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Work force key to R.I. growth
While Alan Greenspan and the Federal Reserve attempt to cool off what has been a red hot economy by raising interest rates, Rhode Island's...
Carlos Dominguez
Name: Matt Brown
Age: 30
Position: Executive Director, The Democracy Compact (the organization is sponsored by the Providence Journal; the Greater Providence Chamber of...
Start-up tech firm attracts NetZero as buyer
There was a time when an eight-month-old company founded by a 26-year-old graduate student, which has yet to announce its first customer, couldn't seriously...
Robert Batting
Name: Robert Batting
Position: President and chief executive officer of Kenney Manufacturing Co. of Warwick, which produces home furnishing hardware.
Background: Started with the...
Rendine taking post with American Exchange
Robert Rendine, who eight years ago left the chairmanship of the Rhode Island Republican Party to become chief spokesperson at GTECH, is headed to...
The Lighthouse has gone out
Lighthouse Communications of Warwick, among the fastest growing high-technology companies in Rhode Island - claiming to more than double its revenues from 1998 to...
Developers seek sales tax deferral
The developers of a $1 billion retail, industrial and entertainment complex - The Centre of New England - and mainly located in Coventry --...
Julie Scofield
Name: Julie M. Scofield
Position: Executive director of the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) since August 1993.
Background: Before becoming executive director,...
DefendNet gets an $8M boost
DefendNet Solutions, Inc., an Internet security firm headquartered in Providence, has received $8 million in venture capital funding that will allow the company to...
Michael M. Doyle
Name: Michael M. Doyle
Position: President, RDW Group, Rhode Island's largest advertising/public relations/marketing agency. Doyle has been named the person of the year by...
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