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THE PROVIDENCE-New Bedford-Fall River metro area suffered mostly because of manufacturing declines and the slumping housing and construction industries, The Milken Institute and Greenstreet Real Estate Partners found in their 2008 report.  /

Providence metro area is 170th ‘best performing’

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The Providence-New Bedford-Fall River metropolitan area fell 20 slots this year to No. 170 in the Milken Institute / Greenstreet...

AS220 teams with MIT on new Fab Lab

PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit community arts group AS220 is planning to join a high-profile Massachusetts Institute of Technology initiative that will bring a hands-on...

R.I. posts $54M in tax credits in FY2008

PROVIDENCE – A total of roughly $54 million in state tax credits and incentives were claimed in the fiscal year ended June 30, the...

Textron to sell its Fluid & Power group for $645M

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today announced it has reached a “definitive agreement” to sell its Textron Fluid & Power group to U.K.-based...

Slater Fund invests $3.1M in 11 startups

PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technogy Fund completed or approved a total of $3.1 million in investments in 11 Rhode Island-based technology ventures in the...
ALBERT ONDIS said he remains an active participant in his company nearly 40 years after he founded Astro-Med. /

Five Questions With: Albert W. Ondis

Albert W. Ondis has been the CEO of Astro-Med, the specialty electronics manufacturer in West Warwick, since it launched two years after he founded...

Textron unit wins $11.9M Army Guard contract

HUNT VALLEY, Md. – The Army National Guard has awarded a $11.9 million contract to Textron subsidiary AAI Corp. to support training of Guard...
J.D. POWER and Associates ranked Verizon Communications six points higher than its closer competitor in the northeastern United States. /

Study says Verizon has best call quality in Northeast

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – For the eighth consecutive time, Verizon Wireless has been named the mobile phone carrier with the best wireless call quality...

N.E. Tech sector stays strong, Fed reports

BOSTON – Profit margins stayed high and revenue was flat or better at software and information technology firms in New England in the second...
COVIDIEN HOPES to make use of tax breaks to fund its development of the Mansfield facility.  /

Covidien seeks tax breaks for $20M expansion

MANSFIELD, Mass. – Covidien Ltd., the large medical devices and supplies company, is seeking state and local tax breaks as an incentive for the...
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