Opportunity abounds in ‘green’ tech innovations
Companies and entrepreneurs involved in sustainable design and architecture, redevelopment of brownfields, alternative energy and other “green” business opportunities are expected to flock to...
Flagship Trailways to install GPS for buses
JOHNSTON – Flagship Trailways is installing a new satellite security tracking system on its fleet of motor coaches. The new GPS system will be...
EDS offers grants for teachers, specialists
WARWICK – EDS, a global technology services company with a local office in Warwick, is inviting local school teachers and library media specialists to...
R.I. artists are engines for growth
A key component of the Providence renaissance has been the sweat equity that the region’s artistic community has put into settling and slowly rehabilitating...
STAC awards $1.5M in collaborative research grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) today awarded $1.5 million in Research Alliance grants to nine collaborative projects that bring...
Amgen profit rises 7.3% in 2007 despite 4Q sales slump
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) today posted a full-year profit of $3.17 billion, an increase of 7.3 percent from the 2006...
Textron’s full-year profit soars 52.6%
PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today posted a 52.6-percent increase in full-year profit, to $917 million in 2007 from $601 million in 2006,...
South Kingstown Chamber announces annual awards
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The winners of the 2007 business, citizen and educator of the year awards will be honored this Friday by the South...
Slater Fund invests another $250K in Genome Corp.
PROVIDENCE – Genome Corp., a biotechnology startup company, today announced it has received a second round of investment from the state’s taxpayer-supported venture-capital fund....
Bay State panel looks at weight-loss surgeries
BOSTON – A state-run center focused on patient safety and medical-error prevention has issued updated recommendations on weight-loss surgery, noting that the number of...
