El Salvador is pitched as friendly to U.S. businesses
Companies spooked by negative headlines about Asian manufacturing plants have a safer alternative closer to home, according to Rhode Island business consultant Ana Morgan....
A.H. Belo posts $8.7M loss in 1Q
A.H. Belo Corp., parent of The Providence Journal Co., posted a first-quarter loss of $8.7 million or 43 cents per share. That represents a...
Foreclosures rise in R.I., nation in first quarter
IRVINE, Calif. – Foreclosures continued to grow in the first quarter as adjustable-rate mortgages reset at higher levels and home-price declines continued. California-based RealtyTrac...
He goes where the customers are
It is clear that David O’Brien, owner of Picture This Framing Center & Gallery, has a 25-year background in marketing and sales. For instance,...
Falling rates may cost commercial insurers in 2008
Commercial insurers may lose money from underwriting policies in 2008 as they accelerate years of price cuts, said Shivan Subramaniam, chief executive officer of...
Businesses get helping hand with IT
It was Mike Breen’s job to back up his business’ computer records periodically, but he never felt comfortable with the way he was doing...
Verizon pushes FiOS across state
Continuing its push into Rhode Island’s cable television market, Verizon Communications will spend $86 million in the state by year’s end to continue laying...
Nautical theme inspires new physician offices
At the Coastal Medical Group building in East Providence, the stone pier that vertically divides the facade could be a ship’s mast, the curved...
Leaders: Concentrate on future’s potential
For the past eight weeks, Providence Business News has run Newsmaker interviews with some of Rhode Island’s most influential business leaders. We wanted to...
Average Rhode Islanders paying<br> for tax cuts for wealthy
As you listen to radio in Rhode Island remind yourself of the proverb “beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
The Greater Providence Chamber of...
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