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JOB SEEKERS look for work online at the Northside One Stop Career Center in Miami, Fla. Employers added fewer jobs than forecast in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent on Friday. /

U.S. adds 103,000 jobs, fewer than forecast; jobless rate drops to...

WASHINGTON - Employers added fewer jobs than forecast in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent, a sign a labor-market recovery will...
"WHAT IS unique about the last five years is the degree to which Providence has become a destination for creative young people in a variety of fields," said Edgar Adams, a professor of architecture at Roger Williams University. /

Five Questions With: Edgar Adams

Edgar Adams, a professor of architecture at Roger Williams University, says the architecture world is not as bleak as it may seem. Despite a...
BJ's Wholesale Club said it is shuttering five stores in Georgia, Florida and North Carolina on Wednesday. /

BJ’s to close five stores by month-end, cut nearly 500 jobs

NEW YORK – BJ’s Wholesale Club will cut 494 jobs and close five stores by the end of the month, the Boston Globe reported...

Mollis, EDC sponsor 5 free business workshops to take place in...

PROVIDENCE – Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation are sponsoring five free workshops in January to help...
SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS, a division of Supervalu Inc., said it is closing five stores in Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Wednesday. /

Shaw’s to close 5 stores, 2 in R.I.

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass – Shaw’s Supermarkets announced Wednesday that it plans to close five stores: three in Massachusetts and two in Rhode Island located...
THE TECH COLLECTIVE and GoLocalProv.com announced the winners of the inaugural Tech10 awards program on Tuesday. /

Local IT professionals selected as winners of 2011 Tech10 awards

PROVIDENCE – Ten local information technology practitioners and entrepreneurs were named as the 2011 Tech10 award winners on Tuesday. The inaugural Tech10 awards program, presented...
A WOMAN searches for work at the Northside One Stop Career Center in Miami, Fla. Companies in the U.S. boosted payrolls in December by the most since records began in 2001, data from a private report showed on Wednesday. /

U.S. companies in December add 297,000 jobs, beating projections

WASHINGTON - Companies in the U.S. boosted payrolls in December by the most since records began in 2001, showing a stronger labor-market recovery at...
THE MASSACHUSETTS HIGH TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL approved a strategic partnership with the New England Clean Energy Council, the organization said /

Mass. High Technology, North Shore Technology councils partner

WALTHAM, Mass. – The Massachusetts High Technology Council, an association for CEOs of technology firms, announced a new partnership with the North Shore Technology...
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE Providence-Fall River-Warwick metropolitan area dropped 0.6 percent in November from a year earlier. For a larger version of this image, CLICK HERE. /

Providence metro area jobless rate drops 0.6 percent in November from...

BOSTON – Unemployment in the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metropolitan area dropped 0.6 percent to 11.1 percent in November from a year earlier, according to preliminary,...
THE ANNOUNCED CLOSURE OF THE A.J. Wright distribution center and the Quaker Fabric in 2007 are two of the three worst layoffs in Massachusetts over the past four years, The Herald News reported. /

Fall River hit hard by layoffs, affected by 2 of 3...

FALL RIVER – Fall River has experienced two of the three largest layoffs of any community in Massachusetts in the past four years, The...
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