Mergers, Technology, Politics Affect Employment in Rhode Island.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: May 29, 2001 | Copyright information

By Lynn Arditi, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 29--Rhode Island's biggest employer is CVS. But that's no surprise.

What nobody would have guessed just five years ago is that two defense contractors made it into the top five private employers in the state this year.

Think back to 1996. The Cold War had been relegated to the history books, and jobs at General Dynamics and Raytheon were threatening to go the same way...

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