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Dental lab breaks ground on $3M Smithfield facility
A North Providence dental prosthetics maker has broken ground on a $3-million facility in Smithfield that owner Richard Napolitano said will be the largest...
URI nursing students test-drive PDAs
In the first step toward requiring all nursing students to carry personal digital assistants, the University of Rhode Island has bought 100 PDAs and...
Employers groom promising workers as future leaders
At GTECH Corp., about 750 workers – the leadership tier of the staff – have formal career development plans. Their skills and credentials are...
R.I. taking measures to reduce mercury pollution
It’s in old thermometers, thermostats, car trunk light switches, some light bulbs and – mixed with other metals – in dental fillings. It gets...
Do enough state contracts go to minorities, women?
The target is pretty clear: 10 percent of the dollars spent on “any and all” state purchasing, including goods, services and construction projects, as...
Business incubator helps startups realize potential
Marisol Martinez ran her own boutique before taking a job with Corky & Co., a Fall River children’s clothing manufacturer. Now she’s back in...
Blue Cross dispensing generics
The record is 11 in one day. The drug company representatives come constantly, Dr. Stephen M. Scott says, bearing promotional goods, sample packets and...
Electricity, heating bills put squeeze on businesses
The Energy Council of Rhode Island did the math the other day, and it came out to half a billion dollars. That, said Executive...
Kent Hospital CEO to retire
Kent Hospital President and CEO Robert E. Baute has announced that he will retire March 30 after 35 years as a member of Kent's...
Businesses, politicians join for health care reform
Stepping up efforts to engage Rhode Island business leaders in transforming health care, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy assembled...
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