Michael Pare
Bill filed to enable RI to gain access to insurance firms
The General Assembly appears poised to adopt legislation that will provide tax incentives for captive insurance companies - allowing Rhode Island to compete for...
Confronting the global market, learning how to reach it
U.S. CONGRESSMAN Bob Weygand
Outside the Pappitto Dining Room on the campus of Bryant College, the temperature - and the snow - was falling.
It was...
Demand for accountability fuels Vertere’s future Software to control inventory
CHECKING THE SYSTEM are Vertere exedcutives, Sharon E. Stasko and Harry Hickey.
Vertere comes from the Latin "vertere," which means "to turn about, to transition."
Sharon...
As retirement nears Boomers’ concerns grow
The Baby Boomers are thinking retirement.
In fact over the next decade they will begin to retire in large numbers.
Today's Baby Boomers, "constitute the core...
Wage base tests harmony
An attempt by the labor community to raise the minimum wage could put to the test the
...
Bess Eaton planning far more than doughnuts
Expanding well beyond the traditional coffee and doughnuts, the Westerly-based Bess Eaton Coffee Shop & Bakery company has unveiled ambitious plans for unprecedented growth.
In...
Future in printing, as elsewhere, is high tech
Rhode Island's printing industry is determined to buck the trend of declining manufacturing jobs.
Technology just might help it to do so.
While traditional press room...
P-Bruins’ resurgence lifts spirits, revenue downtown
It's 5 p.m. on a Saturday evening and seven guys are lumbering down
Washington Street in downtown Providence. They duck out of the cold...
History and modern living blend well
Northern Rhode Island's economic base is a unique collection of the old
and the new.
There are manufacturers and mills - and there are office...
Shopping center blight subject of college study
At the University Heights shopping plaza in Providence a Boston Market
chicken restaurant and a BankBoston branch are thriving. A Coconuts
record store --...
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