AAA: R.I. gasoline rises 3¢, to $2.609/gallon
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s self-service price for regular gasoline has risen 3 cents in the past week, in its sixth straight week of increases,...
New-home sales fall 3.9%; prices rise 4.6%
WASHINGTON – Sales of new single-family homes last month fell 3.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 848,000 homes, from January’s rate...
Even small companies seeking to protect data
UNICOM, a Woonsocket-based computer technology consulting company, was recently approached by a client concerned about the costs it would incur if its e-mail communications...
Supply-chain disruption is only one of many worries
As American manufacturers increasingly reach across the country and around the world for component parts, they risk becoming victims of disasters many time zones...
Wickford PR firm specializes in preparedness
Eric Cote had no idea when he and partner Ken D’Ambrosio set out to start a communications firm eight years ago that they’d develop...
Bills would lift cap on renewable-energy credit
A pair of bills now before the General Assembly would lift the caps on state personal income tax credits given to Rhode Island residents...
U.S. banks reap profits from China connections
Citizens Financial Group and Bank of America are among a vanguard of large U.S. banks that have bought stakes in Chinese banks and forged...
New chief brings global vision<br> to Center for Design and Business
The new Center for Design and Business reflects less of a restructuring by newly hired executive director Bill Foulkes, he says, than a “dramatic...
Spring arrives, tourism blooms, say state officials
In the upcoming tourism season, Providence will have 500 more hotel rooms than last year, and Newport will have a new historic inn, a...
Philharmonic raising $12M for school,
With a new location for all its music education programming, the Rhode Island Philharmonic is hoping to triple the enrollment at its Music School...
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