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WILLIAM “B.J.” FINNELL recently moved from Ohio to Rhode Island to take over as News Director at WLNE-TV, Channel 6. /

Channel 6 news director no stranger to ratings war

On his third day as news director at WLNE-TV, ABC 6, B.J. Finnell flatly disputed the notion that any one or two television stations...
THE WRIGHT SISTERS: Ellen Puccetti, left, and Elizabeth Dulude, who are sisters, have been important to the success of Wright’s Dairy Farm. Puccetti runs the bakery portion of the business, while Dulude operates the dairy. /

Coming straight from the source

Have you ever seen the cows that provide the milk you are drinking, or milk for the cream in your cream puff, the custard...

2008 best workplaces selected

For the third time in as many years, Best Companies Group, in conjunction with Providence Business News, has named the Best Places To Work...

APC among foreign firms investing heavily in R.I.

Foreign investments play an essential and increasingly important role in our economy, both in Rhode Island and the nation as a whole. That point was...
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN industrial design student Emily Vernon will be among those presenting to the Democratic National Convention in August. /

Dems to get eyeful on solutions to climate change

When the Democrats gather in Denver at the end of August at their national convention, they could be deciding more than who will run...
ERIC B. WEINER, leaning on car, founder of All Occasion Transportation, films a commercial. In the foreground are Arty Goldstein, left, and Jim Smith, of A Gold Production. /

Personal touch grew transport company into a winner

Eric B. Weiner thinks he was the only student on the Providence campus of Johnson & Wales University to have a cell phone. He...
EDNA KENT, left, president of the Glocester Heritage Society, and Thomas Sanzi, dressed in historical garb, outside the future Dorr Rebellion Museum in Glocester. /

Ocean State uses history to lure new visitors

Visitors from around the world are coming to Rhode Island for more than the beaches, the mansions and the fine cuisine. The state’s rich...

Parent company to update APC facility

WEST KINGSTON – France-based Schneider Electric will invest “$3 million to $4 million” in the American Power Conversion facility on South Kingstown’s Fairgrounds Road,...
TODD STOTTLEMeYER, president and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, speaks to a group of business owners at the Providence Marriott Hotel. /

Business advocate fears insurance mandate effects

Everyone agrees that taking steps to prevent illness can cut an individual’s health care costs in the short term, but preventive care will never...
HASBRO CHAIRMAN Alan Hassenfeld believes the state should help businesses that have the potential 
to export goods or services. /

All must share pain to right R.I.’s economic ship

(Editor’s Note: This is the eighth and final installment in a series of Newsmaker interviews with business-community leaders focusing on the economy and the...
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