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AHA recognizes R.I. firms

Nonprofit 03/13/2015

PROVIDENCE – The American Heart Association recognized several Rhode Island employers recently for promoting physical activity and health in the workplace. The AHA’s “Fit Friendly...

Energy fund gets $20K grant

Nonprofit 03/13/2015

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Good Neighbor Energy Fund has received a $20,000 grant from TransCanada, one of its energy sponsors. The fund is...

Scrabble Ball raises $1.1M for hospital

Nonprofit 03/13/2015

PROVIDENCE – With a view of the Scrabble game board and other décor as a backdrop, more than 900 guests on March 7 attended...

RHODE ISLAND'S JOBLESS RATE DROPPED to 6.5 percent in January. Estimated nonfarm employment totaled 481,700 in January, reflecting a gain of 6,600 jobs from January 2014. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

Jobless rate drops in January to 6.5%

Workplace 03/12/2015

PROVIDENCE - The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January dropped to 6.5 percent, three-tenths of a percentage point lower than December 2014, according to...

Economic summit highlights time it takes students to graduate college

Education 03/12/2015

PROVIDENCE - Newly calculated and troubling graduation and remedial education rates at Rhode Island’s public institutions of higher education are the impetus for proposed...

SALES INCREASED 22.5 percent to $2.02 billion in the second quarter that ended Jan. 31, from $1.6 billion in the second quarter of 2014, for United Natural Foods. / COURTESY UNITED NATURAL FOODS

UNFI reports sales increase, profit decrease in 2Q

Economic Activity 03/10/2015

PROVIDENCE – United Natural Foods Inc., a distributor of natural, organic and specialty products, released second-quarter earnings this week, showing an increase in sales,...

BROWN UNIVERSITY ranked 35th in graduate school rankings for medical research and 57th in primary care, according to the latest annual graduate school rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News & World Report rates grad schools: Brown 35th for...

Economic Activity 03/10/2015

PROVIDENCE - Brown University ranked 35th in graduate school rankings for medical research and 57th in primary care, according to the latest annual graduate...

MEDICAID SPENDING per enrollee was greater in Rhode Island than in Connecticut and Massachusetts in 2011. It also was higher than the national average, according to a report by the College & University Research Collaborative. / COURTESY THE COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE

Study: Refining managed care could control gov’t costs for Medicaid in...

Education 03/10/2015

PROVIDENCE - A study released Tuesday on the “Impact of Expanding Medicaid” suggests refinements to managed care may be a means of controlling government...

A PROMISED gift of artwork from David Rockefeller's estate includes an eighth-century, Tang dynasty figure of a standing court lady that was displayed in his office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The artwork will soon be displayed at the RISD Museum, as part of a $2.5 million gift Rockefeller pledged to the museum to support decorative arts and design. / COURTESY DAVID ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION

Rockefeller gives $2.5M to RISD Museum to support decorative arts, design

Education 03/09/2015

PROVIDENCE – Banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller has given a $2.5 million gift to the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. The gift includes $2...