Bethany Costello
Companies finding tech management material from within
When Textron officials began assembling the management team for the company’s new merged technology division earlier this year they didn’t have to look far.
In...
Community Harvest plans are growing
Spring planting may be just beginning, but already Little Compton farmer Skip Paul knows where much of his harvested fruits and vegetables will go....
Pension responsibilities shifting to employees
Gone are the days when a company-funded pension could get workers through retirement.
Here instead are the days when employees, not the employers, are responsible...
Quonset/Davisville has elements for feeder port, expert says
What makes Quonset/Davisville look so good as a potential feeder port?
According to William E. Ellis, program manager for port development at the Port Authority...
Housing market for minorities a priority
There is a wide gap in the national and local housing market, but it is one Rhode Island Realtors have made a priority to...
Demand for housing in RI remains strong
It doesn’t matter where you’re looking to buy – housing in the Ocean State is a hot commodity.
Sally Lapides, president and chief executive officer...
Feeder ports: prepare for a long haul
Just two years after starting its feeder port service, Port Canaveral officials might be looking at new uses for a six-acre container yard, but...
In RI, manufacturing recovery looks slow, distant
When you ask Central Tools P resident Alec Dawson if his Cranston manufacturing company is feeling the " industry rebound" economists are talking about,...
Heightened security making privacy concious nervous
The events of Sept. 11 may have forced companies nationwide to look harder at security issues, but now as industry groups urge Congress to...
Industry anxiously awaits court ruling
With less than a month before the official start of the fishing year, a federal court continues to consider just how the New England...














