Susan A. Baird
Towerstream posts record sales in ’08
MIDDLETOWN – WiMax provider Towerstream Corp. (Nasdaq: TWER) saw its net loss widen last year to $13.38 million, a 57.34 percent increase from its...
Northeast Engineers to acquire R.I. Wind
MIDDLETOWN – SGE / Northeast Engineers & Consultants Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire two-year-old Rhode Island Wind and...
Lifespan to freeze pay, trim benefits
PROVIDENCE – A pay freeze for all Lifespan employees, cutbacks in education and training benefits and the elimination of the nonprofit health care system’s...
URI chemist invents new process
KINGSTON – University of Rhode Island organic chemist Brenton DeBoef has been awarded a $550,000 National Science Foundation grant to further develop his new...
APC to idle 75 workers, transfer 25
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – APC by Schneider Electric plans to eliminate about 75 jobs at its manufacturing facilities in Rhode Island and transfer another 25,...
General Growth in deals with lenders
CHICAGO – Mall owner General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) last night announced agreements with its lenders.
The real estate investment trust (REIT) said its administrative...
N.E. Tech plans 123kW wind, solar farm
WARWICK – New England Institute of Technology today announced plans for wind and solar energy projects, at its Access Road campus along Interstate 95,...
A bad year for local gambling venues
DARTMOUTH – Twin River saw its gambling revenue increase over the past year, defying the trend at most of the region’s casinos and slot...
Coty to lease 5,500 sq. ft. in Cumberland
CUMBERLAND – The Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island Inc. today announced that global beauty-products company Coty Inc. has signed a lease on 5,500...
R.I. economic decline slows in January
KINGSTON – “Rhode Island started 2009 with two bits of good news,” University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro wrote in his monthly economic...
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