Bethany Costello
RWU whets appetite for aquaculture
Roger Williams University Professor Tim Scott may be impressed with the 26 percent increase in gross revenues the state’s aquaculture industry experienced last...
Police to flock to Ocean State
10,000 conventioneers to gather next year
Two years ago when the Rhode Island State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police bid to hold...
In the flood-tide of e-mail, privacy ebbs
Management asserts right to oversee office message traffic
There is little privacy in today’s modern office.
That’s because with everything from chain letters, to jokes, to...
Rhode Island’s business community reflects on the tragedy of September 11
One year after the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, workers at Arthur Lambi’s CPA firm are doing something they wanted to do last...
Branch managers link banks to communities
Challenging, multifaceted role held vital to institutions' presence, growth
On any given day Melanie DeBarros can lead a mortgage lending workshop, help a new Johnson...
Making them sound right – an organmaster’s profession
Company: Potter-Rathbun Organ
Company Owner: Frederic Whiteside
Employees: 6
Year founded: 1927
Location: Oaklawn Avenue, Cranston
Type of business: Pipe organ repair and restoration company
Frederic...
URI looks to bolster biotech industry
University of Rhode Island researchers say the highly-touted expansion of biotechnology in the state could reach its fullest potential if the Ocean State focuses...
Progressive manufacturing seen as sector’s savior
Gubernatorial candidates vow to assist industry
Despite losing nearly 50,000 sector jobs in the last 20 years, Rhode Island’s manufacturing industry still accounts for nearly...
Economic chill shrinking purchases as businesses defer expansion plans
The end of summer has traditionally meant the beginning of the busy season at AA Thrifty Sign Company in Warwick, but not this year....
Retailers welcome digital televisions
A recent Federal Communications Commission ruling may have the electronics industry up in arms, but for local retailers it’s business as usual.
That’s because while...












