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LESLIE TAITO, CEO of RIMES, says collaborating with the RIEDC will help strengthen manufacturing in the state /

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...
U.S.-CHINA TALKS: Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, center left, chats with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today in Washington, D.C., as they and other delegates to the talks gather for a group portrait.  /

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...
HOUSES are remaining on the market longer, which is causing problems for some owners, The Warren Group says. Above, two homes for sale in Newton, Mass. /

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...
AT LOWE'S in Natick, Mass., store manager Brian Rebello, right, yesterday explains termite products to customer Joe O'Brien. The chain has lowered its annual earnings forecast, citing the real estate slump that continues to pare home-improvement sales. /

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,...
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