Marion Davis
Office fashion more casual as workers dress down
If Briggs Doherty Jr. were President Bush’s image consultant, America’s leader
wouldn’t have that “terrible” wrinkle behind his collar and the color...
Citizens Bank to install ‘talking ATMs’
Citizens Bank is setting up more than 450 “talking ATMs” in branches throughout
New England, more than half, the bank said, by...
Bank of America lays off some Fleet branch staff
The Bank of America Corp. laid off an unspecified number of workers Wednesday at Fleet Bank branches, a Boston-based spokeswoman said, but the number...
Free banking, perks abound in changed industry
Bank of America’s arrival has local banks competing for customers with incentives
Why settle for “free” when you can have “totally free,” “absolutely free,”...
Local women’s business center faces SBA cuts
A major resource for women entrepreneurs in Rhode Island is facing a fiscal
crisis, with one-quarter of its roughly $507,000 budget in...
URI researchers await commercial law benefits
Ying Sun has built his career at the University of Rhode Island, 19 years of
teaching, doing research and inventing new gadgets....
Report: State’s tax burden sixth-highest in nation
Slow income growth, property rates largely to blame for ranking
Rhode Island’s tax burden per $1,000 of personal income is now the sixth-highest
...
Fleet veteran Hatfield named Bank of America Rhode Island president
William F. Hatfield, the last high-profile Rhode Island executive left at Fleet Bank, has been named president of Bank of America Rhode Island, the...
R.I. Fleet top execs take flight amid acquisition
With Bank of America’s coming arrival, officials downplay Fleet’s high-profile departures
The departure of FleetBoston Financial Corp.’s top Rhode Island executive,
Neil...
Volunteer efforts build employee bonds, morale
Edward Caron organized Rhode Island’s first Christmas in April a decade ago
after seeing how it unified Notre Dame University’s alumni. He...










