U.S. private payrolls dip 8,000 in September
ROSELAND, N.J. – Payrolls at U.S. companies shrank by 8,000 jobs last month, after losing a larger-than-previously-thought 37,000 jobs in August, ADP Employment Services...
Web-app entrepreneur to hold public Q&A
PROVIDENCE – The Business Innovation Factory and RI Nexus will hold a free event featuring Jason Fried, the founder and CEO of the Web...
AeA: R.I. tech exports up 12% in 2007
Rhode Island’s high-tech exports grew 12 percent in 2007, according to a new report from AeA, formerly known as the American Electronics Association.
The total...
Sovereign shares bounce back<br> as bank names new CEO
PHILADELPHIA – Sovereign Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: SOV) today announced that Paul A. Perrault will take over as president and CEO effective Jan. 3. He...
Board hikes fees at R.I.’s state colleges
CRANSTON – In a move that is “virtually unprecedented,” the R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education last night voted to raise fees at...
House, condo sales fall in R.I., nearby Mass.
BOSTON – Single-family home sales in Rhode Island last month fell 16.7 percent year-over-year to the slowest August sales pace of the past 15...
RIAR: Home sales, prices slide in August
WARWICK – The number of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island in August fell to 596, a 21.89-percent drop from the 763 sold during...
Planner chosen for I-195 area redevelopment
PROVIDENCE – Cambridge, Mass.-based Chan Krieger Sieniewicz is expected to be named to lead the team that will study the economic and marketing feasibility...
U.S. House defeats $700B bailout bill
WASHINGTON – The $700 billion bailout compromise announced yesterday by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. was rejected this afternoon by the U.S....
2009 business plan contest to award $150K
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition today launched its 2009 season, offering $150,000 in prizes for local students and entrepreneurs.
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