Michael Pare
The shopping lane is open and growing on the Internet
Never mind circling the mall to find a parking space, more consumers than ever are shopping via the Internet and retailers, according to Ernst...
Area boaters anticipate another banner year
The price of gasoline - hovering at barely $1 per gallon in recent weeks -- bodes well for a boating industry that already appears...
Kennedy plans to revive luxury boat tax credit bill
U.S. Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, D-RI, has reintroduced legislation that would provide a 20 percent tax credit to anyone who purchases a new custom...
Frank family success defies rule
Harley Frank and his family are the exceptions to a well- documented rule of business.
The rule is that most family businesses don't survive into...
Waterfront, rerouting 195 lead foundation’s agenda
The Providence Foundation has set an aggressive agenda for 1999 - with the relocation of Route 195 and continued development of the Providence waterfront...
Thomas M. Ryan
Name: Thomas M. Ryan
Age: 46
Position: President and chief executive officer CVS Corporation, the holding company of CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Woonsocket-based CVS has...
Successful in RI, Delta Dental looks beyond
It has been nearly six years since Delta Dental of Rhode Island split from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, to make...
Delta Dental growth, health care alert, Go Port and 195
PBN: Delta Dental of Rhode Island is establishing a subsidiary - The Altus Group - which will be headquartered in Rhode Island, but will...
Cubicle has found a home in the office
Dilbert - America's "poster boy for the corporately disenfranchised" -- can joke all he wants about his cubicle. Dilbert may feel confined. He may...
Bill considers regulators’ impact on small business
Small business supporters are backing legislation that would force state agencies to take a long, hard look at the impact regulations they impose have...
