Block Island airport gets nearly $1 million boost
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed last week announced the award of $927,542 in federal grant money for Block Island State Airport to expand...
CVS profits in 2Q exceed projections by analysts
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. has reported second-quarter profit and sales above the range predicted by analysts, getting a boost from the contributions of...
Island trust looks to preserve farms
The line of five wooden Holstein cows facing north and five wooden Belted Galloway beef cattle facing south on North Main Street in Jamestown...
New Quonset Gateway plan adds more office space
The Quonset Development Corporation and developer New Boston Development Partners LLC last week unveiled a revised plan for the proposed Gateway project in the...
MPM to run key downtown building
A Pennsylvania-based investment group that bought 170 Westminster St., the former Union Trust building in downtown Providence, on July 3 has hired MPM Property...
Kopin expanding Taunton production center
TAUNTON – With the help of a $3 million state development grant, the Kopin Corp. (Nasdaq: KOPN)today announced plans to increase the size of...
Cyberkinetics revenue down from 2006
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc., a medical device company focused on developing implantable products to treat neurological diseases and injuries of the...
Electronic Arts teams with Hasbro for video games
PAWTUCKET – Electronic Arts Inc., the world’s largest video-game publisher, will create titles based on Hasbro Inc.'s Monopoly, Scrabble and Yahtzee board games. The...
Import prices rise in July on petroleum increase
WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that higher petroleum prices drove up the U.S. Import Price Index 1.5...
Fed adds $19B by buying mortgage-backed debt
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has joined the European Central Bank in injected cash into the monetary system, as worries about the U.S. subprime...
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