Susan A. Baird
RIH workers reject pay-freeze plan
PROVIDENCE – Union health care workers at Lifespan’s Rhode Island Hospital voted 876 to 14 against the pay freeze and other givebacks requested by...
EAP&D idles 2 local lawyers, 7 other staff
PROVIDENCE – Nine local workers, and 60 nationwide, were laid off this week by Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, the law firm’s Providence...
R.I. improves to No. 5 in unemployment
WASHINGTON – Although the jobless rate in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut continued to rise in February, all three states saw their unemployment picture...
Summer Infant in $4.9M sale-leaseback
WOONSOCKET – Summer Infant Inc. (Nasdaq: SUMR, SUMRW) today announced an austerity plan that includes the sale-leaseback of its corporate headquarters and plans to...
Providence area slips in Forbes ranking
NEW YORK – Boston moved into the top half among major metropolitan areas nationwide, while the Providence and Worcester areas both lost ground, in...
P&W posts $166,000 profit for 2008
WORCESTER – Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. (Nasdaq: PWX) posted a 2008 profit of $166,000, compared with its 2007 net loss of $652,000. Earnings...
R.I. awards $2M for worker training
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Governor’s Workforce Board has awarded 77 Comprehensive Worker Training grants to help provide on-the-job training for nearly 6,700 Rhode Island...
Textron Financial adds special-assets EVP
PROVIDENCE – Textron Financial Corp. today announced it has hired Stewart L. Cohen, a finance veteran with more than 20 years experience in asset...
Brown study may mean cheaper fuel cells
PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University chemists appear to have overcome a key challenge to the use of palladium as a less-expensive catalyst in fuel...
Alliance Time buys three Colibri brands
NEW YORK and EAST PROVIDENCE – Jewelry and accessories distributor Alliance Time today announced it has acquired the “entire inventory of goods, intellectual property...
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