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Nazarian to retire as RIC’s president <br> after 57 years at the...
PROVIDENCE – John Nazarian, Rhode Island College’s longest-serving president, has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2007-08 school year.
Nazarian, 75,...
The SEC wants you to embrace XBRL
Bryant University accounting professor Saeed Roohani and his colleagues believe they are at the forefront of a revolution that will alter the way Wall...
Web registry to help states track mortgage lenders
Rhode Island will be one of the first states to join a national database aimed at keeping better track of mortgage companies, particularly ones...
URI seeks to build a park for research, technology
The building boom is set to continue at the University of Rhode Island.
School officials have unveiled details of preliminary plans to construct a 30-...
3Q difficult for many banks
Bank Rhode Island last week posted a 39-percent year-over-year gain in its earnings for the third quarter, one of the few banks with local...
Expert: Retention is as crucial as recruiting talent
The phrase “talent war” has grown more popular in the corporate world as companies with a great need for skilled employees fight over a...
BankRI 3Q profit soars 39% to $2.3M
PROVIDENCE – Bancorp Rhode Island Inc. (Nasdaq: BARI), one of the few banks with local connections to see gains for the period, today posted...
Creating ‘places,’ not tourist traps
As a tourism industry leader, Robert Billington should be concerned about attracting visitors and their dollars to his region in northern Rhode Island. But...
Environmental groups pin hopes on Reed bill
Lawrence Taft, executive director of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, first noticed a problem back in 2003. That’s when schools, straining under skyrocketing...
Slade’s, Independent call deal a ‘perfect marriage’
CEOs Mary Lynn Lenz and Chris Oddleifson became friendly when both were appointed to head their respective Massachusetts banks about five years ago.
Lenz, the...
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