Alicia Korney
Brown forum takes on statewide outlook
The renamed Brown Enterprise Forum will take a slightly different, though slightly
broadened, approach when it begins its latest calendar of events...
Locking in oil price contracts can be sticky business
Energy experts from around the state say a business is gambling whether it
decides to lock into a contract laying out a...
R.I. Convention Center sets bookings for next year
The Rhode Island Convention Center is already looking toward solidifying its
calendar for the close of 2005 even before the full slate...
DB Companies sold to Hess, Getty in court
The last Rhode Island remnants of Pawtucket-based DB Companies will be divvied
up among winning bankruptcy court bidders Amerada Hess Corp. and...
Long-distance plans signing off
Cell phones, Internet calling have providers shifting business
strategy
With the technology behind cell phones and Voice-over Internet Protocol services
having...
Census numbers show RIte Care is working
The latest numbers from the United States Census Bureau show the percent of people living in poverty and without health insurance coverage rising for...
Atrion sees Ghana as gateway to new, international markets
In search of an entryway into an international market, old-fashioned business
networking led Warwick-based Atrion Networking Corp. all the way to Ghana.
...
Tobacco tax hikes don’t deter sales, economist says
At least in the near term, an economist says states can expect to continue
seeing healthy revenue streams when they decide to...
Online banking services flow into the mainstream
Banks are seeing their online services attract mainstream customers who are
comfortable with conducting the majority of their banking business in a...
Charity care, bad debt up at hospitals
Charity care and bad debt at the state’s 13 hospitals rose for yet another
year, according to a report released last week...