Bethany Costello
Convenience is the appeal to customers
Is it cost savings or convenience that has most area banks offering online services to their customers?
Ask any area banker and you are bound...
Peddlers and hawkers controlled by communities’ rules, regulations
While the warm weather and increased pedestrian traffic might entice budding entrepreneurs to sell their flowers, crafts, or food along Rhode Island streets, many...
Bush’s steel tax pushes price of steel up 50 percent
The price of certain domestic steel products has risen as much as fifty percent since President Bush began imposing tariffs on imported steel in...
Bay State leads the pack in NE biotech development
New England might quickly be developing the reputation that it’s a hotbed for biotechnology activity, but some local experts say that’s not exactly the...
The pace got him into the business and he thrives on...
Name: John J. Elkhay
Position: Owner of XO Café at 125 North Main St. and Ten Prime Steak & Sushi on Pine Street in Providence,...
Fall River tech. center celebrates first tenants
The Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center in Fall River has its first three tenants.
International Compliance Systems, Micro Magnetics, and Predictive Technology Inc., have...
U.S. falls short of contract goal for small business
For the second consecutive year, the federal government has failed to meet its small business-contracting goal of 23 percent.
Small business advocates are crying foul,...
Multi-language work force inspires in-house courses
With more than 250 languages officially spoken in the United States today, it’s no surprise that at least three different dialects can be heard...
The senator goes to sea; Chafee crews on a fishing boat
With calm seas, bright skies, and nets full of fish, U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee knows that his day as a commercial fisherman on Narragansett...
Area auto dealers react to May slump
Local car dealerships, not immune to a national drop in auto sales, are finding themselves fighting for customers and deals as the industry struggles...
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