Transit policy group elects Moscola to board
PROVIDENCE – Alfred J. Moscola, general manager of the R.I. Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA), has been elected by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)...
Nestor secures $500K in bridge financing
PROVIDENCE – Traffic-enforcement systems and services provider Nestor Inc. (OTCBB: NEST) today announced that, despite the weak economy and continued turmoil in the credit...
Textron to open new factory in Mexico
PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. is planning to build a new manufacturing facility in Mexico.
The new factory, which will operate as Textron International Mexico, will...
SolarWrights hits a mega-milestone
BRISTOL – A year of record energy prices has helped SolarWrights Inc., a provider and installer of solar and wind systems, to reach a...
R.I. faces $1.3B roadwork shortfall
PROVIDENCE – “Rhode Island lacks adequate funding to complete needed road and bridge repairs and improvements,” according to a report released today...
Senesco, Bilray face EPA fines of more than $635K
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to levy fines of $635,020 against two Rhode Island companies it accuses of state...
AAA: R.I. gas prices fall to 6-month low
PROVIDENCE – “Falling oil prices are leading to rapidly falling prices at the pumps … leaving prices at their lowest point locally in almost...
Southwest delays jets, expects no credit fallout
Southwest Airlines Co., the largest low-fare carrier, pared planned 2009 jet deliveries by almost a third as travel demand cools and said it sees...
Manufacturing contracts most since 2001 recession
Manufacturing in the U.S. contracted in September at the fastest pace since the last recession as the credit crisis spread beyond Wall Street.
The Institute...
The start of something big
As ship sponsor Rebecca W. Gates (wife of defense secretary Robert M. Gates) and Electric Boat President John P. Casey look on, Caesar DeSanto...