Economy

PARKSIDE ROTISSERIE & BAR owner Steve Davenport says the high-end chains make his restaurant look stronger, because it offers top quality at better prices. /

City’s success attracts high-end chains Newcomers raise stakes in a competitive...

Economic Activity 02/12/2007

With upscale new stores and high-end residential developments, Providence has been looking more and more like Boston and other large cities. Now, with several...

Greenhouse gas pact expected to raise energy costs But R.I. can use...

Government 02/12/2007

Gov. Donald L. Carcieri's decision to have Rhode Island join a regional effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions will cost the owners of the...

THE MOST VALUABLE state property that would be sold is the R.I.
Department of Health's Chapin Health Laboratory on Orms Street in Providence, valued at $10.9 million. /

Carcieri seeking to raise $28M from property sales: Parking lot, buildings seen...

Economic Activity 02/12/2007

In submitting his budget for fiscal 2008, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri stressed one point regarding proposed cuts to human services and personnel: A difficult budget...

‘Rentometer’ creates a buzz: Providence techie’s Web tool draws major media attention

Economic Activity 02/12/2007

A Web service designed to instantly provide the average rent for any size apartment in any real estate market in the country has garnered...

Home sales drop 14% in 2006 as prices rise

Economic Activity 02/12/2007

The number of single-family home sales in Rhode Island fell by 14.4 percent in 2006, from 9,711 to 8,313, and the median sale price...

Pagliarini starts as governor’s deputy chief of staff

Government 02/12/2007

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has named John R. Pagliarini his new deputy chief of staff, effective today. He replaces Clark Greene, who...

R.I. condo prices rise in ’06 despite sales slump

Economic Activity 02/12/2007

BOSTON – Condominium sale prices were a bright spot in Rhode Island’s housing market last year, despite sales that declined 6.2 percent from 2005,...

KVH gets $2.6M order for torpedo guidance units

Capital Goods 02/12/2007

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. today said it has received a follow-on order for more than $2.6 million worth of TG-6000 inertial measurement units...