Mike Colias/levesque@pbn.com
Two PET scanners approved for hospitals in RI
Most hospitals in Rhode Island will have access to the latest in diagnostic imaging technology as a result of the approval last month by...
Broadway neighborhood a lure to wide range of commerce
Jed Arkley would like to say that he pinpointed the Broadway neighborhood as the perfect spot for a new coffee shop when he opened...
Nortek accepts Kelso’s enhanced bid for purchase
Nortek Inc. recently agreed to a sweetened deal from New York-based buyout firm Kelso & Co., which will pay $1.6 billion in cash and...
Property owners want answers to their questions on lead-paint law
The lead-paint legislation that passed the General Assembly last month has been heralded as a national model for preventing child lead poisoning. But for...
Labor shortage, medical errors challenge health care in 2002
The health-care industry grappled with two familiar foes during the first half of 2002: labor shortages and the issue of medical errors.
The state’s shortage...
RITEC hears 27 innovative business plans; here are three
Twenty-seven Rhode Island and Massachusetts companies were selected from more than 115 entrants to present their business plans June 13 at RITEC’s Venture 2002...
Lifespan to expand 3 hospitals
Lifespan plans to spend more than $60 million expanding or renovating cramped, aging surgical units at each of its three acute-care hospitals in Rhode...
With debt reduced, AAi.FosterGrant focuses on growth
Name: John R. Ranelli
Position: President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of AAi.FosterGrant Inc.
Background: Before joining AAi.FosterGrant in August 1999, Ranelli helped execute a...
Interest grows in RI Venture Capital Forum<br><I>Investments are few </I>
At the state’s annual venture forum two years ago, Vincent Giordano stared out into a nearly empty room while discussing the business plan for...
<i>New England decline is modest</i>
Although investment in venture-capital firms has shriveled since 2000, venture activity in New England has held up better than in the country as a...
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