SEACORP awarded $1M in state job tax credits
MIDDLETOWN – Defense contractor SEACORP LLC is planning to create at least 53 jobs in Rhode Island with a median salary of $100,000 per...
Ajaj keeps family tradition alive with Air and Anchor jewelry design
(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
AstroNova’s $272M sale to private equity firm is finalized
WEST WARWICK – AstroNova Inc., a publicly traded specialty printers and computer hardware manufacturer, is going private after the firm’s shareholders approved the company’s...
New England Institute of Technology, Electric Boat launch $45M expansion project
WARWICK – New England Institute of Technology has broken ground on a $45 million expansion project set to triple the school’s campus here and...
R.I.’s 3.9% July jobless rate 3rd highest in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s July unemployment rate of 3.9% was the third highest in New England but below the national rate of 4.1%, according...
R.I. monthly unemployment falls to 3.9% in July
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July was 3.9%, down from 4.1% in June, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
It hasn’t been easy for R.I. factories
Manufacturers throughout the U.S. have largely spent the past year-plus reeling from rapidly shifting tariffs implemented under President Donald Trump, and Rhode Island companies...
Driving Forces: Karl Wadensten
Karl Wadensten
VIBCO Inc. president; R.I. Commerce Corp. board member
A LOT HAS changed at the R.I. Commerce Corp. over the years, including leadership, staff members,...
Driving Forces: Christian Cowan
Christian Cowan
University of Rhode Island Research Foundation executive director;
Polaris Tech Bridge Executive director
THE SO-CALLED blue economy has become a massive focus of economic...
Driving Forces: Steven J. King
Steven J. King
Quonset Development Corp. managing director
The first new pier built at the Port of Davisville in North Kingstown in nearly 70 years opened...
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