‘Green shoots’ sprouting up all over
WASHINGTON – If only the economy had caught fire this fast.
“Green shoots” – the phrase, if not the phenomenon – has been everywhere since...
Deepwater signs $20.7M Quonset lease
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Deepwater Wind Rhode Island LLC yesterday signed a 10-year, $20.7 million agreement to lease 117 acres of land at the Quonset...
R.I. Foundation’s investments drop 27%
PROVIDENCE – The value of The Rhode Island Foundation’s investments fell 27 percent in 2008, the 93-year-old nonprofit has disclosed in its annual report.
The...
Taxing knowledge-based entities hurts R.I.’s future
In recent weeks, Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline has been promoting legislation that mandates hospitals, colleges and universities pay their “fair share” during this...
Word from the wise: Persevere
As a young actor and comedian, Jerry Seinfeld had a small recurring role as a mail carrier on the TV sitcom “Benson.” One day,...
Cox Communications awards $16K to students
Cox Communications presented $16,000 in scholarships to eight Rhode Island high school seniors during a ceremony held at the Rhode Island Statehouse. General Treasurer...
Shrinking endowment causes Harvard cuts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University, the richest and oldest U.S. institution of higher education, will cut about 275 staff positions in response to its...
$2M for EDC restructuring restored in 2010 budget
The beleaguered R.I. Economic Development Corporation finally had something to celebrate last week.
The agency, which has been under fire for its business-development efforts in...
Startups offer insight for R.I. graduates
Richard G. Horan, senior managing director of the quasi-public Slater Technology Fund, has noticed an interesting paradox.
Officials regularly extol the potential of the...
Suttell confirmed as new chief justice
PROVIDENCE – The Senate today confirmed Paul A. Suttell as the R.I. Supreme Court’s new chief justice.
Suttell, 60, was nominated to the post by...
