‘Green’ profits predicted
The “green” movement currently sweeping the globe – with governments, companies and consumers taking steps to reduce their energy usage and to adopt environmentally-friendly...
APC among foreign firms investing heavily in R.I.
Foreign investments play an essential and increasingly important role in our economy, both in Rhode Island and the nation as a whole.
That point was...
Industrial production shrinks 0.7%
WASHINGTON – U.S. factory, mine and utility output fell 0.7 percent last month, after rising a revised 0.2 percent in March, the Federal Reserve...
RI.gov hosts live webcast of lead-paint hearing
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the state’s landmark lead paint case from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today...
Save The Bay wins Tourism Achievement Award
Save The Bay was honored today with the 2008 R.I. Tourism Achievement Award, in recognition of its decades of unwavering commitment to protecting, restoring...
Consumer prices edge up 0.2% in April
WASHINGTON – The nationwide Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent last month, slowing from March’s 0.3-percent...
Amgen wins local conservation award
WEST GREENWICH – Amgen Inc. was honored this month for its resource conservation program at the Environment Council of Rhode Island’s ninth annual Senator...
R.I. gas prices rise 10¢, to 5th record high
PROVIDENCE – “Rising crude oil prices have again translated into higher prices at the gas pumps, with prices in Rhode Island jumping another 10...
Finding Nemo is now easier in R.I.
Nemo, the cute clownfish who starred in Walt Disney and Pixar Studios’ 2003 digital animation blockbuster, “Finding Nemo,” begins his adventures in the Coral...
Dems to get eyeful on solutions to climate change
When the Democrats gather in Denver at the end of August at their national convention, they could be deciding more than who will run...
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