Mike Colias
Natural gas key to power cost cuts <br>
The announcement last week that Rhode Island should see substantially lower electricity rates over the next few years came with several caveats.
A study released...
Heartlab: Trying to be center of excellence, preserve jobs
Name: Robert Petrocelli
Position: Founder, President and CEO of Heartlab Inc.
Background: President and CEO of Heartlab since the company's founding in 1994. Imaging research...
Workplace air quality gets little attention
More than 1.3 million office buildings in the U.S. have air-quality problems that could lead to health problems among workers, according to the Labor...
If you want to draw a crowd, hire a celebrity speaker
James Marquart has booked his share of professional speakers.
As president and CEO of the Providence-based Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America, Marquart has hired...
Communication and understanding essential in wake of tragedies
Much like the rest of the country, workers in Rhode Island’s offices, factories and stores huddled around radios and TV sets yesterday to find...
National Grid choice to run for-profit
Narragansett Electric's parent company was recently chosen by a group of Midwest utilities to run what might be the country's first for-profit transmission system.
National...
Hinckley, Allen, Snyder: lawyers for medical industr
Name: Gerard R. Goulet
Position: Chairman of Health Law Practice Group, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
Background: Chief of the Division of Medical Care Standards at...
Global Services in business in Pawtucket, employing 200
Delaware-based PFPC Global Services Inc. opened its mutual fund processing center in Pawtucket in July and now employs 200 workers there.
The firm, a unit...
Fidelity stands pat, waits for Dow Chemical’s move
After three years of frenetic expansion at its Smithfield location, Fidelity Investments is in something of a holding pattern.
The Boston-based mutual fund giant has...
The Gravity Games roll, skid, slide into town
When an expected 350,000 spectators turn out for the Gravity Games in Providence's Waterplace Park this week, marketers and advertisers will be afforded a...












