R.I. support of Newport ferry will increase tourist spending
To the editor:
There was a tinge of irony to your recent editorial (“R.I. tourism on par with the world’s best,” Jan. 26). The irony...
PBN seeks Business Women nominees
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News is accepting nominations for its 2009 Business Women awards program.
This is the second year for the recognition program,...
Consumer prices in first rise since July
WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices rose in January for the first time in half a year, as gasoline and apparel prices resumed their climb,...
IlluminOss bone repair in human trial
EAST PROVIDENCE – IlluminOss Medical Inc.’s Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System, which relies on light-sensitive glue to achieve a speedy and less-intrusive fracture repair,...
City works to fix storm-related potholes
PROVIDENCE – The City of Providence, in an effort to fill quickly the potholes caused this winter, announced last week that it has eight...
EB expands its footprint at Quonset Point
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Electric Boat unit of Falls Church, Va.-based General Dynamic Corp. (NYSE: GD) plans to expand its operations at Quonset Business...
Southwest to add service to Boston
DALLAS – Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) plans to begin flying out of Logan International Airport (BOS) this fall, the company said today, adding...
Astro-Med predicts lower 4Q revenue
WEST WARWICK – Specialty electronics manufacturer Astro-Med Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT) today predicted its fourth-quarter and full-year revenue will decline compared with the record...
R.I. outlook in December still ‘abysmal’
KINGSTON – “Rhode Island’s economic performance in December was much the same as it had been throughout all of 2008: abysmal,” University of Rhode...
Journal parent’s loss shrinks in 2008
DALLAS – Newspaper publisher A.H. Belo Corp. (NYSE: AHC), parent of The Providence Journal Co., today reported a net loss that narrowed to $62.30...