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CVS Caremark Partners with State and Local Agencies to Recruit and Train Pharmacy Techs for New Customer Care Center
Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 10:41
CVS Caremark announced today that it is partnering with several state and local agencies in Rhode Island to recruit and train certified pharmacy technicians for jobs at its new Pharmacy Customer Care Center in Cumberland, RI.
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Providence Business News Selects RIEDC’s Julian Dash as 40 Under Forty Winner
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 11:44
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation today announced that the Providence Business News has named the agency’s director of the Renewable Energy Fund, Julian Dash, as a 40 under Forty winner.
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Governor Carcieri Hails Deepwater Wind Rhode Island Lease Agreement at Quonset Business Park
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 09:09
Governor Carcieri today hailed the Quonset Development Corporation Board of Directors’ approval of a development agreement to lease 117 acres to Deepwater Wind Rhode Island, LLC in the Quonset Business Park for the development of the company’s regional manufacturing facility and its regional development headquarters.
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Rhode Island Leaders Collaborate on Roadmap for the State’s Green Economy
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 09:17
Governor Donald L. Carcieri, House Speaker William J. Murphy, Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation hosted the Green Economy Roundtable, aimed at identifying the state’s unique green economic opportunities and accelerating green-sector job growth. The event was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings in Warwick, Rhode Island.
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Renewable Energy Fund Awards Grants to 17 Local Alternative Energy Projects
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 09:00
RIEDC's Renewable Energy Fund (REF) has awarded a total of $681,875 in grants to 17 local projects that will stimulate job growth in the green technology and green energy sectors of Rhode Island’s economy.
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Rhode Island Innovation Network Holds Kick-Off Event
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 13:54
A half-day workshop was the kickoff event for the Rhode Island Innovation Network and Business Development Program.
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STAC Appoints New Co-Chair, Members
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 12:04
Governor Donald L. Carcieri today announced the appointment of David M. Farmer, PhD, FRS, FRSC, Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, as co-chair of the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council.
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RIEDC, Rhody Fresh Announce Repayment of $125,000 SBLFC Loan by Rhode Island Dairy Farms Cooperative
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 14:55
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation today announced that a $125,000 Small Business Loan Fund Corporation loan was paid off in full by the Rhode Island Dairy Farms Cooperative (Rhody Fresh).
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Rhode Island Dubbed "Biotech Hub" in BioWorld Report
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 10:32
BioWorld's Summer 2009 Expansion and Relocation report has named Rhode Island one of the top six biotech hotspots in North America.
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Live demonstration of defense and homeland security technologies scheduled for June 11 at Naval Station Newport
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 10:04
The Undersea Perimeter Security Integrated Defense Environment (UPSIDE) project aims to provide a harbor and port security system for ships at dockside as well as pier side critical energy infrastructure
