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Rite-Solutions awarded $60.7M, 5-year naval contract

MIDDLETOWN – Rite-Solutions Inc., an engineering and information technology company, has been awarded a $60.7 million, five-year contract to support the Naval Undersea Warfare Center’s...

ConsumerAffairs: R.I. roads worst in nation

PROVIDENCE – The panning of Rhode Island’s roads continues.  ConsumerAffairs, a consumer news platform based in Oklahoma, listed the Ocean State’s roads as the worst...

R.I. Site Readiness Program has $1.4M to spend; April 19 deadline...

(Editor’s note: This is the second in an occasional series focused on questions from Providence Business News readers for R.I. Commerce Corp. Secretary Elizabeth...

Crafts retailer Joann files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 

NEW YORK (AP) – Fabric and crafts retailer Joann has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as consumers continue to cut back on discretionary spending.  In...

Federal Reserve is likely to preach patience as consumers, markets look...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Across the United States, many people are eagerly anticipating the Federal Reserve's first cut to its benchmark interest rate this year: Prospective...

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC’s Messier among PBN’s 2024 C-Suite Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey, chief business development officer for the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has been named the 2024 Career Achiever for...

Reed secures $263K for Genesis Center for health care workforce training...

PROVIDENCE – The Genesis Center recently received a $263,000 federal earmark from U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., to boost training for certified nursing, medical...

‘Here we go again’: Washington Bridge rebuild poses new challenge for businesses

PROVIDENCE – Just when many local businesses thought the threat of external forces such as the pandemic and a possible recession were behind them,...

Regional labor, energy leaders call for union-powered offshore wind advancements

PROVIDENCE – One day after South Fork Wind, the country's first large-scale offshore wind farm, opened off the coast of Long Island, green energy...

New Lifespan, Brown affiliation expected to be finalized by end of...

PROVIDENCE – Almost five months after announcing talks of strengthening their ties, Lifespan and Brown University are wrapping up new affiliation agreements, according to...
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