News - Consumer Products
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Rhode Island Companies Attend World's Largest Medical Trade Fair
12/22/2008 - 14:10
In November 2008, the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation partnered with the U.S. Commercial Service, a federal trade promotion unit of the International Trade Administration, to help four leading Rhode Island medical companies participate in the “Best of New England Pavilion” at MEDICA 2008 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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RIEDC Partners with Alternative Lenders and Growth Capital Experts to Help Rhode Island Businesses Find New Sources of Capital
11/10/2008 - 11:14
RIEDC will host two financing educational seminars this month targeting the state’s small business community: “Navigating the Credit Crunch: Alternative Lending Sources” on Wednesday, November 19 at noon and “Financing Fast Growth” on Tuesday, November 25 at 10 a.m.
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United Natural Foods, Inc. Announces Plans to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to Providence, R.I.
10/16/2008 - 07:49
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) today announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters in May 2009 from Dayville, Connecticut to Providence, Rhode Island. UNFI will combine executive and administrative offices by relocating approximately 150 employees to the American Locomotive Works development on Valley Street. UNFI will continue to maintain its presence in Dayville, where its distribution facility will remain its third largest facility on the East Coast and the sixth largest in the United States.
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RIEDC, Providence Business News Honor 2008 Innovation Award Winners
09/11/2008 - 13:55
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) and the Providence Business News (PBN) honored the winners of this year’s 2008 Rhode Island Innovation Awards at a gala event on September 18 at the Kirkbrae Country Club. Launched in 2006, the Innovation Awards celebrate Rhode Island companies, organizations and individuals that have made innovation central to their work.
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Time is Running Out to Apply for the 2008 Rhode Island Innovation Awards
08/06/2008 - 12:48
The Innovation Awards, presented by the Providence Business News in partnership with the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and Tech Collective, and sponsored by Cox Business, are designed to honor Rhode Island-based companies, organizations and individuals that constantly replace existing methods, models and products with better ones.
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RIEDC Financing Program to Create 90 New Jobs in Rhode Island
07/30/2008 - 07:48
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Loan Fund (SBLF) has provided expansion capital loans totaling $1.75 million, enabling four Rhode Island businesses to create more than 90 new jobs.
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Saul Kaplan: Budget Discipline is Good for R.I. Economy
07/07/2008 - 12:34
The budget passed by the Rhode Island General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Carcieri is good for the state’s economy. Our 2008 Economic Growth Plan made clear that the state has to get control over its spending without raising broad-based taxes. The fiscal 2009 budget does exactly that. Do not underestimate how important this is to improving our business climate and stimulating job creation.
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Boston’s Xconomy Commends R.I. Innovation Tax Credit
01/16/2008 - 15:29
Boston/Cambridge-based “Xconomy” applauded the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council and the state for utilizing the Innovation Tax Credit, a targeted tax credit of up to $100,000, to stimulate investment in high-wage sectors.