Economy

THE 2007 STATE EGG features Swarovski crystals and gold findings on a pearlized egg, and contains a sculpted Rhode Island Red. /

First Lady accepts 2007 R.I. State Egg

Business Services 04/04/2007

WHITE HOUSE – Artist and product designer Joan Klatil Creamer of East Greenwich, who this year again was selected by the American Egg Board...

THE QUICK ACTION of firefighters kept the July 18 fire, at a fuel terminal in the Port of Providence, from spreading beyond the Motiva dock to the nearby storage tanks. /

Firefighters honored for response to Motiva fire

Capital Goods 04/04/2007

PROVIDENCE – The members of the Providence Fire Department yesterday were honored by the U.S. Coast Guard for their “exemplary courage, dedication and leadership”...

U.S. SEN. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and other officials are announcing the funding at a news conference this morning. /

Providence schools to get $800,000

Education 04/04/2007

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed is to join Mayor David N. Cicilline, Providence Schools Superintendent Donnie Evans and other officials this morning in...

TACNAV systems allow military vehicles like this Humvee to navigate in poor visibility and to become part of a battlefield network. /

KVH sells $1.7M in TACNAV parts, upgrades

Business Services 04/04/2007

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) today announced it has received two orders, totaling about $1.7 million, for components and upgrades to its...

SINGLE-FAMILY home sales rose 4.2 percent statewide in February and 5.6 percent in Providence County. Above, a Providence house for sale in 2005. /

R.I. home sales rise 4.2% in February<br> as prices dip 4.1%

Economic Activity 04/03/2007

BOSTON – Rhode Island single-family home sales climbed 4.2 percent in February, compared with February 2006, but their median price continued to decline, falling...

Details of planned Center of Excellence<br> for Undersea Technologies to be...

Capital Goods 04/03/2007

PROVIDENCE – The establishment, by the University of Rhode Island and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, of a national Center of Excellence for Undersea...

ICSC: Retail sales rise 4.9% as spring sets in

Economic Activity 04/03/2007

Sales at U.S. retailers rose 0.3 percent over the past week, after edging up 0.2 percent the week before, in the International Council of...

Fed’s Poole sees rate cut as unlikely

Economic Activity 04/03/2007

NEW YORK – “There would have to be a high hurdle for me to want to be cutting rates,” with inflation at its current...

GRIDLOCKED: Traffic comes to a halt in September on Interstate 5 in Sacramento, Calif. The state was one of 12 that joined in suing the EPA over its decision not to regulate vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases. /

Supreme Court: EPA must consider<BR> vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions

Business Services 04/03/2007

WASHINGTON – In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday condemned federal environmental officials’ “steadfast refusal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions,” saying it...