Sewing from experience generates a business for RN
This is the ninth in a series of 12 PBN articles focusing on the backgrounds, challenges and successes of some of the area’s most...
RWU one of 14 schools to land research grant
Roger Williams University has been selected as one of 14 institutions in the country to earn an award from the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research...
Small business owners feeling the squeeze from R.I.’s insurers
To the editor,
As a small business owner and consumer, I am appalled at the idea that the only two games in town, Blue Cross...
Future innovation demands more collaboration today
Today’s conversation on innovation typically focuses on individual companies or market sectors. But with his new book, “Innovation Nation,” serial innovator John Kao has...
St. Florian elected to AIA College of Fellows
PROVIDENCE – Friedrich St. Florian, a professor emeritus of the Rhode Island School of Design and the designer of the $160 million World War...
Linens among life’s finer things
Selling queen-size bedroom linen sets with an average cost of about $500, and as high as $800, requires a certain amount of tact.
But Wendy...
SBANE still seeking nominees for 2008 Innovation Awards
WALTHAM, Mass. – There’s still time, until 5 p.m. Wednesday, to submit nominations to the Smaller Business Association of New England’s annual Innovation Awards....
Networking sites can help businesses
Business networking Web sites, or more generally, “social networking” sites with a business bent are exploding across the Internet. If you’ve resisted the temptation...
High school robotics teams vie in Tech Challenge
WARWICK – Teams from more than 30 high schools across the state took part in the annual For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and...
Providence brewed up big change in coffee
Two decades ago, a coffee revolution started in Providence. It was not about frothy drinks or selling CDs. Rather, it was about a local...