Laura Ricketson
Ironing out the wrinkles of rejection letters
Executives share etiquette of responding to job applicants
Are you sending out 20 resumes to 20 different companies? You might be thinking that you’d be...
Mass. marine grad school bestows its first degrees
The University of Massachusetts’ new marine studies graduate school, a partnership between the UMass campuses to leverage the teaching and research within the university...
R.I. home building lagged national numbers in ’04
Nationally, construction spending shot up 1.1 percent in December, a positive ending to a year that saw the best performance since 1996; but in...
Taxation by education – select write-offs do exist
Yet deductions must relate to employment
If you repair televisions, radios and other electronics, and take a special course in radio and stereo service; or...
Student contractors apply energy-efficient methods
Energy-efficient homes are the homes of the future, and Energy Star, Narragansett Electric and others are bringing them into the mainstream with the help...
Cranston firm offers mortgage advice for divorcees
Divorce is a difficult time, often complicated by division of assets like savings, home and children. In an effort to make financial decisions like...
After deal can’t get done, Brown & Sharpe to leave
Brown & Sharpe Inc., purchased by Sweden-based Hexagon AB in 2001, will be moving out of North Kingstown and into North Stonington, Conn., in...
EDC economic development proposal takes broad view
Rhode Island’s spending rate on social programs is unsustainable, its taxes are among the highest in the nation, its population is aging at an...
Landmark Deal
Hot market prompts Gilbane to sell One Financial Plaza while investing in RISD housing
When Gilbane Properties paid $48 million in cash for two buildings...
Project to bring 500 students downtown
When 500 Rhode Island School of Design students move into their new digs at 15 Westminster St. this fall, it will signify the end...