Capital Goods

Kopin posts 3Q profit, record revenue

Capital Goods 10/30/2008

TAUNTON – Transistor and microdisplay maker Kopin Corp. (Nasdaq: KOPN) today posted a third-quarter profit of $1.5 million, compared with a year-ago loss of...

GTECH negotiating 5-year deal with South Dakota,<br> building new ticket-printing plant...

Capital Goods 10/29/2008

ROME and PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corp., which is gearing up to open a new instant-ticket printing facility next year in Florida, has been picked...

GOV. DONALD L. CARCIERI gave a brief tour of the Intermodal Train Station in Warwick before pushing for approval of the Transportation Bond that goes before R.I. voters on Nov. 4 as Question 1 on the general-election ballot. /

Intermodal station update a chance to push for R.I. transportation bond...

Capital Goods 10/28/2008

WARWICK – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and R.I. Department of Transportation Director Michael P. Lewis today used a news conference touting Warwick’s Intermodal Train...

RITBA gets $500K to help with E-ZPass launch

Capital Goods 10/28/2008

JAMESTOWN – The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority today received $500,000 in federal funding to help bring the E-ZPass electronic toll-collection system to...

AAA: Gas prices still falling in R.I., Mass.

Capital Goods 10/27/2008

PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices in Rhode Island continue to fall rapidly, with a 24-cent decline over the last week, and 49 cents in just...

A BETTER PLACE: Thomas A. Mann Jr., executive director of The Pawtucket Foundation, says that despite the economic crisis, projects are ongoing in the city. /

Foundation’s chief sees great future in Pawtucket

Capital Goods 10/27/2008

The Pawtucket Foundation, organized by leaders in the local business and nonprofit sectors, advocates for projects in Pawtucket that will spark economic development, improve...

State leaders join representatives of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., at the Oct. 21 ribbon-cutting ceremony for a 27,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Cumberland. The privately held company focuses on developing sight-saving therapeutics for chronic retinal diseases. (READ MORE) From left are Saul Kaplan, director of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation; Gov. Donald L. Carcieri; Neurotech CEO Ted Danse; Cumberland Mayor Daniel J. McKee; and Scott Gibbs, Economic Development Foundation president. /

Eyeing a brighter future

Capital Goods 10/25/2008

State leaders join representatives of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., at the Oct. 21 ribbon-cutting ceremony for a 27,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Cumberland. The privately held...

Hasbro, Mattel expect decrease in 2009 profits

Capital Goods 10/25/2008

PAWTUCKET and EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc. last week said that higher labor and production costs are hurting profit, Bloomberg...

Defense Department kills Textron Inc. program

Capital Goods 10/25/2008

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department has canceled the Army’s Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter, made by the Bell Helicopter division of Providence-based Textron Inc.,...