Economy

YEAR-OVER-YEAR percent change in the ECI for total compensation in each census region from 2001 through 2006: black for the Northeast; green for the South; blue dots for the Midwest; and green dashes for the West. /

The cost of labor in N.E. rises 3.3% in 2006

Economic Activity 02/08/2007

The Employment Cost Index for private-industry workers – including wages, salaries and employers’ costs for benefits – last year rose 3.3 percent in the...

THE HISTORIC Weekapaug Inn, in Westerly, has been in the Buffum family since the original inn was built in 1899. It was rebuilt after the Hurricane of 1938. /

Weekapaug Inn is named to National Register

Economic Activity 02/08/2007

WESTERLY – The Weekapaug Inn, at 25 Spray Rock Road, today announced it has been added to the official National Register of Historic Places....

Consumer credit rises 3% in December

Economic Activity 02/07/2007

WASHINGTON – Consumer credit rose in December as consumers took out more non-mortgage loans, but the rate of borrowing slowed, according to today’s statistical...

U.S. productivity rises 3% in 4Q

Economic Activity 02/07/2007

U.S. productivity rose faster in the fourth quarter as labor costs slowed, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported. Productivity rose...

4Q sees gains in business, factory productivity

Capital Goods 02/07/2007

WASHINGTON – Productivity gains for the fourth quarter and for all of 2006 were reported today by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of...

FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR Richard C. Holbrooke has accepted a 5-year appointment as professor-at-large at the Watson Institute for International Studies. /

Richard Holbrooke named to Brown’s Watson Institute

Education 02/07/2007

PROVIDENCE – Brown University today announced the appointment of Richard C. Holbrooke, a former U.S. ambassador and assistant secretary of state, to a five-year...

"DIGICATION provides educators with the ability to manage and control their online learning communities, big and small," says CEO and RISD faculty member Jeffrey Yan. /

Digication adds tool to educational software suite

Education 02/07/2007

PROVIDENCE – Educational software company Digication Inc. this week unveiled its Digication Admin Tool, designed to help schools manage the company’s Web-based learning, collaboration...

UMass survey: Visits to R.I. slot parlors declining

Economic Activity 02/07/2007

DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Though more Rhode Island residents have been visiting Lincoln Park, fewer have been visiting Newport Grand, and those who visit the...

Fidelity takes top honors in 2007<br> Encore Arts & Business Awards

Entrepreneurship 02/06/2007

PROVIDENCE – The Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island has announced the slate of honorees for its 17th Annual Encore Arts & Business...

FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE Artistic Director Mihailo 'Misha' Djuric, a native of the former Yugoslavia, has been named to receive a 2007 Encore Award for individual achievement. /

Festival Ballet’s Djuric to receive individual Encore

Entrepreneurship 02/05/2007

PROVIDENCE – Festival Ballet Providence today announced that its artistic director, Mihailo Djuric, has been named the 2007 Encore Arts & Business Awards winner...

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