Capital Goods

KVH, ViaSat team up to expand maritime broadband

Capital Goods 07/08/2008

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. has signed an agreement with ViaSat Inc. that the companies say will provide faster and cheaper broadband access to...

EpiVax gets $600K from NIH for diabetes studies

Capital Goods 07/08/2008

PROVIDENCE – Local biopharmaceutical startup EpiVax Inc. has been awarded a two-year, $600,000 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney...

NATIONWIDE, the average self-serve price of unleaded regular gasoline rose 2 cents over the past week to $4.10, while the Rhode Island price edged up 1 cent to $4.109 per gallon. Above, a Citgo station in Chicago displays prices of $4.599 and higher. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices resume their rise

Capital Goods 07/07/2008

PROVIDENCE – “For the first time in three weeks, gasoline prices in Rhode Island have risen,” according to AAA Southern New England. AAA’s July 7...

Auto-loan delinquencies plunge in 1Q

Capital Goods 07/07/2008

CHICAGO – Delinquencies on auto loans plunged in the first quarter, falling 17.8 percent nationwide and 32.1 percent in Rhode Island, which had the...

LONG TIME COMING: The Residences at Brown & Howard Wharf and Marina was developed by Stonestreet Corporation more than 15 years after it was originally designed. /

Delayed Newport condo project luring buyers

Capital Goods 07/05/2008

It took nearly 20 years for the design, permitting and build-out of a 16-condomium development on Newport Harbor, but developers of the Residences at...

EBEN HORTON, owner of the The Glass Station, first developed a love for glass as a child. In 2000, he opened the commercial glass studio in Wakefield. /

Ornament inspired local glass blower

Capital Goods 07/05/2008

Nineteen years after he started blowing glass during free time while still a high school student, 33-year-old Eben Horton is a survivor in an...

‘Big Dig’ victim petitions court to proceed with suit

Capital Goods 07/05/2008

BOSTON – The husband of a woman killed in the collapse of a part of Boston’s “Big Dig” tunnel last month asked court permission...

GE Aviation executive is joining Textron as COO

Capital Goods 07/05/2008

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc., the world’s biggest maker of business jets, named Scott Donnelly, the head of General Electric Co.’s GE Aviation unit, as...