Patrick Healy
‘Big Brother’s’ watching, but interest often casual
A new study from Wellesley, Massachusetts-based American Privacy Foundation found that more than one-third of the U.S. employees who browse the Web and use...
Activity at ad agencies bodes well for economy
If the advertising industry is a bellwether of economic conditions, then Rhode Island may be slowly climbing out of what has been a sluggish...
Business travelers find hotels are Internet ready
With over 75 percent of the area's largest hotels listing business services as amenities, today's hotels are better equipped for the business traveler than...
Meeting planners get the royal treatment
Seventeen people from across the United States sit in an air-conditioned trolley outside the Rhode Island Convention Center, waiting to be taken on a...
Credit cards a growth business with college students
College students are getting credit for more than just courses these days.
A recent analysis of credit card debt from students who applied for...
Revival Act offers hope for rebirth of area mills
Only two employees from Worcester Textile are at the 500,000-square-foot Greystone Mill in North Providence on a seasonably warm July morning.
The building, almost entirely...
An idea becomes an invention, then a product
Cranston-based heating supplies manufacturer Taco, Inc. has a new invention on its hands, a product thought up, designed and developed by Rhode Islanders.
The invention,...
Growing Latin influence brings ad agencies together
Providence advertising agencies Gregory Cooney Belt and Tango USA have formed a strategic alliance with the intention of not only opening dialogue between the...
Lure of luxury apartments defies economic downturn
The popularity of luxury apartments in downtown Providence has risen in the past few years, and with vacancy rates thinning at existing complexes, the...
R.I. advertising, PR thrive, despite slowdown
Despite a sluggish economy, Rhode Island's advertising and public relations agencies appear to be enjoying a boom in business.
RDW Group recently acquired an account...
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