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Cox adds wireless to telephone services

WARWICK – Cox Communications entered the wireless telephone market in Rhode Island today, partnering with Sprint to launch cell phone service across New England. The...
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R.I.’s current condition? <br>Boffo, says URI prof

The Ocean State’s health took a U-turn for the better in May, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. His Current Conditions...
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BrainGate named one of year’s <br>most innovative products

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – R&D Magazine today named the BrainGate Neural Interface System one of the top 100 most innovative new products of the year....
TAUNTON, MASS.-BASED Kopin is supplying Kodak with the electronic viewfinder for its new Z712 IS digital camera. /

Kopin to supply Kodak with camera viewfinder

TAUNTON, Mass.– Kopin Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN) announced today that Eastman Kodak Company has selected Kopin’s CyberEVF 230K-NF electronic viewfinder (EVF) for its new EASYSHARE...

Producer prices drop for first time in 2007

WASHINGTON - Led by decreases in prices paid for fuel and food, the cost that U.S. producers were paid for goods fell 0.2 percent...
A DEM grant of $56,250 is helping the East Providence Harbormaster purchase a pumpout boat like this one to help keep Narragansett Bay clean. /

DEM grant helps East Providence clean the Bay

EAST PROVIDENCE – The East Providence Harbor Department has received a $56,725 R.I. Department of Environmental Management grant to purchase a 23-foot pumpout boat....

Gasoline prices rise by 4 cents

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices rose an average of 4 cents per gallon over the past week, the second consecutive week of a...

FM Global adds Hong Kong to its reach

FM Global, the 170-year-old commercial property insurer based in Johnston, has received approval to set up a branch office in Hong Kong. “FM Global...
MIKE SAUL is taking on the newly created position of managing director of finance programs for the R.I. EDC. /

RIEDC creates and fills new finance position

J. Michael Saul, executive director of the Urban Revitalization Fund (TURF), has been named the managing director of finance programs for the R.I. Economic...
SKETCHES BY Inclusion By Design show alternative ways to set up a community garden so people in wheelchairs or with limited mobility can tend to the plants. /

Taking accessibility down to the community level

When it’s completed, Southside Community Land Trust’s main office will have a handicapped-accessible entryway linked to a new deck and a ramp leading down...
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