Slater invests $3.1M in FY07, marks record returns
The state-backed Slater Technology Fund is “optimistic” about fiscal 2008, “after significant success in the fiscal year ending June 30,” the state-backed venture capital...
Renaissance brings local arts scene closer to guests
Walking into the small room next to the Renaissance Providence Hotel’s front desk, the first things you see are locally designed Providence T-shirts and...
Tailoring suits to fit ‘like a glove’
The phone call to Frank’s Fine Tailoring had a definite cloak-and-dagger feel to it.
“An old friend of yours wants to see you,” the voice...
Citizens gives backpacks to more than 12,000 kids
The Citizens Bank Foundation, through a grant to Recycling for Rhode Island Education, supplied more than 12,000 non-logo backpacks containing donated school supplies to...
Businesses fighting for the waterfront
Eight water-dependent companies last week announced they have formed an alliance to oppose a plan to “gentrify” the Allens Avenue industrial corridor through rezoning.
“Providence...
R.I. files $2.4B lead abatement plan
PROVIDENCE – In the latest development following a Rhode Island jury’s landmark verdict last year against three former lead paint manufacturers, R.I. Attorney General...
Retail and food-service sales rise 0.3%
WASHINGTON – U.S. retail and food-service sales in August rose 0.3 percent compared with July to $377.6 billion, or 3.7 percent above their August...
Industrial production falls 0.2% in August
WASHINGTON – U.S. industrial production last month fell 0.2 percent from its month-ago level, after rising 0.5 percent in July, the Federal Reserve said...
DEM awards $169,200 for watershed protection
PROVIDENCE – Seven transitional wetlands restoration projects have been awarded a total of $169,200 in assistance from the R.I. Department of Environmental Management. The...
CCI: R.I. economy ‘disappointing’ in July
KINGSTON – The Ocean State opened the third quarter with “a disappointing economic performance,” University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro wrote in his...
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