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BOTH PASSENGER AND CARGO traffic at T.F. Green Airport in November increased year over year. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORP.

T.F. Green passenger and cargo traffic continue upswing in Nov.

Economic Activity 02/09/2018

WARWICK – T.F. Green Airport has been getting busier. Passenger traffic at T.F. Green in November rose 21.5 percent year over year to 374,265 enplaned...

Health stocks, including CVS, slump as Amazon-led group unveils efficiency plans

Health Services 01/30/2018

WILMINGTON, Del. – Health care stocks plunged after three companies led by Internet giant Amazon.com Inc. said they plan to collaborate on developing ways...

PASSENGER TRAFFIC at T.F. Green Airport increased 18.6 percent in October while the amount of cargo processed through the airport increased 73.6 percent year over year. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Traffic’s up at T.F. Green, while cargo processing skyrockets

Economic Activity 12/27/2017

WARWICK – Traffic at T.F. Green Airport increased 18.6 percent year over year in October, according to the R.I. Airport Corp.’s monthly airport passenger...

COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP./PRESTON SCOTT COHEN INC.

Commerce updates Amazon web pitch with new renderings, testimonials

Capital Goods 11/08/2017

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. updated its RIforAmazon.us domain to include new renderings of proposals for Amazon.com Inc.’s second headquarters, HQ2. The drawings include...

Is Rhody a player for Amazon HQ2?

Economic Activity 10/27/2017

In an introductory video for the Rhode Island pitch to Amazon.com, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo describes Rhode Island as a “small pond in a...

AGGRESSIVE GROWTH: Pictured is the interior of the Amazon fulfillment center in Fall River. According to retail analysts at Needham and Co. LLC, Amazon posted $128.5 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2016, 34 percent of all U.S. online sales, and accounted for 58 percent of all e-commerce growth in the country that year. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Amazon’s growth is bringing much-needed jobs to region, but are they...

Capital Goods 09/29/2017

Jerry Johnson lost his last retail job about eight years ago, when the consumer-electronics chain Circuit City shut its stores under pressure from competing...