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College vision will be ingrained at new mayoral academy
Morgan Carter is the founding principal of the new Achievement First Providence Mayoral Academy. The charter school is scheduled to open in August with 176 students, chosen by lottery, from Providence, North Providence, Cranston and Warwick. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 3/4/13

Dose of discipline can help cure state’s budgetary woes
After merging state financial offices into a single Office of Management and Budget this year, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee needed someone to lead the new entity and turned to the General Assembly, where many of his fiscal proposals have died. In then-Senate Fiscal Adviser Peter M. Marino, he found someone with experience shaping the state budget and critiquing it with the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. In addition to the traditional roles of the offices it combined, the new OMB will do more data analysis, a common refrain in suggestions for improving the Rhode Island economic climate. Five months after taking the job, Marino is now working on the first state budget proposal crafted under the new structure, one that, as always, promises tough decisions. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/17/12

Teknor Apex sees opportunity in biodegradable plastics
Dustin Hoffman’s character in “The Graduate” may not have dedicated his life to plastics, but it worked out well for William Murray, the Lincoln native named president of Teknor Apex Co. last month. If the world is going to continue to rely on plastics in the future, the Pawtucket polymer technology company and leading U.S. maker of garden hoses is working on the compounds of the future. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 2/18/13

Cox security services expand from Internet to the home
Armed with a dual degree in science and English and the unfiltered enthusiasm of a recent college graduate, John Wolfe headed from his Ohio home to Washington, D.C., and dreamed of becoming the next Bob Woodward. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 2/25/13

While others contract, EB is ramping up for growth
It’s a strange and wonderful time at Electric Boat. While most of the American defense sector contracts under federal budget cuts, the Groton, Conn.-based submarine builder is starting its largest expansion in a generation. At the company’s North Kingstown plant, Electric Boat is scaling up from 2,500 workers to potentially twice that number over the next eight years to develop the nation’s next ballistic-missile submarine. After years of cutbacks at Electric Boat, President Kevin J. Poitras is drawing on his 40 years of experience, which included the submarine arms race against the Soviet Union, to manage this new growth period. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Needs of businesses should drive state economic policy
Through the ownership of several popular nightspots and restaurants, State Sen. Joshua Miller has been influential in the Providence dining and nightlife scene for years. But since jumping into politics seven years ago, the Cranston Democrat is now as likely to take a stand on hospital consolidation or payday lending as he is nightclub closing hours or farm-to-table cuisine. After leading a commission on health care affordability and wrestling with the sale of Landmark Medical Center in the Corporations Committee, Miller this year was named chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 1/28/13

Helping companies make sense of regulatory patchwork
Public concern about the quantity of plastic packaging thrown away in the United States has been growing for years. In Rhode Island, plastic shopping bags have become the most recent packaging flashpoint, with a bag ban recently approved in Barrington and a proposal in the General Assembly for a statewide ban. Environmental Packaging International in Jamestown has carved out a consulting niche tracking different packaging rules and advising firms around the world how to comply with them. Firm Project Manager Lauren Melucci specializes in plastic-shopping-bag rules and discusses where Rhode Island’s fits in nationally and internationally. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 3/11/13

Business model and strategy must be aligned to succeed
Francine Newth, an associate professor of management at Providence College’s School of Business, has penned a new book, “Business Models and Strategic Management: A New Integration,” as part of a collection of 13 targeted books that has been acquired by university libraries worldwide and also is available as a corporate learning tool. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 3/18/13

Unified voice needed to grow student financial literacy
After nine years of organizing, advocating for and expanding financial-literacy initiatives in Rhode Island, Jim Hedemark will soon be leaving his post as the executive director of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 4/1/13

Success of graduates helping to build pride in URI
When Bob Beagle, recently retired vice president for university advancement at the University of Rhode Island, came to the school in the early 1990s, the national banking crisis had left the state in fiscal disarray. more
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