Five Questions With: Paul J. Long
Paul J. Long is a chartered financial consultant with Bluechip Financial Advisors in East Providence. He has more than 35 years experience in the...
Tribune publisher files for bankruptcy
CHICAGO – Tribune Co., the nation’s largest employee-owned media company, today filed for bankruptcy protection as it struggles to meet payments from the buyout...
More-rational water regulation needed
What do these seven state agencies have in common?
The Narragansett Bay Commission; the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC); the R.I. Department...
Deficit has towns eyeing consolidation
Talk about consolidating services among cities and town in Rhode Island is getting more serious this time around.
After almost a year of little progress,...
Retailers guarded despite early rush
At Providence Watch Hospital, a glass case-lined watch retailer and repair shop in Cranston, Service Department Manager Gail Bourassa wasn’t as busy as she’d...
Marketing expert: Target customers with letters
At a time when small businesses must watch every penny spent, one of the best ways to get your message to prospective customers without...
Costly care leaving U.S. patients vulnerable
The math is simple and inescapable: For $50 or $100 a month, a primary-care provider can keep a person’s asthma under control through medication,...
Hearing clinics ring up sales for Beltone N.E.
Warwick-based retail hearing clinic chain Beltone New England opened 23 new hearing clinics across the region in October, bringing its total number of stores...
Slumping economy won’t block new school in E.G.
Even in a down economy, voters in East Greenwich last month decided to take out a 30-year, $52 million construction bond to build a...
Commercial, industrial markets slowed in state
Edward O. “Ned” Handy, president of commercial real estate finance at Citizens Bank, last week said his bank is still well-capitalized despite the economic...