Automakers can do better; just<br> look at their European models
To the editor,
Here are some of the real facts: As adults, the Detroit Three corporate management hopefully understood (and still understand) the intent of...
DEM to present KeepSpace discussion at RIAR
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Environmental Management will hold a roundtable discussion this coming Monday, May 12, of Rhode Island Housing’s KeepSpace Community...
Star Gas posts 44.5% decline in 2Q profit
STAMFORD, Conn. – The nation’s largest retail distributor of home heating oil, Star Gas Partners L.P. (NYSE: SGU), posted a profit of $41.6 million...
Clam transplant is first step<br> for new conservation alliance
CHARLESTOWN – Volunteers working for a new public-private conservation partnership today transplanted more than 90,000 clams, collectively weighing nearly 20,000 pounds, into Ninegret Pond.
The...
Parent company to update APC facility
WEST KINGSTON – France-based Schneider Electric will invest “$3 million to $4 million” in the American Power Conversion facility on South Kingstown’s Fairgrounds Road,...
Shoreline cleanup set to begin in New Bedford
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be teaming up this month and next to excavate contaminated...
Kopin wins NASA solar-cell development contract
TAUNTON – Kopin Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN), a provider of transistor wafers for cellular phones and wireless networks, last week announced it has secured a...
Washington Trust’s Red Sox promotion on deck
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. is bringing back its Red Sox checking promotion, in which the bank gives away replica Major League Baseball...
Business up in non-manufacturing industries
TEMPE, Ariz. – The U.S. non-manufacturing sector expanded in April for the first time this year, surprising analysts, according to a report today from...
Gas rises 2¢, diesel falls 1¢ in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices are up another 2 cents this week, the sixth consecutive week of increases but the smallest one-week increase in the...
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