Sensata’s Tire-Pressure Monitoring Systems in demand as tractor-trailer regulations shift
ATTLEBORO – Sensata Technologies Inc., an industrial technology company based in Attleboro, has had its Tire-Pressure Monitoring Systems chosen by multiple commercial tractor-trailer manufacturers...
Seeking workers, Electric Boat promotes Quonset Point Walk-In Wednesdays
NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Electric Boat now hosts Walk-In Wednesdays every week from noon to 5 p.m., at both its Quonset Point location...
Fire subsides on huge cargo ship adrift in mid-Atlantic
LISBON, Portugal (AP) – A fire aboard a ship carrying cars in the mid-Atlantic is dying out, a Portuguese navy officer said Tuesday, and...
China sanctions Raytheon, Lockheed over Taiwan deal
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – China said Monday it will impose new sanctions on U.S. defense contractors Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin due to their...
Aspen Aerogels reports $37M loss for 2021
PROVIDENCE – Aspen Aerogels Inc. incurred a $37.1 million loss in 2021, a plunge from a $21.8 million loss in 2020, the company reported...
R.I. considers relaxing law on homemade food
A home-based bakery seemed to make perfect sense to Portsmouth resident Kara Donovan. Friends and family had already asked to buy her creations, and...
Weekly U.S. jobless claims rise for the first time in a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight weeks of declines.
Jobless claims rose by 23,000 to 248,000 for...
Employee housing proposal on state’s radar for consideration by General Assembly
PROVIDENCE – An employee housing proposal birthed by a local manufacturer has caught the attention of Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Rhode Island’s legislative...
Employee housing proposal sparks thoughts of mill villages
RICHMOND – Warren Fry’s housing situation became a nightmare when a pesky neighbor caused him to move out of his apartment in Westerly where...
PBN Economic Summit: Inflation, labor woes will endure
PROVIDENCE – Like any good business owner, Craig Pickell documents every cost increase incurred by his Lincoln manufacturing company, Bullard Abrasives Inc.
But the year-end...
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