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"QUALIFYING FIRMS must have less than 250 employees and be judged by the IRS to have both a reasonable potential to achieve one or more of the therapeutic goals and the greatest likelihood to foster the domestic economic benefits," said Michael Corrente, managing director of CBIZ Tofias. /

Five Questions With: Michael Corrente

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – otherwise known as the health care reform legislation – companies investing in qualified life-science research...

Plan to double bandwidth set to debut

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is expected to propose Monday a near-doubling of the airwaves available for smartphones, laptop connections to the Internet and...
AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS gave signs in May that they are gaining confidence in the economic recovery, as consumer spending increased 0.2 percent, more than expected by economists. /

May consumer spending beats forecasts

WASHINGTON – Consumer spending in the United States rose in May more than forecast, a sign households are gaining confidence in the recovery and...

Governor vetoes two health care bills

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has vetoed two health care-related bills that had been approved by the General Assembly: one to require state...

OB-GYN group disciplined for IUDs

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has issued a compliance order to OB-GYN Associates Inc., a large group practice with seven offices across...
FRAME BY FRAME: Reaction frames set up for testing wind-turbine power at the University of Maine. The large, blue frames help 
simulate the impact of traffic, wind or other stresses over time. /

Like R.I., Maine eyes wind power

Rising energy prices shock the populace, and the governor clamors for action, setting up a task force to explore the potential of offshore wind...

Lifting of oil ban overreaches, as does ban itself

So President Barack Obama overdid it by slapping a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. He acted more on fear...

No time for politics as usual on casino vote

Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s veto of legislation allowing voters to decide whether to expand gambling at either or both of the state’s two gaming...

Textron sells 80 armored vehicles to police in Iraq

PROVIDENCE – Iraq’s Interior Ministry has signed an agreement to spend roughly $94 million on armored military vehicles built by a Textron Inc. subsidiary. Textron...

McLaughlin wins $10.5M contract with U.S. Navy

MIDDLETOWN – The U.S. Navy has awarded McLaughlin Research Corp. a five-year contract worth up to $10.5 million for acoustic-system support services at the...
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