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Astro-Med posts 7.6% slump in 3Q sales

WEST WARWICK – Specialty electronics manufacturer Astro-Med Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT) posted a third-quarter profit of $649,000, a decrease of 58.45 percent from the year-ago...

R.I. landfill to fuel $80M power plant

JOHNSTON – Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, an international energy company, plans to spend $80 million over the next two years to construct a state-of-the-art...

Providence falls in best-for-business ranking

LOS ANGELES – Providence fell 10 spots to No. 39 while Boston moved up to No. 2 in MarketWatch’s second annual ranking of the...

Five Questions With: Rain Laliberte

At one point or another, just about everyone has to call tech support for assistance. And since it seems as though our gadgets often...

Aspen Aerogels named top emerging company

CAMBRIDGE – Aspen Aerogels Inc., a nanotechnology firm that designs and manufactures energy-efficient insulation products, was named Emerging Company of the Year at the...

R.I. bioscience policies are focus of Friday event

PROVIDENCE — Tech Collective will host a panel discussion on Friday morning about the Rhode Island bioscience industry and government efforts to boost the...

BX.com readies $25M acquisition fund

PROVIDNECE — The e-commerce software company BX.com Inc. plans to take advantage of the current economic downturn to acquire some of its weaker competitors’...
THE STATE IS TIED with New York for the total number of broadband Internet connections that are high speed, defined in the report as download rates of 5 megabits per second (Mbps) or more. /

Mixed report card on broadband speeds in R.I.

Rhode Island has the third-highest percentage of high-speed broadband Internet connections in the U.S., according to a new report, but broadband usage overall appears...
BLACK FRIDAY SALES and a shorter holiday season drew 17% more shoppers to U.S. stores than on the same day last year, the NRF reported. But total holiday sales may rise far less, the trade group said. Hitting the Cherry Creek shopping center in Denver Friday are, from left, Melissa McGurgan, Katie Bugg and Ellen Bugg. Retailers will learn more today, the traditional beginning of the online shopping season.  /

Retailers wary despite Black Friday

WASHINGTON and SAN JOSE – Deep discounts at stores nationwide drew out 17 percent more shoppers Friday than on Black Friday 2007, according to...

HIV-vaccine project gets $390K for delivery system

An HIV-vaccine project led by EpiVax Inc. and its founder’s Brown University lab has gotten a fresh infusion of cash, $390,380 over two years...
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