Entrepreneurship center opens in city
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RI-CIE), a 5,000-square-foot community space aimed at bolstering startup firms in the city, opened...
ProJo revenue dropped 13.3% in 2008
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Journal’s annual revenue fell 13.3 percent in 2008, as advertising sales shrank across every category, according to a regulatory filing...
MoFuse splits blogger, business products
PROVIDENCE – Mobile-technology company MoFuse last week announced that it has split its marquee product in two, with one iteration for bloggers and a...
Verizon exec sees no bandwidth caps yet
A top Verizon executive signaled last week that the telecom giant remains open to the idea of capping Internet usage for those customers who...
Astro-Med installs 10 machines in Beijing
WEST WARWICK — Astro-Med Inc.’s medical product subsidiary, Grass Technologies, recently sold 10 long-term monitoring systems to a hospital in Beijing.
The machines, which will...
Five Questions With: Jennifer Bogutt
Jennifer Bogutt is founder and president of The Jenn Lee Group, an East Greenwich-based marketing firm founded in 2003. (Lee is Bogutt’s maiden name.)...
Boothroyd sets June manufacturing design forum
WAKEFIELD — Engineering software firm Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. has announced that it will host the 24th annual International Forum on Design for Manufacture and...
2009 Business Women winners named
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News today announced the names of the 14 women who have been selected to be honored in the second part...
CVS prepares as swine flu fears spread
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. and its top rival, Walgreen Co., are bracing their retail pharmacies for a crush of customers seeking medication and...
Kopin profit up 50% despite sales drop
TAUNTON – Despite a double-digit decline in revenue, electronic communication components manufacturer Kopin Corp. this morning announced that its first-quarter net income increased by...