URI expert to lead ocean-observing drive
NARRAGANSETT – Local ocean-engineering educator and consultant Malcolm L. Spaulding has been elected president of the new Northeast Regional Association for Coastal Ocean...
Simulia parent’s 4Q earnings fall 10%-17%
PARIS and PROVIDENCE – Dassault Systèmes, the French parent company of Providence-based virtual-testing developer Simulia, saw its earnings shrink at least 10...
FM Global to continue hiring in 2009
JOHNSTON – Global property insurance giant FM Global added 180 full-time workers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts during 2008 and “is anticipating continued employment...
DUPLICATE // Auto sales freeze may be thawing
Chris Hurd is breathing a sigh of relief, at least for the moment.
As the owner of Hurd Auto Mall in Johnston, Hurd oversees 15...
BofA gets $138B federal investment, guarantees
WASHINGTON – The federal government has agreed to invest another $20 billion in Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) and protect the bank against...
New hurdle for LNG as U.S. Senate protects river
WASHINGTON – In another blow to oil giant Hess Corp.’s plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River, the U.S....
NAHB seeks share of stimulus package
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Home Builders have started a lobbying campaign for a share of the proposed multibillion-dollar federal economic stimulus package,...
Five Questions With: Brother Edmond Prescourt
The De La Salle Christian Brothers early last year announced plans to build a 132-unit mixed-income housing development on the organization’s 106-acre parcel in...
Suffolk to renovate two Brown halls
BOSTON – The renovations of two Brown University residence halls, Caswell and Slater halls, will be managed by Boston-based Suffolk Construction’s education branch, the...
A.G. Lynch wants amended bankruptcy code
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, along with the attorneys general of 21 other states, this month sent a letter to ...
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