Still time to claim phone-tax refund
A new tax credit, applicable only for 2006 filings, could be worth serious money to your company. But if you are like many other...
Justice Flanders to lead URI research commission
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has named lawyer Robert G. Flanders Jr., a former R.I. Supreme Court associate justice, to chair a new commission charged...
Google now has world’s most-visited Web sites
Google Inc. has passed Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. – for the first time – to become the owner of the...
Cox boosts Internet speeds in N.E.
Cox Communications has rolled out changes to its residential high-speed Internet service that include the addition of Comcast Corp.’s “PowerBoost” speed-enhancement technology.
“Cox customers...
URI engineer invites ‘attacks’ on program
KINGSTON – As online shopping becomes more common, shoppers increasingly depend on consumer-based rating systems that vendors use to rate their products. Now, ...
Brown rare-periodicals project awarded grant
PROVIDENCE – The Modernist Journals Project, a joint effort by Brown University and the University of Tulsa, has been awarded a $332,823 grant from...
Study: RIte Care loss hurt workers’<br> health, finances, businesses
PROVIDENCE – A study commissioned by Ocean State Action, a consumer advocacy group, has found that home child care providers who were dropped from...
RI.gov adds Spanish and ‘Moving to R.I.’ portals
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s official Web site (www.RI.gov) has added Spanish-language and “Moving to Rhode Island” mini-portals to make it easier for the state’s...
Smiths unit to expand MTA security program
NEWPORT — The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Smiths Detection-LiveWave a $3.2 million contract to engineer and deploy an advanced security system.
The...
Quaker Fabric’s 1Q loss widens to $5.1M
FALL RIVER – Quaker Fabric Corp. says it lost $5.1 million or 30 cents per diluted share in the first quarter, 23.7 percent worse...
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