Justin Sayles
Workers making mid-life career moves
Job seekers set new path and follow their passion
Before going to work for career development firm Lee Hecht Harrison, David Rogers went through his...
Holiday sales surge 22%
Consumers flocked to malls and discount retailers Thanksgiving weekend, pushing overall sales up 22 percent over last year’s holiday weekend, according to figures released...
Image makeover suits Filene’s Basement CEO
It’s an event that garners worldwide news coverage.
Filene’s Basement’s annual “Running of the Brides,” a premarital free-for-all for wedding dresses at discounted prices, has...
R.I. tourism payrolls jump, study says
A study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s National Chamber Foundation ranks Rhode Island seventh for adding travel and tourism jobs between 1999 and...
Committee examining predatory lending
In his 20 years at the Blackstone Valley Community Action Program, Paul Redkovich has witnessed it enough to consider it a “serious problem.”
A new...
Downtown’s newest toy store plays off nostalgia
While watching movies from the 1950s, Biggles Inc. President Cory Johnson sees phenomenal window displays at toy stores. Walking along Main Street, people in...
Providence firm begins work on 150 technologies
As a self-proclaimed “technology voyeur,” Foresight Science & Technology President Phyllis Speser is excited about what the commercialization firm will soon be looking at...