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THE JOHNSTON TOWN COUNCIL on Sept. 15 will hold a public hearing on a proposed 20-year tax stabilization agreement for Amazon.com Services LLC to build a $290 million, 3.8.-million-square-foot distribution facility on nearly 200 acres at 2120 Hartford Ave. / COURTESY JOHNSTON PLANNING BOARD

Amazon’s record holiday shows consumers’ spending splurge

Economic Activity 12/26/2018

NEW YORK – Amazon.com Inc. reported a record-breaking holiday season as shoppers loaded their online baskets with items from Echo speakers to Calvin Klein...

Crossroads Rhode Island awarded $5M from Bezos Day One Fund to...

In Their Own Words 12/14/2018

KAREN A. SANTILLI is the president and CEO of Crossroads Rhode Island, which recently received a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day One...

Amazon awards Durfee High School $15K for STEM education, robotics

Education 12/12/2018

FALL RIVER – Students at Durfee High School recently received a $15,000 grant from Amazon.com Inc., for education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,...

WALGREENS BOOTS Alliance is rolling out a nationwide next-day prescription-delivery service to fend off competition from Amazon.com Inc. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/AKASHA RABUT

With Amazon.com looming, Walgreens starts next-day drug delivery

Health Services 12/06/2018

NEW YORK - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is rolling out a nationwide next-day prescription-delivery service to fend off competition from Amazon.com Inc. and numerous venture...

CYBERMANIA: Shoppers are on track to spend an estimated record of $7.8 billion on Cyber Monday. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ALEX KRAUS

Blockbuster Cyber Monday is overshadowed by economic outlook

Economic Activity 11/26/2018

NEW YORK - Shoppers are on track to spend an estimated $7.8 billion on Cyber Monday - a record - boosting a strong holiday shopping...

Verizon offers incentive to sign up for Fios Gigabit Connection

Technology 11/21/2018

PROVIDENCE – Verizon Fios customers in Rhode Island signing up for the Fios Gigabit Connection fiber-optic network will get a free year of Amazon...

WHILE IT DID NOT get the nod as one of the two cities chosen by Amazon.com for its HQ2 project, Providence did make a bid, which included this rendering of a glass-laden Superman Building as part of the pitch. / COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

Are you happy or sad that Amazon.com bypassed Providence for its...

Economic Activity 11/16/2018

The news that Amazon.com is splitting its HQ2 program among two cities, Arlington, Va., and New York City, is big news. But will the...

AMAZON.COM will split its new headquarters between the National Landing area of Arlington, Va., near Washington D.C., and Long Island City, in the New York borough of Queens. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/JIM YOUNG

Amazon splits coveted `HQ2′ between New York and Washington

Technology 11/13/2018

NEW YORK - Amazon.com Inc. will build new offices in New York City and Arlington, VA., ending months of jockeying between potential locations across the...

AMAZON.COM is reportedly close to agreements that would split the new headquarters between two locales, the Crystal City area of Arlington, in Northern Virginia, and Long Island City, in the New York borough of Queens. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/JIM YOUNG

Amazon is said near plan for HQ2 in New York, Virginia

Technology 11/06/2018

NEW YORK - Amazon.com Inc.’s yearlong search for a second headquarters is nearing an end, people with knowledge of the matter said. The e-commerce giant...