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Twenty-three local startup companies received $50,000 in individual funding through an equity investment program supported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced Thursday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Gasoline slid to a five-month low as the U.S. and European labor markets weakened and factory output slowed in China and Europe, threatening demand for fuel.
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By Barbara J Powell
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Care New England and CharterCare Health Partners have agreed to pay $1 million and $300,000, respectively, to the city of Providence in a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, Mayor Angel Taveras announced Friday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Seven local nonprofit organizations have been awarded more than $1.48 million federal AmeriCorps grants as a result of the 2012 AmeriCorps State and National funding competition to advance the priorities of the Edward M. Kennedy Service America Act and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Friday afternoon that he would allow the legislation changing the Hospital Conversions Act to become law without his signature.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Providence Business News has announced the winners of the 2012 40 Under Forty competition, to be honored on July 26 at a summer bash at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport.
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By PBN Staff
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Landscape architecture firm Gates, Leighton & Associates is merging with Engineering firm Beta Group Inc. after roughly 20 years of collaboration.
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By PBN Staff
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The Tech Collective and 41 other state bioscience associations have formed the Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes, a nationally coordinated effort aimed to help ensure U.S. leadership in bioscience innovation.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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According to the Battelle/Bio State Bioscience Industry Development Report, Rhode Island’s bioscience sector grew 44.3 percent from 2001 to 2010.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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The Narragansett Indian Tribe will appeal the Superior Court's decision to include questions regarding casino expansion to table games on the November ballot, reported WPRI-TV CBS 12.
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By PBN Staff
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