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Rhode Island Scholarship Alliance Creates Corporate Scholarship Tax Credit Program
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 03:00
Thanks to the Rhode Island Scholarship Alliance, a new tax credit was created for corporations that donate to help lower-income families afford private school education for their children in exchange for a generous tax credit.
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Rhode Island's New Export Collaboration Partner - The Bahamas
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 03:00
For four days, several Rhode Island organizations including Newport Vineyards, Sea Fresh USA, Newport Collaborative, North East Engineers and the Newport Chamber of Commerce engaged in dialogue on a whole host of economic opportunities with the Bahamas. Seafood, tourism, historic redevelopment and more were all on the agenda for the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation's latest trade mission to the Bahamas.
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RIEDC, RIMES Forge New Alliance to Promote Growth in Manufacturing
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 03:00
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) and the Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Service (RIMES) today announced a new alliance aimed at strengthening the state's manufacturing sector. Created in 1996, RIMES provides comprehensive manufacturing solutions to Rhode Island's small and medium-size manufacturers, helping them solve business problems and raise their level of competitiveness and profitability. As part of the collaboration, RIMES will co-locate with RIEDC at the corporation's Valley Street offices.
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Live Now: Every Company Counts Spanish Website
Monday, May 21, 2007 - 03:00
Rhode Island's Latino community will now have the online resources offered to Rhode Island's entire small business community - in Spanish. At www.everycompanycounts.com/spanish_content.asp, Every Company Counts brings valuable information to the Spanish business community such as important upcoming events, articles written (not translated) in Spanish by Latino entrepreneurs and links to other Rhode Island resources that provide assistance in Spanish.
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Rhode Island Coalition Strong at BIO Convention, Governor Carcieri Leads New England Forum on Biotechnology
Monday, May 7, 2007 - 03:00
Rhode Island was well represented at the 2007 BIO convention, held this week in Boston. For the first time in the convention's 14-year-history, Rhode Island participated in the event, hosting an exhibit with 23 of the state's leading health and life sciences companies, research organizations, academic institutions and government agencies.
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Caprio Partners with RI-WINs to Show Benefits of Border-to-Border Broadband Wireless Network for R.I.
Monday, April 30, 2007 - 03:00
General Treasurer Frank Caprio announced his support for the statewide rollout of the Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs), an effort to make Rhode Island the first state in the country with a border-to-border wireless broadband network. In addition to pledging support, Caprio is putting the network to the test, making his the first executive office to directly use the RI-WINs network.
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President of Washington, D.C.-based think tank outlines Rhode Island's standing in national ranking of economic transformation
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 03:00
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) president Robert Atkinson presented results from the 2007 State New Economy Index, a report recently published by ITIF and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, at the April 25 meeting of the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC).
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Justice Robert Flanders to Chair Commission to Strengthen Research at URI
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 03:00
Justice Robert G. Flanders, Jr. was named Chair of a commission charged with making recommendations to state leadership on actions to enhance research activity at the University of Rhode Island. The URI Commission for Innovation will propose actions to strengthen URI's position as a nationally competitive public research university and a key institution in Rhode Island's effort to grow an innovation economy.
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Collaboration Rules at STAC/EPSCoR Event
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 03:00
Collaboration was the buzzword of the day at "Expanding Rhode Island's Research and Development Capacity through Collaboration," a one-day forum, hosted on April 12 by the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) and Rhode Island's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Nearly 100 participants attended the event including members of Rhode Island's academic and commercial research community, and business and community leaders interested in supporting collaborative research in Rhode Island.
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Leadership, Scientific Talent to Discuss Collaborative Research Opportunities, Strategies for Strengthening Connections
Friday, April 6, 2007 - 13:21
On Thursday, April 12, National Science Foundation Deputy Director Kathleen Olsen will be among those participating in "Expanding Rhode Island's Research and Development Capacity Through Collaboration," a one-day forum presented by Rhode Island's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and The Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC.) The event, free and open to the public, will bring together researchers, policy leaders, and members of the business community to discuss tools for creating successful collaborations and showcase "best practice" projects happening across the state's research community.
