William Hamilton
Accounting firms finding Sarbanes creating stress
CPA Scott Wragg recognized that there was a problem soon after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act took effect in 2002.
For 20 years at the national accounting...
Slater invests in genome sequencing
The technology is called Massively-Parallel Sanger Sequencing, and if the founder of Genome Corp. and his backers are right, it has the potential to...
Hookah bar hooks URI students in
Mahoud “Mark” Najib doesn’t particularly care for the use of the words “hookah bar” to describe his new venture in South Kingstown.
“We prefer water...
R.I. seeks to connect disabled to jobs
The director of a local program designed to help the disabled enter the work force is “cautiously optimistic” that state officials are now serious...
Cable TV exec never envisioned herself at helm
This is the second in a series of 12 PBN articles focusing on the backgrounds, challenges and successes of some of the area’s most...
In the war against graffiti, it pays to be unrelenting
When Frank Zammarelli first arrived in downtown Providence two years ago, he said, it was covered in spray-painted scrawl.
“There was so much of it...
Neighbors seek to end parking ban
Patrick Ward’s neighborhood has gone through some upheaval in the last year, and he says the City of Providence’s parking policy is to blame.
That’s...
Brokers see steep drop in lending
The pain continues for mortgage brokers and borrowers.
A nationwide survey of brokers released earlier this month found that 33 percent of home purchase closings...
Concordia takes its workers’ skills to a higher level
For 33 years, Leona Bailey has toiled away as a machine operator on the factory floor at Concordia Fabrics in Coventry. It’s the only...
Consultants find big demand for good advice on colleges
Michelle and Gary Beamon didn’t know where to start when their daughter, Alix, reached an age when college was looming on the horizon.
“She’s my...
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