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Articles in category: Rhode Island News
Rhode Island jack-o'-lantern fest lights up fall nights
Explore masslive.com (Oct 14 2012)
The Jack-o'-lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, R.I., features 5,000 lit pumpkins along the zoo's wetlands trail.
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Local colleges make Princeton Review's 'best business' and 'best law' schools lists
Explore Homepage (Oct 10 2012)
Bryant University, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth all earned places on The Princeton Review's 2013 list of the 'Best 296 Business Schools,' and Roger William's University earned a place on the college-prep maker's list of the 'Best 168 Law Schools.'
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Citizens Bank has most deposits in R.I., says FDIC
RBS Citizens Bank remained Rhode Island's leading deposit holder during the fiscal year ended June 30, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Providence metro ranks 94 in U.S.
The Providence area ranked 94 out of the 102 metropolitan areas across the U.S. ranked on The Business Journals' October 2012 On Numbers Economic Index.
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R.I. college graduation rates exceed national average
Graduation rates at Rhode Island colleges are better than the national average, especially for the state's private four-year colleges, according to a study ranking 2010 graduation rates by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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URI College of Nursing lands $3.8M
The University of Rhode Island's College of Nursing has landed $3.8 million in federal funding to support the Ocean State's nursing workforce, training and education, and research efforts.
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R.I. 19th for entrepreneurs, Mass. No. 1
Rhode Island ranks 19th among states for entrepreneurship, according to an index released Oct. 2 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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R.I. ranks 7th in nation for energy efficiency
Rhode Island ranked seventh across the country for energy efficiency, according to the 2012 Energy Efficiency Scorecard released Wednesday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
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R.I. Black Business Assn. names 2012 award nominees
The Rhode Island Black Business Association has announced the nominees for its 2012 awards, which honor excellence and celebrate businesses and individuals for their hard work and dedication to business, economic development and bettering their communities.
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RI startup converts Facebooks pages to websites
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (Oct 1 2012)
Providence, R.I. startup TouchVu Inc. pivoted from a mobile website firm to a software company that works with small businesses, independent contractors and other companies to turn their Facebook business page into a website. TouchVu Founder and CEO Satish Boppana told a crowded audience of potential partners, customers and investors how his firm will turn a Facebook page into an attractive website for small businesses in a matter of minutes.
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Cvs, R.I. Free Clinic announce new partnership
Explore Homepage (Sep 21 2012)
CVS Caremark has become the pharmacy for the Rhode Island Free Clinic, dispensing free medicine to more than 2,000 clinic patients at three pharmacy locations - in Cranston, Central Falls and Providence.
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R.I. receives $3.3M from Labor Dept. for disability employment
Explore Homepage (Sep 21 2012)
Rhode Island will receive $3.3 million from the U.S. Labor Department as part of $20.7 million in Disability Employment Initiative funding nationwide.
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Unemployment rate drops to 10.7% in August
Explore Homepage (Sep 21 2012)
Rhode Island's jobless rate marked a fourth consecutive month of improvement in August, falling to 10.7 percent according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.
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Providence named among best cities for young people
Explore Homepage (Sep 13 2012)
For the fourth time, Rhode Island’s capital city was named one the 100 Best Communities for Young People by the America’s Promise Alliance and the ING Foundation.
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Report: R.I. lays groundwork for wind energy
Explore Homepage (Sep 13 2012)
The Ocean State could be one the first states with offshore wind farms, according to a report released by Environment Rhode Island, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Environment Council of Rhode Island.
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Report: R.I. businesses lack in gender job equality
Explore Homepage (Sep 11 2012)
Rhode Island businesses lack in promoting women leadership within both the private and nonprofit sectors despite strong evidence that shared gender management leads to greater economic stability, according to a report by Vision2020, a national …
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R.I. Hospital awarded $10.8M from NIH
Explore Homepage (Sep 10 2012)
Rhode Island Hospital was awarded $10.8 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health for research into joint health, the Associated Press reported.
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R.I. Foundation calls for change at Make It Happen RI forum
“Things need to change” in the Ocean State economy, Rhode Island Foundation Executive Director Neil Steinberg told business and community leaders Friday morning in a plea for new ideas at the nonprofit's Make It Happen RI forum.
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URI to celebrate new pharmacy building
Explore Homepage (Aug 31 2012)
The University of Rhode Island is set to celebrate the opening of its newly completed $75 million building for the College of Pharmacy on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m.
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EDC grants $1M loan guarantee to eNow Inc.
Explore Homepage (Aug 28 2012)
The R.I. Economic Development Corporation has guaranteed a $1 million loan to eNow Inc., an expanding Providence company that makes solar power systems for trucks.
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RI tech brings patient-cooling suit to BioTuesday
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (Aug 23 2012)
Rhode Island technology industry assocation Tech Collective has been hosting its life sciences/biotechnology networking event, BioTuesday, at local bio businesses since 2009, and next month’s event may be the group’s coolest yet. The group has tapped University of Rhode Island’s William Ohley to talk about his invention, a cooling suit used on patients who have had a heart attack.
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R.I. exports rise 13.2% in June
Explore Homepage (Aug 22 2012)
Exports from Rhode Island rose 13.2 percent in June after plunging 23.1 percent in May, according to an international trade statistics report from e-forecasting.com.
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Homes sales in R.I. climb again in July
Explore Homepage (Aug 21 2012)
Rhode Island single-family home sales climbed 22 percent in July compared with the same period last year, the 13th consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains.
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R.I. awarded $624K for food, shelter assistance
Explore Homepage (Aug 17 2012)
Rhode Island was awarded $624,045 in federal funding to supplement the state’s emergency food and shelter programs.
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