Insurer, lawyers fined $1.25M in 9/11 coverage case
Zurich American Insurance Group and two law firms representing the insurer have been fined $1.25 million for hiding evidence and denying coverage in a...
Dual-use applications are focus of undersea center
This spring, the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center awarded the University of Rhode Island $150,000 to create a Center of Excellence in Undersea Technology....
Embracing the defense market
An increasing number of technology workers in Rhode Island spend their days creating new technologies for the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies on...
No money for ALCO, RI-WINs in ’08
Rhode Island may not become the first state with a border-to-border wireless broadband network after all.
The R.I. Wireless Innovation Networks project is one of...
Donation helps R.I. Food Bank<br> through high-need months
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank recently received a tractor-trailer load of donated food from North Kingstown-based Ocean State Job Lot, its largest product...
Stocks plunge on fears of mortgage-bond losses
NEW YORK – U.S. stocks plunged today, in the worst week since early March for both the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and Dow...
2 new board members join ISO New England
HOLYOKE, Mass. – Roberta S. Brown and Richard E. Kessel have been elected to the board of directors of ISO New England Inc., effective...
Volunteers tally the street trees of Providence
PROVIDENCE – Mayor David N. Cicilline today announced the results of the Providence Tree Tally, an arboreal census of the city streets completed...
U.S. leading indicators rise 0.3% in May
NEW YORK – The index of U.S. Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.3 percent in May to 138 points (1996 = 100) after falling a...
Patrick creates Mass. Development Cabinet
BOSTON – Gov. Deval Patrick today signed an executive order officially establishing a Development Cabinet to help promote economic development and create jobs in...















