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Cox adds wireless to telephone services

WARWICK – Cox Communications entered the wireless telephone market in Rhode Island today, partnering with Sprint to launch cell phone service across New England. The...
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R.I.’s current condition? <br>Boffo, says URI prof

The Ocean State’s health took a U-turn for the better in May, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. His Current Conditions...
TAUNTON, MASS.-BASED Kopin is supplying Kodak with the electronic viewfinder for its new Z712 IS digital camera. /

Kopin to supply Kodak with camera viewfinder

TAUNTON, Mass.– Kopin Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN) announced today that Eastman Kodak Company has selected Kopin’s CyberEVF 230K-NF electronic viewfinder (EVF) for its new EASYSHARE...

Producer prices drop for first time in 2007

WASHINGTON - Led by decreases in prices paid for fuel and food, the cost that U.S. producers were paid for goods fell 0.2 percent...
A DEM grant of $56,250 is helping the East Providence Harbormaster purchase a pumpout boat like this one to help keep Narragansett Bay clean. /

DEM grant helps East Providence clean the Bay

EAST PROVIDENCE – The East Providence Harbor Department has received a $56,725 R.I. Department of Environmental Management grant to purchase a 23-foot pumpout boat....

Gasoline prices rise by 4 cents

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices rose an average of 4 cents per gallon over the past week, the second consecutive week of a...
MIKE SAUL is taking on the newly created position of managing director of finance programs for the R.I. EDC. /

RIEDC creates and fills new finance position

J. Michael Saul, executive director of the Urban Revitalization Fund (TURF), has been named the managing director of finance programs for the R.I. Economic...
SKETCHES BY Inclusion By Design show alternative ways to set up a community garden so people in wheelchairs or with limited mobility can tend to the plants. /

Taking accessibility down to the community level

When it’s completed, Southside Community Land Trust’s main office will have a handicapped-accessible entryway linked to a new deck and a ramp leading down...

Going ‘lean’ from the point a product is conceived

For the last several years, the buzzword in manufacturing has been “lean” – streamlined, efficient operations that reduce production costs. Wakefield-based Boothroyd Dew-hurst Inc....

Film festival promises windfall for R.I. businesses

Last year, the Rhode Island International Film Festival drew nearly 24,000 people to its screenings and other events, including 232 filmmakers who booked more...
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