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$3.3M jobs program relying on private-industry help

State labor officials last week unveiled a $3.3 million work force development program that will rely heavily on private industry to fine-tune job-training programs...
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Can sculptures are a boon for Ocean State food bank

High protein, canned tuna “is like gold” to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank due to its high nutritional value, said public relations manager...
ABOUT 19 ACRES on the west side of the Providence River will be freed up for development after part of I-195 is removed for the Iway project, shown in the foreground. /

Firm will study options for former highway land

When the R.I. Department of Transportation removes the downtown section of Interstate 195, state and city leaders hope that whatever’s built on the 19.2...

Southwest delays jets, expects no credit fallout

Southwest Airlines Co., the largest low-fare carrier, pared planned 2009 jet deliveries by almost a third as travel demand cools and said it sees...

Applegate: During tough times, go after money owed

Jane Applegate, an author of four books about entrepreneurial success, last week told an audience that included small-business owners that the recent meltdown on...

Manufacturing contracts most since 2001 recession

Manufacturing in the U.S. contracted in September at the fastest pace since the last recession as the credit crisis spread beyond Wall Street. The Institute...

Hasbro’s animated puppy among year’s hottest toys

Mattel Inc.’s Elmo Live, an animated puppy from Hasbro Inc. and toys that connect to the Internet may be among the bestsellers this year...
BRENDA DANN-MESSIER, president and CEO of Dorcas Place, and Christopher Buchanan, senior manager for public affairs at Wal-Mart, joined adult-education        students to thank the Wal-Mart Foundation for their gift of $25,000 to support adult education and work force-literacy programs at Dorcas Place. /

Wal-Mart donates to Rhode Island nonprofits

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced nine new Wal-Mart Foundation grants totaling $225,000 to nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island. Nine $25,000 grants will support a wide...
MINORITY WHIP Roy Blunt, R-Mo., speaks about the revised rescue plan at the Capitol today. Listening are fellow House Republicans, from left, John Boehner of Ohio, Eric Cantor of Virginia and Adam Putnam of Florida. /

House OKs rescue plan, 263-171

WASHINGTON – The administration’s $700 billion plan to bail out the financial markets was approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives by a...

Deepwater to tackle N.J. wind project

TRENTON, N.J. – Deepwater Wind, the company named last week to build the first offshore wind farm in Rhode Island, today was awarded a...
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