Firms turn to WorkShare hoping to avert pink slips
Lincoln manufacturer ChemArt has looked at the usual places to cut costs in an attempt to avoid layoffs as the economy slows:
The family-run company...
ALCO developer facing financial headwinds
Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, the Baltimore-based construction company now starting the second phase of its American Locomotive Works project, owes local contractors at...
Obama pledges $275B to stem U.S. foreclosures
President Barack Obama has pledged $275 billion to a program that will cut mortgage payments for as many as 9 million struggling homeowners and...
Products to simplify business
New products, services, Web sites and solutions of all kinds for small business are constantly coming across my desk. Here is a quick list...
Rhode Island arts feel effects of economic downturn, study says
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s arts organizations are suffering from the effects of a declining state and national economy, causing a reduced amount of arts...
Amtrak cuts Acela price to attract new customers
WASHINGTON – Amtrak has lowered some fares on its high-speed Acela Express trains between Boston and Washington by as much as 25 percent to...
Number of farms, sales are on the rise in Mass.
BOSTON – The number of Massachusetts farms grew 27 percent from 2002 to 2007, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Executive job-seeking takes more than e-mail
Even in the best of times, seeking the “perfect job” is never easy. In these turbulent economic times, it is even more challenging to...
Plotting the course for Fort Adams
Eric Hertfelder doesn’t have any delusions that everything at historic Fort Adams can be fixed in one massive multimillion-dollar restoration project.
The job would be...
Air, rail connection questioned
When developer Michael Integlia Jr. decided to build two office buildings along Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick a few years ago, the location was tough...
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