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R.I. has 6th-least government employees
PROVIDENCE – Contrary to popular belief, Rhode Island does not have all that many state and local government workers compared with other states, a...
Wi-Fi to stay free on Acela trains
PROVIDENCE – Amtrak said Wednesday it has decided to make free wireless Internet service a permanent offering on its Acela Express trains and to...
Five Questions With: Ryan Chan
Ryan Chan, a 2010 Brown University graduate, is CEO of Speramus, a startup founded at Brown that helps nonprofits with development efforts.
PBN: What is...
Digital Ark moves to Providence’s Plant
PROVIDENCE – Digital-preservation firm The Digital Ark Corp. has moved its offices from Newport to The Plant, a renovated mill building on Valley Street.
The...
Is Towerstream AT&T’s Wi-Fi supplier?
MIDDLETOWN – Shares of broadband provider Towerstream Corp. have jumped more than 30 percent over the last week after an influential investor suggested AT&T...
Early BIF-6 registration ends Wednesday
PROVIDENCE – The Business Innovation Factory is reminding people that there are only two days left to buy discounted tickets to the nonprofit’s sixth...
R.I. gas prices fall 18 cents as oil slumps
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen for the third week in a row, AAA Southern New England reported Tuesday.
The auto club’s...
Hasbro CFO honored by March of Dimes
PROVIDENCE – Deborah Thomas, chief financial officer of Hasbro Inc., has been named 2010 Citizen of the Year by the March of Dimes Rhode...
Covidien to buy Minn.’s ev3 for $2.6B
(Updated, 9:55 a.m.)
MANSFIELD – Covidien Plc has agreed to pay $2.6 billion to buy ev3 Inc., a maker of products used in treating heart...
After bleak period, Sensata rebounds
The situation looked bleak early last year at Sensata Technologies Inc.
The Attleboro company saw first-quarter sales plunge 38 percent as the financial crisis crushed...
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