Transformers fans flock to first BotCon in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The annual convention celebrating the Transformers universe, started at the R.I. Convention Center on Thursday and runs through Sunday.
With the new...
City launches anti-bias ad campaign
PROVIDENCE – “Discrimination is illegal.” That’s the name, and the message, of a multimedia ad campaign from the city’s Human Relations Commission.
The campaign...
iPhone wait ends at 6 p.m. Friday
PROVIDENCE – Apple Stores nationwide, including the one at Providence Place, closed their doors today at 2 p.m. to prepare for the iPhone’s 6...
FourQuest sells Theatre-By-The-Sea
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – FourQuest Entertainment Inc.
has sold the historic Theatre-By-The-Sea in Matunuck and the Rehearsal Hall/Costume Shop in Wakefield to an independent...
Astro-Med lands $3M cockpit printer deal
WEST WARWICK – Astro-Med Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT) has been awarded a $3 million multi-year contract by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.
The contract calls for replacing...
Mohegan Sun teams up with Margaritaville
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – The Mohegan Tribe has a new partnership with the Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville restaurant chain. The deal was announced yesterday, as the...
Fed again leaves rates at 5.25%
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve System policymakers today agreed to leave the federal funds rate, used for overnight loans between banks, at 5.25 percent.
The...
APC adds 2 software modules for data centers
WEST KINGSTON – APC has two new tools for data-center management, the Capacity Manager and Change Manager software modules.
They join the InfraStruXure Central monitoring...
Assembly tightens stormwater runoff standards
PROVIDENCE – The Smart Development for a Cleaner Bay Act of 2007 was among the measures approved by the R.I. General Assembly in the...
Mass. charges UBS with securities violations
BOSTON – The office of Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin has accused UBS Securities LLC, the investment-banking division of Zurich-based UBS AG,...