Cox boosts Internet speeds in N.E.
Cox Communications has rolled out changes to its residential high-speed Internet service that include the addition of Comcast Corp.’s “PowerBoost” speed-enhancement technology.
“Cox customers...
URI engineer invites ‘attacks’ on program
KINGSTON – As online shopping becomes more common, shoppers increasingly depend on consumer-based rating systems that vendors use to rate their products. Now, ...
Brown rare-periodicals project awarded grant
PROVIDENCE – The Modernist Journals Project, a joint effort by Brown University and the University of Tulsa, has been awarded a $332,823 grant from...
Study: RIte Care loss hurt workers’<br> health, finances, businesses
PROVIDENCE – A study commissioned by Ocean State Action, a consumer advocacy group, has found that home child care providers who were dropped from...
Quaker Fabric’s 1Q loss widens to $5.1M
FALL RIVER – Quaker Fabric Corp. says it lost $5.1 million or 30 cents per diluted share in the first quarter, 23.7 percent worse...
$50K grant goes to affordable housing project
The Pawtucket Citizens Development Corporation has received the 2007 Citizens Bank Housing Heroes Award, which comes with a $50,000 grant from the Citizens Bank...
Gov. Patrick addresses rising foreclosure crisis
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick has announced regulatory action and proposed legislation to assist Massachusetts families facing foreclosure.
“It is vital that we have...
Sailing is this publisher’s world
In 1974, Murray Davis, an Australian writer and sailing enthusiast, washed up on Newport’s shore with an idea for a magazine aimed at serious...
CVS executive earns award for health efforts
The R.I. Department of Health recently presented CVS/Caremark Corp. executive Diana Lemoine with its Community Partnership Award. This award is presented to individuals and...
R.I. breaks jobs records, but slowdown predicted
Figures from the R.I. Department of Labor and Training show the number of jobs in Rhode Island grew by 4,500 from March 2006 to...
