CVS taps IBM for its payroll services
At the CVS/pharmacy headquarters in Woonsocket, 140 people in the human resources department have been responsible for managing payroll and benefits for the company’s...
LighthouseMD teams up with local lab network
Providence-based LighthouseMD announced a partnership last week with East Side Clinical Laboratory, one of the largest lab networks in southern New England, that will...
Web 2.0 principles drive educational software firm
Like any developing technology, the new World Wide Web, better known as Web 2.0, can be challenging to define. What’s more, its potential can...
Astro-Med printers to be installed in new military planes
WEST WARWICK – Astro-Med Inc. makes printers for U.S. military planes that fly all around the world. Now, they will also be found in...
Uvex Safety changes its name
Uvex Safety Inc., the Smithfield-based maker and distributor of protective eyewear and other safety equipment, is changing its name to Bacou-Dalloz Eye & Face...
Specialty tech firms serving R.I.
In February 2004, five entrepreneurs met up in a San Francisco suburb and spent a long weekend thinking up ideas for a new technology...
Textron grants $400,000 to R.I. nonprofits
Textron Inc. recently announced 23 Rhode Island-based recipients of the company's 2006 grant program. Grants are awarded two times each year via the Textron...
NIH gives startup $2.8M for sepsis, anthrax trials
Every year, across the United States, nearly 800,000 people develop severe sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which the body is overwhelmed by infection, and...
Nanotech firm to open East Providence facility
Insulation production to lead to job growth
After nearly six months of construction and renovations, Aspen Aerogels is close to opening its new manufacturing plant...
Afferent taps new president
Company seeking more venture capital funding
Providence’s Afferent Corp. has tapped a veteran in the medical device industry to be its CEO and president and...
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