Thomas Caywood
I-195 move threatens wall whales’ future
Standing on the strip of sodden grass and weeds that separates the back of the old Cassiere Machinery Co. building from Interstate 95 on...
Texas gas company on NE buying spree
A trio of merger deals struck this fall promises to roll nearly 300,000 natural gas customers in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts into the...
Business weighs health care options
Scott Fraser of Blue Cross
Rhode Island businesses are facing another year of big health insurance rate hikes and perhaps more. Observers say there are...
Study finds RI hotels fullest in United States
Rhode Island hotels were the fullest in the country in September, according to occupancy figures compiled by Smith Travel Research of Hendersonville, Tenn. The...
Ronald Auger
Name: Ronald Auger
Age: 57
Background: Founded American Industrial Casting in 1983 and has been in the casting industry since 1962. Auger is chairman...
Name says it all and Total Mfg does it all
Company: Total Manufacturing
Owner: Carl Reed
Employees: 40
Type of business: manufacturer
Location: Cumberland
Year founded: 1997
Annual revenues: $3.5 million
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Train-airport link on target for 2001
The train station planned for Warwick should begin receiving passengers heading to T.F. Green Airport in late 2001. Airport and city officials are betting...
Meals online the latest in cyberspace food service
The Internet is changing the way Rhode Islanders work, communicate and shop. Could it change the way we eat too? Local cyber entrepreneurs think...
Coincidental settlement of suit raises eyebrows
Late last month New England Electric System agreed to settle a multi-million dollar lawsuit it had brought against Northeast Utilities System of Berlin, Conn....
Bell Atlantic turns to labor dept. to find workers
The nation's tight labor market has some companies, desperate for employees, offering free breakfasts, health insurance for pets and other creative fringe benefits to...
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