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Benjamin N. Gedan: March 2008 Archives
11:37 AM Fri, Mar 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Business Innovation Factory, a nonprofit organization that promotes innovation, has hired Rhode Island School of Design professor Mickey Ackerman to oversee the expansion of its Experience Labs. The labs are meant to conduct "innovation projects that experiment with new......
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5:33 PM Thu, Mar 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Southwest Airlines, the dominant carrier at T.F. Green Airport, was recently fined $10.2 million for failing to properly conduct safety inspections on its planes. WARWICK - The maintenance concerns at Southwest Airlines have not caused any delays at T.F.......
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12:18 PM Thu, Mar 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo / Bill Murphy A worker signs a beam last summer at the site of Fidelity's newest office tower in Smithfield. SMITHFIELD -- Fidelity Investments has been inviting Rhode Island tourism officials to Boston to sing the......
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11:51 AM Thu, Mar 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo / Mary Murphy Workers operate heavy equipment last May at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. PROVIDENCE -- Gilbane Inc., construction manager for the $80.5-million renovation of the Dunkin' Donuts Center, says it has saved $100,000 in waste......
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10:55 AM Thu, Mar 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Two top lawmakers have filed legislation calling for a study of how the Community College of Rhode Island trains the state's workforce. The bill is sponsored by Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva Weed and House Majority Leader Gordon D.......
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12:50 PM Wed, Mar 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Leonard Bell, chief executive officer of Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., will speak at two upcoming investor conferences, one sponsored by Cowen and Company and the other by Lehman Brothers, Alexion announced. The Cowen and Company's 27th Annual Healthcare Conference is taking......
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12:02 PM Wed, Mar 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo / Bill Murphy Car importer NORAD is the main user of the port at the Quonset Business Park. NORTH KINGSTOWN -- Automobile importer North Atlantic Distribution plans to start exporting truck cabins from the pier at......
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4:26 PM Tue, Mar 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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James P. McCarvill, the executive director of the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority, says there is probably little demand for the building's naming rights. State Rep. Deborah A. Fellela, D-Johnston, has introduced legislation that would require the authority to solicit......
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3:05 PM Tue, Mar 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo / Kathy Borchers Governor Carcieri and Paul J. Choquette Jr., CEO of Gilbane Inc., at an Economic Policy Council meeting in 2006. PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri is combining the state's two economic development agencies, the state......
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10:32 AM Tue, Mar 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Labor unions are joining with environmental advocates and anti-poverty groups to form a "Green Jobs Alliance." The alliance is a coalition that will support middle-class jobs that are good for the environment. Legislators are scheduled to announce the......
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5:12 PM Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE – With critics questioning how much Rhode Island has benefited from the $52 million in tax credits the state has offered to the television and movie industry to film here, the state's Division of Taxation this morning proposed new......
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3:06 PM Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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The chief executive officer of pharmaceutical giant Amgen Inc., Kevin Sharer, says 2007 was the "most difficult" year in the company's history. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sharer was asked about the struggles that have bludgeoned the......
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11:56 AM Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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The state Economic Development Corporation has started a new regional campaign to increase the number of high-wage jobs in Rhode Island by building the state's financial services, health and life sciences, information technology and digital media sectors. The nine-month campaign,......
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11:11 AM Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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The organizers of a new state chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America are hosting a launch party next Thursday, March 20. The group will gather at 5:30 p.m. at Tazza on Westminster Street in Providence. “Clearly, the launch......
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3:24 PM Fri, Mar 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo Governor Carcieri attends a ceremony last March, at the botanical garden at Roger Williams Park, to mark the start of the tourism season. PROVIDENCE - State officials will mark the start of this year's high tourism......
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1:34 PM Fri, Mar 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Joseph J. MarcAurele, president of Citizens Bank's Rhode Island operations, is hosting a discussion about doing business in China. MarcAurele will be joined by Anne Forbes Van Nest, a senior vice president at Citizens Financial Group; Nelson de Castro, a......
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12:23 PM Fri, Mar 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo / Mary Murphy Christopher L. Bergstrom, executive director of the state Economic Policy Council, at a council meeting last September. PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island Economic Policy Council has released its new strategy for improving the state's......
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5:58 PM Thu, Mar 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Lawmakers in the state Senate want to force the state's largest power company to invest in renewable energy projects, such as wind turbines. Senate President Joseph Montalbano said today that legislation they are proposing would primarily affect National......
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5:10 PM Thu, Mar 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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Fortune magazine has named Providence-based Textron Inc. as the country's top-ranked aerospace and defense company. Textron moved up six spots from its ranking last year, according to the company. "Textron is honored to be recognized as number one among such......
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4:33 PM Thu, Mar 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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The U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service plans to hold four public hearings in Massachusetts beginning Monday, March 10, to solicit comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Wind Energy Project. The draft report is available for......
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3:49 PM Thu, Mar 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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As state lawmakers advance an effort to build wind turbines off the Rhode Island coast, Texas, an early adopter of wind energy, is struggling with the unpredictability of the resource. The Wall Street Journal reported today that regulators in Texas......
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2:05 PM Thu, Mar 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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National Grid has sold a fiber optic division of its KeySpan Corp. subsidiary. Lightower Fiber LLC, a provider of digital fiber optic networks, today announced plans to purchase KeySpan Communications. That acquisition, coupled with Lightower's purchase of DataNet Communications Group......
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10:58 AM Thu, Mar 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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Author Jeffrey W. Meshel. Author and "master networker" Jeffrey W. Meshel will deliver a speech at this year's Business EXPO, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce announced today. The speech will take place at the Rhode Island Convention Center.......
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6:08 PM Wed, Mar 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Senate President Joseph A. Montalbano will unveil renewable energy legislation tomorrow at a news conference at 3 p.m., his spokesman announced today. Senate leaders plan to gather in the State House in room 313 to discuss the bills. Part of......
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2:27 PM Wed, Mar 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal Photo/Mary Murphy Michael Polak, right, and John Kelly, both of New England Organics, a composting company in Portland, Maine, set up their display yesterday at the 11th annual New England Regional Turfgrass Conference and Show at the Rhode......
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11:35 AM Wed, Mar 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo / Bill Murphy Sue Cabeceiras, of Warwick, shops at the new ALDI market. The Blue Elephant restaurant in Providence will no longer serve dinner, a decision its owners blamed on the increasing cost of food. "To......
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10:58 AM Tue, Mar 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal archive photo / Bill Murphy The new bridge between the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin' Donuts Center is now open. PROVIDENCE - The bridge connecting the Dunkin' Donuts Center and the Rhode Island Convention Center has......
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1:43 PM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Citizens Financial Group has appointed Ellen Alemany as its chief executive officer, a position held by Lawrence K. Fish from 1992 until last March. Alemany already held the title of CEO of RBS America, a new organizational unit at the......
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