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...
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...
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...