Mike Colias
15 hours in center of calamity
Rhode Island Hospital President Joseph Amaral slumps back in his office chair, rubbing both hands through his salt-and-pepper hair, his eyes tightly shut.
It’s...
Spinning rims attract Shaq, other celebrities
Company: Davin Wheels
Location: Providence
Employees: 13
Type of business: Custom wheels
Annual sales: Nearly $4 million
Just hours before the official launch...
Numbers add up to strength of arts as economic force
The theater, art, music and other creative pursuits are more than passions.
They combine to form a vital economic engine –...
Soaring energy costs draining businesses
Stella Ceci, a clerk at Andors furniture shop in North Providence, got a surprise recently when she pulled up the store’s heating bill...
RISD building design seeks distinction, stirs controversy
When a prominent design school goes about planning a new, centerpiece building for its campus, attention invariably falls to, well, the design.
For the Rhode...
Perot Systems eyes ‘aggressive’ growth in R.I.
In coming weeks, with one stroke of the pen, Texas-based Perot Systems Corp. will gain a 600-employee presence in Rhode Island and a...
Five sure-fire steps to corporate outing failure
Five ways to ruin your corporate outing:
1. Procrastinate
Most facilities start taking reservations one year in advance – and companies often pounce on their...
Instant messaging gives heartburn to employers
That “ping” you just heard could have been your colleague receiving an instant message from a client or business partner. But probably not.
...
Brown now offers biotech elective
As a fourth-year student in the Brown Medical School, Barrett Bready has his choice of more than 150 elective clerkships, such as pulmonary medicine,...
Work-study changes feared by colleges
Rhode Island College students have been visiting elementary schools across the state, helping kids learn how to read and do math.
No, they’re...
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