Health care: Playing the ends against the middle class
In this country, we are living longer, surviving illness and trauma that would have proved fatal generations ago. We are acquiring more disabilities and...
Hong Kong has plenty to offer Rhode Island businesses
Donald C.K. Tong, Hong Kong commissioner for economic and trade affairs in the U.S., recently visited Providence to discuss international trade with students at...
Nonprofits need law that gives flexibility
Nonprofits across the country have seen their endowments decimated recently, and some have fallen below the original value of the contributions.
But a law...
Editorial Cartoon: Race to the Finish Line
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri is shown waving a checkered flag, signifying the end of a race, while holding his nose. The 2009 State Budget...
Schools anxious over applications
Cynthia Bonn, dean of admission at the University of Rhode Island, doesn’t feel comfortable right now, and she won’t be until May.
In years past,...
Timing key for campus construction
As Brown University’s multibillion-dollar endowment started to lose value last year, the university had to make some tough choices about its capital projects. The...
Firms brace for possible consolidation
Tucked into the East Providence office of Troy, Pires & Allen Insurance, you’ll now find another firm, Shove Insurance Inc.
The two firms – both...
Starbucks to close one Warwick location
WARWICK – Starbucks Corp. has announced that it will close its store at 1759 Post Road in Warwick as it shutters about 300 “underperforming”...
MBTA may drop weekend, evening trains
BOSTON – Train service between Providence and Boston would be eliminated after 7 p.m. on weekdays and entirely on weekends starting as soon as...
WPRV-AM moving to all talk
EAST PROVIDENCE – Starting Monday, radio station 790 WPRV-AM will stop playing oldies music and switch to an all-talk format heavy on business, featuring...