponsorship...
ALONG WITH the executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, Mayor Angel Taveras announced two free programs available to the city's children and teenagers this summer.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Taveras, Boys & Girls Club announce summer programs

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Angel Taveras and executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, Nicole Dufresne, announced two free programs that will...
AMGEN INC. and French pharmaceuticals company Servier have announced a collaboration agreement. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO

Amgen partners with French pharmaceuticals company

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Biotechnology company Amgen Inc., which has a manufacturing plant in West Greenwich, and France-based pharmaceuticals company Servier announced a collaboration...
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