Mark S. Murphy
Mark S. Murphy joined Providence Business News as the newspaper’s editor in November 2005. He previously had served as the editor of Golf World Business, after working in a variety of editing positions at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Murphy holds a bachelor of arts degree from Dartmouth College, a master of science from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a master of business administration from Columbia’s Graduate School of Business.
State analysis: R.I. 11th in nation for tax burden
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Revenue today released an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data for fiscal year 2006 that places the state...
It takes community to police a community, says chief
Col. Dean M. Esserman is emphatic. Although he has agreed to take part in a Q&A, he wants the story to be about the...
Hatfield sees cooperation, <br>progress ahead for the state
As the head of Bank of America in Rhode Island – the country’s largest bank and second in the state by deposit market share...
From golf ball logos to a business
The way Tom Kellogg looks at it, he’s stuck. He figures that as recently as a couple of years ago, had he wanted to,...
APC-MGE poised to break out<br> onto the global stage
With his move to Rhode Island from Australia, Laurent Vernerey is a living example of what the purchase of APC by Schneider Electric is...
A Grand new vision for Newport
The Procaccianti Group last week unveiled plans for as much as $1.4 billion of development on 75 acres of Newport’s North End, including entertainment...
TPG unveils $1.4B ‘O2’ development plan <br>that begins with buying Newport...
NEWPORT – The Procaccianti Group, joined by business leaders and elected officials from Newport and Aquidneck Island, today announced the beginning of an entertainment/residential/commercial...
Success is as success does, in football or in business
Don Shula says it wasn’t his idea to get into the restaurant business, but it’s been a successful endeavor: His company’s revenue is reported...
Deficit, health costs seen as<br> major challenges for R.I.
If there is one thing that the region’s business leaders and consumers agree on, it is that the state’s deficit represents a real challenge...
Salt marsh project helps nature and golfers
It sounds like a plague that Greek gods would rain down on their enemies: phragmites (pronounced frag-mighties). It may not be the product of...
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