Technology

Fighting infections requires<br> patients to be active in their care

Technology 12/06/2008

To the Editor: Kudos to Providence Business News for the excellent coverage on hospital-acquired infections (“Kit provides tools to ward off hospital infections,” Nov. 17),...

Researcher to study effects of prematurity

Technology 12/05/2008

KINGSTON – A University of Rhode Island nursing professor has been awarded a $2.4 million federal grant to continue a study that has been...

A SEATTLE-BASED COMPANY has asked the federal government to approve a wave- and wind-energy development 12 to 25 miles south of Block Island. Electricity generated at the offshore site would be transmitted to Block Island and the mainland. /

Wave-energy towers proposed off Block Island

Technology 12/05/2008

BLOCK ISLAND – The list of suitors lining up to develop renewable-energy projects off Rhode Island’s coastal waters is getting longer. The Federal Energy...

BROWN UNIVERSITY SENIORS Eunice Png, left, and Julie Sygiel took first prize in the R.I. Elevator Pitch Competition with their idea for an innovative underwear line they plan to call sexy.period. /

Students’ lingerie idea wins pitch contest

Technology 12/05/2008

PROVIDENCE – A pair of Brown University seniors took home top honors at the sixth annual R.I. Elevator Pitch Competition on Thursday with...

U.S. PAYROLLS shrank by 533,000 positions compared with October and 1.91 million compared with November 2007, the BLS said. In the past three months, job losses have risen sharply, especially in the service-providing sector. /

U.S. job losses hit 34-year high

Technology 12/05/2008

WASHINGTON – The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 6.7 percent, its highest level since 1993, as the nation posted its 11th consecutive monthly decline...

Pentair to add nearly 100 jobs in Warwick

Technology 12/05/2008

PROVIDENCE – State officials and Pentair Electronic Packaging, a unit of Minnesota-based Pentair Inc. (NYSE: PNR), have announced plans to add nearly 100...

Hasbro’s Goldner is best CEO, MarketWatch says

Technology 12/04/2008

PAWTUCKET – Brian Goldner, chief executive of Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS), today was named MarketWatch Inc.’s 2008 CEO of the Year. Even before Goldner took...

Astro-Med posts 7.6% slump in 3Q sales

Technology 12/04/2008

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

Technology 12/03/2008

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...