Karen Gavin
Venture capital- selective, sometimes risky business
Calculated financial projections are only one component of how successful managers and CEOs successfully court venture capital. "As much as I hate to say...
Training your staff pays off; options help
Nobody would dispute that having better-skilled employees means a business that runs better. But how can companies afford to keep employees well trained, especially...
State has money to help train RI work force
Financial help for Rhode Island companies looking to train their work force is as close as state government, which through the Rhode Island Economic...
TEC-RI reaction grim to PUC’s rate hike ruling
Looking as though they'd swallowed a bitter pill, R.I. Energy Council (TEC-RI) members left the hearing room at the Public Utilities Commission in a...
Pay generous for hospital execs
According to 1997-98 compensations reports for management employees in hospital, nursing home and home health management companies across the country, the average salary of...
PUC to review ‘Last Resort’ electricity rate hikes
The Public Utilities Commission will reconsider its recent order to hike Last Resort Service rates for non-residential customers to 4.5 cents per kilowatt-hour at...
Hospital’s merger ruling not before 2001
Since it appears Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse won't rule on the controversial proposed merger of Lifespan and Care New England at least until August,...
PUC raises Last Resort rates
Expecting electricity costs to soar this summer, the Public Utilities Commission last week raised Last Resort Service rates from 3.8 cents per kilowatt-hour to...
Ruth Mullen
Name: Ruth Mullen
Age: 50
Position: President and CEO, New England Trust Co. a Rhode Island-based investment management and advisory firm founded in 1973,...
Back to reality for investors
Although stock watchers may not agree on where the market is headed next, most concur its recent volatility has been unprecedented. "It's definitely a...
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