RIMES to move into RIEDC’s offices
For 11 years, the Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Service – better known as RIMES – has helped the state’s manufacturers improve efficiency, revamp their...
Feedback sought on waterfront park design
PROVIDENCE – Two upcoming public meetings will showcase the design for the parks that are to be created on two waterfront parcel made available...
Paulson terms China talks ‘very productive’
WASHINGTON – Two days of what U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. described today as “very productive” talks with Chinese Vice Premier...
MBA: U.S. mortgage applications rise 1.6%
WASHINGTON – U.S. applications for housing loans increased last week, after declining the week before, according to a report today from the Mortgage Bankers...
Wu, Paulson face uphill battle in U.S.-China talks
WASHINGTON – As U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. and Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi this week ponder ways of easing tension between...
Mass. single-family home prices fall 4.7% in April
BOSTON – The median price of single-family homes in Massachusetts dipped in April for the 12th consecutive month, according to The Warren Group, while...
ICSC: U.S. retail sales fall 1.5% last week
NEW YORK – Sales at U.S. retail stores open at least one year fell 1.5 percent over the past week, after rising 0.8 percent...
PBN’s Myers joins 5 others<br> in receiving Metcalf Award
Providence Business News Staff Writer Natalie Myers was given one of seven Michael Metcalf Awards for Diversity in the Media by Rhode Island for...
R.I. EDC and RIMES announce new alliance
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Economic Development Corporation and Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Service today announced that, as part of “a new alliance aimed at...
Change of venue for May 24 IT workshop
PROVIDENCE – The IT disaster planning workshop slated for this Thursday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., has been moved to the Providence Biltmore,...













