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Leaders: Cooperation key to 'knowledge economy'

5:51 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Government, the business community, higher education and the healthcare system need to work together to grow Rhode Island's "knowledge economy," speakers at a conference this morning agreed. "Our success is really linked," said Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, one of......

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National polling firm opens Warwick call center

3:33 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Opinion Factor, a national polling and market-research firm, has opened a telephone call center in Warwick, bringing 350 jobs with it, the company announced yesterday. The positions, as telephone interviewers, range from 12-hour-a-week part-time jobs to full-time work, according to......

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Updated: State approves 8 percent Blue Cross and United rate hikes

4:21 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
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The state health insurance commissioner today approved rate hikes of about 8 percent for Blue Cross and United Healthcare, which will result in total premium increases of roughly $75 million. But that is $15 million to $20 million less than......

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Warren company gets Army money for trucks

5:11 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
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WARREN — A Rhode Island company has received $2.5 million in federal money to develop lightweight tractor-trailer-truck cabs for the Army and for eventual civilian use. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy announced the spending today at a ceremony on the factory......

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Restaurateur: Small changes can make big difference

12:09 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy George McKerrow Jr., president and CEO of Ted's Montana Grill, right, is interviewed by Richard Brush, dean of J&W's Hospitality College, who moderated the talk. Johnson & Wales University students today were urged to......

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Dynamo House work moving forward in Providence

4:37 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Conversion of Providence's former South Street Station power plant into a museum and hotel building is on schedule and moving from demolition work to construction, according to a spokesman for the developers. The plant, operated by Narragansett Electric for almost......

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A call to researchers to advocate for their work -- and funds

6:46 PM Tue, Jun 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Barbara Alving, the director of the National Center for Research Resources, was a keynote speaker at the Rhode Island Research Alliance Symposium today at the Rhode Island Convention Center. PROVIDENCE — The head of......

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