EDC’s tactical role in pursuing jobs for RI cited<br><i>Interview with John...
The following is an interview with John Swen, executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC):
PBN: In the wake of New England...
Business leaders urged to get involved with schools
Business leaders working with the Providence school system received advice and a challenge from someone who wrote the book on school/business partnerships.
Author Diana W....
AlliedSignal closing RI facility
AlliedSignal, which once boasted of 1,200 employees in Rhode Island, has given the 60 remaining FRAM employees at its East Providence plant until Jan....
Workers’ comp law changes arrive Jan.1
Workers' compensation protects employees who are injured on the job by paying the worker's medical bills and lost wages. In Rhode Island, the workers'...
RI unemployment at 5.2%; slower growth seen
The Ocean State's unemployment rate continues to hover above the national average.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.3 of a percentage point to 5.2...
Whitehouse takes cautious look at hospitals
Hospital officials hoping for a kinder, gentler attorney general when it comes to regulating their industry could be disappointed in 1999.
Democratic Attorney General-elect Sheldon...
A persistent visionary brings education to boys at risk
The troubled boy who reluctantly entered the San Miguel School in Providence four years ago best depicts the reason Brother Lawrence Goyette, FSC, founded...
Ground broken for hotel near Union Station Plaza
It was years in the making, but developers are now poised to build a new Marriott Courtyard in downtown Providence, providing 216 rooms that...
Newbury Comics in Warwick with pop culture for suburbs
In the early 1980s many teenagers from Massachusetts suburbs trekked into Boston to shop at Newbury Comics, where you could pick up punk rock...
Alliance with businesses sought to deal with disaster
The Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) is sponsoring the development of "Showcase Communities" throughout the country to demonstrate the benefits of taking...
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