Acushnet escalates golf-ball patent dispute
WILMINGTON, Del. – Fairhaven-based Acushnet Co., the golf-products division of Fortune Brands Inc. (NYSE: FO), today announced it has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against...
Konarka to invest $5M in New Bedford
LOWELL, Mass. – Bay State solar energy company Konarka Technologies Inc. has received a $5 million state loan to support the opening of its...
Central Landfill fertilizer plant in doubt
JOHNSTON – Beleaguered waste-to-fertilizer manufacturer Converted Organics Inc. today said it is reconsidering plans to build a 40,000-square-foot facility next to the R.I. Central...
AAA: Gas prices steady in R.I., rise in Mass.
PROVIDENCE – “The average price of gasoline in Rhode Island is unchanged this week,” after falling last week for the first time this year,...
Judge reverses council in Champlin’s appeal
PROVIDENCE – Superior Court Associate Justice Netti C. Vogel has reversed the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council’s denial of Champlin’s Realty Associates’ plan to...
Mass. Gov. Patrick looks for efficiency in state’s transportation
BOSTON – Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week announced plans to overhaul the state’s transportation system to “radically simplify while addressing serious...
PBN Executive Poll: Boosting Morale
Has your company been forced to restructure to offset the financial squeeze it is facing?
• Yes – 66.7%
• No ...
EPA awards $70K to Ion Signature
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has awarded $69,989 to North Smithfield-based Ion Signature Technology Inc. for the research...
BV Heritage Corridor gets $1.05M <br> in federal support in FY 2008
WOONSOCKET – The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission received nearly $1.05 million in federal support last year, according to...
Five Questions With: Brad Shipp
Despite all the attention given to corporate environmental efforts in recent years, a recent survey by Sovereign Bank found that just 5 percent of...
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