Economic Activity

RICK CLARK unloads his shopping cart outside the Costco Wholesale store in Sandy Springs, Ga., last Thursday. Costco, the largest U.S. warehouse club, posted a 7-percent increase in May same-store sales, surprising analysts, who predicted a 5.7-percent gain. /

ICSC: U.S. retail sales rise 1%

Economic Activity 06/12/2007

NEW YORK – Sales at U.S. retail stores open at least one year rose 1.0 percent over the past week, erasing the previous week’s...

DESPITE THE SLUMP in the subprime mortgage market, Pianalto told the gathering, other sectors of the economy remain 'solid.' Above, a crane loads containers for onto a ship at the Port of Portland, Ore., on June 8. U.S. exports hit a record high in April. /

Pianalto: ‘Fed cannot afford to be complacent’

Economic Activity 06/12/2007

DUBLIN – U.S. inflation is higher than she would like, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto told a conference yesterday at the...

Patrick names 3 to lead school Readiness Project

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

BOSTON – A week after announcing his new vision for education reform, Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday announced he has tapped three people to oversee...

Randall Realtors named an up-and-coming firm

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

WESTERLY – For the third consecutive year, Randall Realtors GMAC has been listed in RIS Media’s Real Estate Magazine and Real Trends as one...

GASOLINE PRICES in Rhode Island remain below those in much of the nation, AAA said. Above, Leticia Cardona pumps gas into her van at a station in Chicago. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 6¢ to $3.009/gallon

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices have fallen for the second consecutive week after 15 weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England....

Mashpee Tribe still considering New Bedford<br> as casino site, despite Middleboro land...

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. – Trading Cove at Mashpee, the equity partnership teaming up with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to develop and operate a casino in...

Small business ‘matchmaker’ summit<br> on federal contracting runs through Wednesday

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

WARWICK – More than 500 small businesses from across the Northeast and 80 federal agencies and prime contractors are expected to attend the Small...

CHARLIE GOSS works in the Artiste Historic Windows shop, making wooden windows such as the ones overhead, about 1,500 of which will be needed just for the Hope Webbing mill. 'We're making windows that look historically accurate, using modern techniques,' says shop manager Dennis Lussier. /

Making ‘historic’ mill windows<br> on an industrial scale

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

What do you do when you’re rehabbing a late-1800s/early 1900s mill and need to replace about 1,500 windows – yet keep them authentic, to...

BAYKEEPER John Torgan shows a tour group the coastal buffer zone at the Save the Bay Center in Providence, which also uses a green roof and other runoff-reducing low-impact design (LID) features. /

CRMC, General Assembly agree:<br> Less runoff is good runoff

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

While the Smart Development for a Cleaner Bay Act of 2007 percolates through the legislative process, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has...

STORYCORPS started in October 2003, with a booth in the Grand Central Terminal in New York City and has gone on to gather oral histories in 39 states. Now, through June 30, it is taping in Providence. /

Capturing American life in intimate conversations

Economic Activity 06/11/2007

The interviews are deeply personal, intimate conversations – between friends, siblings, life partners, a child and a parent – about experiences that...

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