Consumer Confidence Index retreats from Feb. high
The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index retreated this month to 107.2 points (1985=100) after advancing in February to 111.2 points, the highest since August...
Amgen gives $1M as URI breaks ground <br> for Center for Biotechnology...
KINGSTON – The University of Rhode Island is breaking ground today for its Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, a project to which the...
Firm hired to demolish Rocky Pt. buildings
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island district office and the City of Warwick Monday joined in announcing the hiring of a firm...
39% of online households plan to e-file
More consumers are filing their taxes online and fewer are worried about Internet security, according to report today by The Conference Board and TNS.
In...
Public Display gets $0.25M from Slater Fund
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund today announced it has provided financing to software startup Public Display.
“To date, Slater has invested a total...
AAA: R.I. gasoline rises 3¢, to $2.609/gallon
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s self-service price for regular gasoline has risen 3 cents in the past week, in its sixth straight week of increases,...
Division of Motor Vehicles gets new phone system
PAWTUCKET – The R.I. Division of Motor Vehicles has a new main telephone number, 426-4DMV (462-4368), effective today.
Callers will reach a new, automated main...
New-home sales fall 3.9%; prices rise 4.6%
WASHINGTON – Sales of new single-family homes last month fell 3.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 848,000 homes, from January’s rate...
IlluminOss Medical gets $0.9M financing
TIVERTON – IlluminOss Medical Inc. has secured $925,000 of a $2.68 million Series A financing round led by Foundation Medical Partners, according to a...
Traction unveils free small-team version</br> of its TeamPage wiki
PROVIDENCE – Traction Software today announced free downloads of TeamPage5, a five-user, five-projects version of its TeamPage collaboration wiki.
Traction TeamPage – a blog...












