Susan A. Baird
Pending home sales plunge record 12.2% in July
WASHINGTON – The number of contracts signed for existing homes in July fell 12.2 percent from their June level, after rising 5.0 percent a...
BV Community Health Care gets $750K IT grant
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is awarding a $750,000 health information technology grant to Blackstone Valley Community Health...
Mass. foreclosure notices more than double
BOSTON – Foreclosure petitions and auction announcements in Massachusetts surged last month, according to the latest figures from The Warren Group. Compared with July...
Cross sees double-digit sales, profit growth in 2Q
LINCOLN – Showing continued financial strength, A.T. Cross Co. (AMEX: ATX) today reported a second-quarter profit of $990,000, more than double its posted...
URI researchers find surprise change <br> in biochemistry of Narragansett Bay
NARRAGANSETT – University of Rhode Island scientists studying the sediments and plankton of Narragansett Bay have found an unexpected increase in the amount of...
Slater-backed startup envisions better hearing devices
Ralph Beckman watched his father lose his hearing and struggle to find a hearing aid that could help him. Nothing worked quite right. In...
Southwest to cut 2 flights from T.F. Green this fall
Southwest Airlines announced plans last Wednesday to eliminate 39 flights nationwide in the fourth quarter, including two flights per day from T.F. Green Airport.
In...
Slater invests $250,000 in startup Bionica
PROVIDENCE – Bionica Corp., a local startup that is working to create a new category of “personal communications system” for the hearing-impaired, has attracted...
Quonset board gives OK to 43-acre yacht facility
The Quonset Development Corporation has given its preliminary approval to a 43-acre megayacht construction and repair facility proposed by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Island Global...
Luxury condos being built<br> on old Katharine Gibbs school site
The Armory Revival Co. and Myles Standish Associates broke ground last week for a luxury condominium complex at the former Katharine Gibbs School site...
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