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Challenging giants in team apparel
The Internet has found local team-sports apparel. Long the domain of neighborhood sporting-goods shops or mom-and-pop screen printers, sales of uniforms and clothing for small teams – from Little League to corporate softball and high school wrestling – are migrating online like so many other consumer products. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 3/4/13

Textron reports profits, growth in 4Q, fiscal year
Textron Inc. – parent of Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company and Textron Systems – posted net income of $148 million, or 51 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2012, reversing the $19 million, or 7 cents per share, loss for the same 2011 period. more
| 1/23/13
Manufacturers eye increased training
It’s a recipe for economic stagnation business leaders in Rhode Island know only too well – companies with jobs open, a lack of skilled workers to fill them and a stubbornly high unemployment rate, currently at 10.4 percent. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 12/17/12

Avtech joins national coalition to stop IP, IT theft
Warren-based technology manufacturer Avtech Software Inc. is the latest Rhode Island company to join the National Alliance for Jobs and Innovation, a non-partisan organization designed to increase awareness about stolen intellectual property and the subsequent negative impact on jobs, innovation and economic growth. more
| 3/8/13
United Natural Foods 4Q net income rises
PROVIDENCE – United Natural Foods’ fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 46 percent from a year ago, The Associated Press reported last week. more
9/17/12
Toray Plastics invests $15M in facility expansion
Toray Plastics (America) Inc. has invested roughly $15 million to expand its North Kingstown facility and install new coating equipment in order to meet the customer demand for “value-added films with advanced specialty layers,” said a company release. more
| 4/24/13
Going mobile adds to designer’s appeal
New hires at Cranston-based Alex and Ani Inc. are given tech tools they need to bring the office to them when they join the company. more
By Susan Shalhoub
Contributing Writer | 6/25/12
Nortek to acquire 2Gig Technologies for $135M
Nortek Inc., a residential and commercial ventilation maker, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lehi, Utah-based 2Gig Technologies Inc., Nortek announced Thursday. more
| 2/14/13
Astro-Med makes gains in FY2013
Astro-Med Inc., maker of specialty printers and data-acquisition systems, posted net income of $10.6 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, for the fiscal 2013 period, a gain of 239 percent on its fiscal 2012 results. more
| 3/20/13 | 1 comment
Factory orders in U.S. decrease by the most in 5 months
Orders to U.S. factories fell in January by the most in five months, weighed down by a slump in demand for military hardware and commercial aircraft. more
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