Ted Nesi, Author at Providence Business News

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R.I. bankruptcy filings up 65% in past year

Business Services 08/29/2008

PROVIDENCE – Bankruptcy filings in Rhode Island increased 64.9 percent in the 12 months ended June 30, according to the Administrative Office of the...

Report calls for R.I. transit overhaul

Capital Goods 08/28/2008

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island should greatly increase its investment in the state’s public transit system, a leading environmental group and an allied riders’ union...

THE FiOS TV television-guide module helps users select from programs on the service's more than 250 channels. /

Verizon launches FiOS in Glocester, Smithfield

Technology 08/27/2008

BOSTON – Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) today began offering its FiOS fiber-optic television service in Glocester and Smithfield. Phil Santoro, Verizon’s local spokesman, told...

AN ANKLE BRACELET from OmniLink is part of the GPS-based tracking system, developed by Lighthouse, that will help track dangerous offenders after their release. It also may be used to help locate emergency personnel. /

Lighthouse unifies criminal tracking in R.I.

Business Services 08/26/2008

LINCOLN – Lighthouse Computer Services Inc. today announced a statewide system to enable enforcement authorities in Rhode Island to coordinate their tracking...

DIGITAL ARK, Edward Coderre's digital-preservation firm, is presently working on a project for The Steamship Historical Society of America. /

Five Questions With: Edward Coderre

Entrepreneurship 08/26/2008

Edward Coderre is the CEO and creative director for The Digital Ark, a digital-preservation firm which Coderre founded with his wife Diana in 2005...

Covidien launches venture-capital arm

Entrepreneurship 08/26/2008

MANSFIELD, Mass. – Covidien has launched a new corporate venture-capital arm, Covidien Ventures, that will invest in areas of strategic importance to the $9...

INTERNET NEWS readership has increased every year since 1996, according to the Pew Research survey. /

Survey: Newspaper, TV news losses are Web’s gain

Economic Activity 08/26/2008

A growing number of Americans are adding online news to their information mix or eschewing traditional news altogether, according to a new study, although...

D3Logis, Sefas team for document technology

Entrepreneurship 08/26/2008

EAST PROVIDENCE – The business-outsourcing firm D3Logic has entered into a new partnership with Sefas Innovation that the company says will strengthen its document-output...

CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS noted Bryant University has worked to make communication between the school and goverment agencies more efficient. /

Bryant wins safety-technology award

Education 08/26/2008

SMITHFIELD – Byrant University has won the 2008 Campus Technology Innovators award for emergency preparedness. Noting that all campuses are focusing on their safety and...