Gail Hulbert
Biotech remains promising industry
The failure of Alpha-Beta Technology to make good on a $30-million state loan it spent to build a pharmaceutical plant in Smithfield shouldn't be...
Almond budget favors all-day kindergarten
Gov. Lincoln Almond is expected to present a state budget blue print for 2000 this week that includes $2 million in seed money for...
Charles E. Maynard
Name: Charles E. Maynard
Occuption: President and chief executive officer, The Providence Center
Backround: Hired by the state in 1969 to establish a not-for-profit...
Regional real estate firm to acquire J.W. Riker of RI
A Massachusetts company that calls itself the region's largest residential real estate operation is growing bigger, with the first of several acquisitions planned for...
Hotel competition moves to suburbs
A competitive hotel market is taking shape in Warwick where a couple of national hotel chains are upgrading one property and developing two more...
Woonsocket company recasting bike for rehab
Company: Exercycle Corporation
Location: Woonsocket
Type of business: stationary bikes
Owner: David St. Germain
Number of employees: 10
Founded: 1932
Annual Sales: WND
Screen icon John Wayne...
Women, average people sign on The Internet is losing its exclusivity
The Internet - once the playground of affluent, well-educated men - is going ordinary, reflected in an audience that's increasingly middle-brow, less work-oriented and...
Smart approach to tourists
ORGANIZATION: The Rhode Island Tourism Division
WHERE TO FIND IT: www.visitrhodeisland.com
CRITIQUE: It's one thing to provide Rhode Islanders a list of weekend diversions. It's another...
Comfort is the key to avoid office pain
You don't need money or even an enlightened boss to be ergonomically correct. Both are helpful but, in many cases, not required of a...
Pay equity for women in state jobs is goal
Now that the state budget is running a surplus, will this be the year Rhode Island starts paying its men and women employees the...
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