Denise Perreault
Developers urged to assist tenants evicted from mills
It was October 2006, the absolute worst time of year for Jim Caito to move his business, Desmark Industries Inc.
Desmark manufactures hundreds of thousands...
Mandle, Sherba and Geisser win 2008 Pell Awards
PROVIDENCE – Visual artist Peter Geisser and violist Consuela Sherba will receive the 2008 Pell Awards for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, organizers said...
New Providence ordinance helps displaced tenants
PROVIDENCE – A landmark ordinance signed this morning by Mayor David N. Cicilline encourages developers of old mill buildings to give small-business tenants adequate...
3 Rhode Islanders win Guggenheim Fellowships
PROVIDENCE – Two artists and one scholar from Rhode Island have been awarded 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships, one of the most prestigious and coveted awards...
Preston hears earful on health care
With small businesses staggering under the increasing financial burden of providing health insurance to their employees, business owners are looking to the federal government...
Tourism in R.I. could benefit from the devalued dollar
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of Newsmaker interviews with business-community leaders focusing on the state budget and the economy.)
Gary E....
Franchising is on the rise across the United States
After Jim Conway sold the Warwick auto-supply company he operated for 17 years, he found that he missed owning his own business.
He tried...
Kennedy: Congress could delay action on SBA budget
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy held out hope last week that President George W. Bush’s proposal to slash the U.S. Small Business Administration budget by...
From intern to CEO, passion fueled Parrillo’s rise
The 10th in a series of 12 PBN articles focusing on the backgrounds, challenges and successes of some of the area’s most influential and...
Hasbro buys rights to Trivial Pursuit
Hasbro Inc., the world’s second-largest toymaker, bought the intellectual property rights to Trivial Pursuit for $80 million from Horn Abbot Ltd. to expand the...
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