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Hasbro posts $253.2M profit in Q3
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. earned a $253.2 million profit in the third quarter, a 15% rise year over year, the company reported Tuesday.
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MTX Group awarded $3.5M in tax credits to open ‘regional collaboration...
PROVIDENCE – MTX Group Inc., a Frisco, Texas-based consulting firm that uses artificial intelligence and data analysis to help its public- and private-sector clients...
House ARPA chairman: ‘Surgical’ approach needed in spending $1.1B
Billions of federal dollars have been bestowed upon Rhode Island through COVID-19 relief funding, but a large portion of the money sits unused as...
R.I. unemployment rate declines to 5.2% in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 5.2% in September, a decline from 5.8% in August and 10.9% one year prior, the...
Summit: Outreach to employees reduces COVID-19 vaccine defiance
PROVIDENCE – Repeated employee outreach – including small group meetings, daily bulletins and even bringing in faith leaders and pregnancy specialists – has proven...
R.I. Foundation releases spending recommendations for ARPA funds
PROVIDENCE – Housing, behavioral health, workforce development and small business took top priority in the Rhode Island Foundation’s recommendations for spending the state’s American...
I-195 Redevelopment District’s Parcel 25 eyed for proposed, 5-story R.I. health...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is gaining support for its proposal to build a 5-story building that would house a new state public health...
Elorza announces new small-business grant program using ARPA funds
PROVIDENCE - Mayor Jorge O. Elorza in a press conference on Friday announced the launch of a new city grant program for small businesses...
Endowments swell at Brown, other R.I. colleges
PROVIDENCE – As global financial markets boost college endowments around the country, Brown University saw an "extraordinary single-year return" of 51.5% for fiscal 2021,...
Helena B. Foulkes announces run for governor
PROVIDENCE - Former CVS Health Corp. executive Helena B. Foulkes, a Democrat, has announced her candidacy in Rhode Island's 2022 gubernatorial election.
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