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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...