Michael Souza
Brown team studying new fuel-cell catalyst
Imagine a future where almost all cars and houses are powered by a fuel cell, an electrical generator – not a battery – that...
Five Questions With: Ralph Valente
Rockland Trust and the Stonehill College Center for Nonprofit Management recently announced they are teaming again to present their BreakFACTS workshop series for small...
SBA says 2012 ‘banner year’
BOSTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration proclaimed that its fiscal 2012, which ran from Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, was a “banner...
RIMES, GWB strike partnership
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Service has received a $85,000 award from the Governor’s Workforce Board. With the funding, RIMES...
Programs assisting Sandy-struck businesses
WASHINGTON – For those wiped out by Hurricane Sandy, the Small Business Administration stands ready to help by using three of its programs.
Businesses...
Free workshops offer help with entrepreneurship
TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. and the Rockland Trust Community Development Corp. will hold two basic-business workshops in Fall River aimed...
Nonprofit’s loans, services remove barriers to success
Andy Posner is the executive director of the Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit agency in Providence that provides a variety of financial services to...
Survey: No substitute for in-person networking
It is indisputable that the Internet, with its ever-expanding base and social media platform, is an important aspect of any marketing scheme. But a...
Reversal in mortgage-lending hiring
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in an occasional series of stories that will feature the companies and industries creating jobs in the region.)
Many...
Banks are focusing on offering more electronic choices
What will the bank of the future look like? Will it be smaller than today’s branches or employ less people? Will it even exist...