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REPRESENTATIVES FROM Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Wal-Mart joined the Hanley family for a kickoff event to celebrate Mia Hanley as the Rhode Island representative for the 2009 Children’s Miracle Network Champions Across America program. /

Hasbro patient joins child ambassador tour

Mia Hanley, a 4-year-old Hasbro’s Children Hospital patient who has Pompe Disease, will represent Rhode Island as part of a group of young medical...
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EDC focusing on job growth in ’09

Building an innovation economy is still crucial to the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, but agency officials want the business community to know they are...
LINKED IN: Meg Wirth, a Providence resident, launched Maternova to inform physicians worldwide of innovative technologies. /

A global link for health professionals

Incubators have saved the lives of countless newborns. But at $20,000 each, the machines are often prohibitively expensive for people in developing countries. Luckily, a...
RICHARD SIEDZIK, IT director at Bryant University, oversees the school’s system, which sends messages to students in the case of campus-wide emergency. /

A guide to planning for, surviving a catastrophe

In the face of repeated warnings about terrorist attacks, hurricanes and flu pandemics, many businesses in recent years have put together plans for how...
GUIDING HAND: Robert Penney, right, a Providence College graduate and Bank of America employee, mentors recent PC graduate Jose Maldonado. /

Mentors offer students an inside look

Citizens Bank Rhode Island President Joseph J. MarcAurele always wanted to be a teacher, and that’s the career path he chose after graduating from...

RIH workers reject pay-freeze plan

PROVIDENCE – Union health care workers at Lifespan’s Rhode Island Hospital voted 876 to 14 against the pay freeze and other givebacks requested by...
NETWORKRI, whose five offices are part of a nationwide One-Stop Career Center System, is one of many agencies that will be involved in ARRA-financed programs. Besides a variety of job-seekers workshops, the netWORKri  centers offer job-seekers the use of computers, copiers, fax machines and telephones to aid in their search. /

ARRA funds to help with R.I. job training

PROVIDENCE – State leaders say Rhode Island will receive $17.2 million for job training grants as part of the federal economic stimulus package known...
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT in the local work force helped boost the scores of the Providence, Worcester and Boston metropolitan areas. Above, students graduate from Brown University.  /

Providence area slips in Forbes ranking

NEW YORK – Boston moved into the top half among major metropolitan areas nationwide, while the Providence and Worcester areas both lost ground, in...

Free prescription drug card launched

PROVIDENCE – A free statewide prescription drug card program launched yesterday offers discounts on both generic and brand-name medications. Rhode Island Rx (RIRx) –...

R.I. awards $2M for worker training

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Governor’s Workforce Board has awarded 77 Comprehensive Worker Training grants to help provide on-the-job training for nearly 6,700 Rhode Island...
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