Thursday, March 28, 2024

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$20M fund to buy foreclosed Mass. homes

CHELSEA, Mass. – In an effort to combat a rising tide of foreclosures, Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick today announced the creation of a...
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R.I. home sales fall compared with May 2007

BOSTON – Despite improving spring weather, sales of single-family homes in Rhode Island fell to 688 in May, a decline of 13.89 percent compared...

Landmark R.I. lead-paint verdict overturned

PROVIDENCE – In a unanimous ruling this morning, the R.I. Supreme Court rejected the landmark decision against former lead-pigment makers, holding that public-nuisance law...
FILL OUT THE FORM for the Data Center Capital Cost Calculator, for instance, and TradeOff Tools will not only calculate total costs but also provide pie charts showing how big a share of the expense comes from raised floors or a back-up power system. /

APC TradeOff Tools ease data-center design

WEST KINGSTON – APC this week announced a new line of Web-based applications, called TradeOff Tools, intended to simplify data-center concept development...
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9 R.I. communities seek property-tax waivers

PROVIDENCE – Nine cities and towns so far have requested permission for property-tax increases exceeding this year’s state cap of 5.0 percent, according to...

American Foam offers $6.3M in Station fire

PROVIDENCE – American Foam Corp. has filed a tentative $6.3 million settlement with victims and survivors of the 2003 fire at The Station in...

Slater invests another $250K in Creative Circle

PROVIDENCE – Slater Technology Fund today announced it has committed another $250,000 to media software developer Creative Circle Advertising Solutions Inc., bringing its total...
MOTORISTS stop for gasoline in Los Angeles, at a 76 station at Pico Boulevard and Oakhurst Drive. Next door, concealed by the beige tower, is an oil-drilling operation. With crude oil soaring above $140 per barrel, the state is eyeing its old wells, including thousands in L.A. /

AAA: Price of gas holds steady in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – “As Rhode Island drivers prepare to head out for their Fourth of July vacations, they are finding gasoline prices high but relatively...
KIMBALL HALL says a supportive work culture has helped her rise through the ranks at Amgen. /

Supportive work culture, resolve fueled her rise

Kimball Hall credits the culture at Amgen Inc. with supporting her rise through the ranks to her current position, vice president and general manager...
AMERICANS WHO IDENTIFIED themselves as artists in 2005 numbered 1.99 million - more than doctors, farmers and those in the legal profession. (To view a full-size version of this chart, click here.) /

Design community is growing in the Ocean State

When Malcolm Grear, professor emeritus at the Rhode Island School of Design, opened his design studio in Providence nearly 50 years ago, a lot...
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