Laura Rcketson
City dwellers seek solace in the seaside towns
But soaring prices make Dartmouth, Westport nearly inaccessible
The cost of owning a home in Southeastern Massachusetts’ coastal areas like Westport and Dartmouth has...
RISD has a hit downtown with its store
What do a square chair, a $12,000 table, a Cuisinart, paper bowls and a bunch of silk scarves have in common? They’re all on...
Boston office glut linked to business failures, uncertainty
Office vacancies in Boston have risen dramatically over the last year, according to a number of commercial real estate studies, pointing to a...
His goal: melding the varied interests of SE Massachusetts
Name: Stephen Smith
Position: CEO and executive director of the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District, a non-profit planning organization based in Taunton that...
Their safety valve could save you plenty
Product: The Water And Gas Safety (WAGS) valve
Inventors: Paul Almberg, Clyde Baragwanath
Location: Manufactured at Taco Inc. in Cranston
Year invented: 1992 (It’s been on the...
Reviving the massive mills for the 21st century
Wiring and renovating century-old granite, stone and brick mills in cities like Fall River and Pawtucket to include all the 21st-century amenities –...
Glad Works designs, tends FDNY’s web sites voluntarily
Glad Works, a print, Web and multi-media advertising agency in Pawtucket, recently unveiled two New York City Fire Department-sponsored Web sites, the New York...
R.I., U.S. corporations trimming sails on travel, meetings
Corporations throughout Rhode Island and across the nation are cutting back on their monthly and yearly conventions and meetings, as business...
Good business means communicating wherever you are or wherever you go
Is communicating with coworkers and employees in the office like playing a game of telephone? Does your workplace culture consist of eating breakfast with...
Business, media seek respectful approach for marking September 11 anniversary
As the Sept. 11 anniversary approached, local media outlets and public relations professionals struggled to find the right words and images to pay tribute...
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