Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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Covidien fiscal 1Q revenue rises 6.13%

HAMILTON, Bermuda, and MANSFIELD – For the fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 26, medical supply giant Covidien Ltd. (NYSE, BSX: COV) today posted a...
NO TIME FOR GAMES: Jeff Dronzek, owner of Learn All About It Toys in Warwick, said that he is expecting consumers to further curb spending because of the economy. /

In aggressive pursuit of customers

At Wishes Under Wrap, a 15-year-old gift-basket and gourmet-food shop in Johnston, owner Laurie Langford late last year found herself out around town, marketing...
RHODE ISLAND received the AAHS award during a Jan. 15 Statehouse ceremony. Shown at the event are, from left, R.I. Tourism Director Mark G. Brodeur, AAHS International Trustee Karen Dixon, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and AAHS President Joseph D. Cinque. /

Tourism in Ocean State gets boost

Srgjan Kerim, a diplomat from Macedonia and the president of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, visited Rhode Island last year...
CONTINUING ED: East Providence teachers Kimberly Paiva, left, Maggie Saunders, center and Nicole Monte work with science kits during professional-development training. /

Who pays for teacher training now?

It was a small cut, relative speaking, in Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s supplemental budget package – one that attracted little attention amid other, much...

Employee departures

In the past two years, which of the following has been a reason for employee departure? • Limited opportunities for advancement – ...
POWER BOATS: The annual Providence Boat Show, shown here in a picture from last year’s event, draws about 20,000 people to the city. /

Boat show stays afloat at R.I. Convention Center

Presenting a boat show in the midst of economic doldrums may seem like a questionable proposition, but organizers of the 16th Annual Providence Boat...
ERIC BUSCH, development director for SBER, said that the TIF bond will help create income-restricted housing and public improvements. /

Next phase of ALCO project to create <br> thousands of local...

The Providence City Council in December approved a tax-increment financing (TIF) plan for the American Locomotive Works project in Olneyville. The plan will allow...
TAKING UP SPACE: Albion Crossing, solely the home of A.T. Cross before a 2007 purchase-and-partial-leaseback deal, will get its first new tenant in Zebra Technologies. /

New tenant is coming to Lincoln&rsquo;s Albion Crossing

The A.T. Cross headquarters in Lincoln, which went through a purchase-and-partial-leaseback deal in 2007, will get its first new tenant this spring, the building’s...
BUILDING SOMETHING: AVTECH Software CEO Michael Sigourney shows off the company’s new headquarters, a soon-to-be-renovated mill in Warren. /

Warren mill to become AVTECH headquarters

For more than two years, AVTECH Software worked with the City of Newport to put together a plan to buy the former Sheffield School....
GIVING HIS ALL: David F. Guertin Jr. is the publisher of Philanthropists’ Journal, an online monthly magazine that debuted Jan. 1. /

Online journal dedicated<br> to philanthropy debuts in R.I.

Rhode Island’s self-styled “first and only online news source dedicated to philanthropy” debuted this month. Did you know … • John Clarke, co-founder of Rhode Island...
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