Article: Rhode Island Watchdog Group Says Technology-Fund Boards Must Open Talks.

Article: Rhode Island technology centers could shrink from 4 ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... forth between the Rhode Island Economic Policy Council and the Rhode Island Economic Development ... Last year, The Slater Board Inc. was created ... industry experts from Rhode Island and Massachusetts ... amp; Gray and a Slater board member, expressed ...

Article: Rhode Island Economic Policy Council Charts State's ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... But despite these economic threats, Rhode Island enjoys one key advantage as it competes ... help chart a new economic course for Rhode Island. The beauty of the state's coastline ... towns and the vitality of Providence are Rhode Island's economic strengths, speakers said ...

Article: Rhode Island Leads New England in Job Growth.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of the country has been losing jobs, Rhode Island managed to add some, ranking 6th out ... growth, a government survey shows. Rhode Island's job growth during the 12 months ... but a few states are very small. In Rhode Island, non-farm employment grew by just ...

Article: Rhode Island Quality Institute to Receive ...
M2 Presswire;  April 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 30 April 2007-Afternoon Movers: Rhode Island Quality Institute to Receive CVS/Caremark ... year $2.5 million grant to the Rhode Island Quality Institute to fund its ongoing ... Charitable Trust is honored to support the Rhode Island Quality Institute and the many critical ...

Article: Rhode Island
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States;      700+ words ...Rhode Island State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Named for Rhode Island in Narragansett Bay, which was likened to the isle of Rhodes in the Mediterranean Sea. NICKNAME: The Ocean State; Little Rhody. CAPITAL ...

Article: RHODE ISLAND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MISSION FORGES ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... business development delegation from Rhode Island visited Nassau May 13-15 under the auspices of the Rhode Island National Guard State Partnership Program ... States Embassy teamed up with the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation ...

Article: RHODE ISLAND
Young Students Learning Library;      700+ words ... ... smallest area. Its full name is The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Rhode Island is a New England state bordered on the ... Ocean is to the south. One story about Rhode Island's name begins in the Mediterranean Sea ...