David Ortiz
Audits and advice…a conflict? Smaller CPA firms say both hats fit
Like many accountants, Lawrence Kahn watched the collapse of accounting behemoth Arthur Andersen LLP with sadness, but without surprise. The managing partner of a...
Most dangerous jobs? Nursing home attendants
A list of the most dangerous jobs in Rhode Island must look something like this: factory worker; construction worker; trucker; fisherman. Right?
Those jobs...
RIPEC assails ’03 state budget as threat to fiscal stability
A Rhode Island watchdog organization that monitors government spending is charging state legislators with fiscal irresponsibility in drafting the budget for the next fiscal...
Most dangerous jobs? Nursing home attendants
A list of the most dangerous jobs in Rhode Island must look something like this: factory worker; construction worker; trucker; fisherman. Right?
Those jobs...
IRS said to plan bigger tax breaks for business vehicles
The IRS is planning to change tax laws to allow small businesses that use a van or truck to claim a higher exemption for...
Business finds ways to cut travel costs even as discounts disappear
Major airlines, losing money these days faster than a jet burns fuel, have begun cutting back on the corporate discount programs they offer their...
IT training starts to grow up in RI educational system
Remember woodworking in high school shop class? Or the kid on your street who almost didn’t get out of grade school, but graduated from...
Housing boom looms to fill housing shortage
A condominium boom is about to explode in Providence, as developers are starting to exploit a profound gap in the local housing market.
Condos make...
For truckers, the ‘good times’ are a memory
That roar the big rigs make when they rumble up I-95 – that’s the sound of the trucking industry being driven out of...
Service with a heart at the Hudson Market
Hudson Market is a small convenience store on the corner of Hudson and Sycamore streets, smack in the middle of the Armory District. The...











