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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...
NOMINATIONS for the second annual awards program are due by Wednesday, April 15. The winners will be honored with a May 21 awards luncheon and a May 25 special section. Nomination forms are available at www.PBN.com; additional information is available by e-mailing marketing@pbn.com. /

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,...
A BALLOON CATHETER and optical fiber are inserted through a tiny incision, in the IlluminOss Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System. A light-sensitive glue is infused into the balloon, in images 2 and 3, then light is used to activate and rapidly harden the compound. /

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,...
WHILE NOTING that long-term solution to improving road conditions is road repaving, Mayor David N. Cicilline also said that the quickest way to improve safety on roads in Providence is to patch the potholes throughout the city. /

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...
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