Making ‘historic’ mill windows<br> on an industrial scale
What do you do when you’re rehabbing a late-1800s/early 1900s mill and need to replace about 1,500 windows – yet keep them authentic, to...
Commission to look at revamping R.I. liquor laws
A special legislative commission has been set up to review all of Rhode Island’s liquor laws and regulations, looking, among other things, at the...
Credit unions find niche in small business loans
Measured by dollars loaned, Coastway Credit Union was the No. 1 U.S. Small Business Administration lender in Rhode Island last year, and the No....
Make sure you’re well covered
Dear Dan: As my business expands, I’m realizing how much exposure I have if something goes wrong. Employee injuries, theft, business interruption and a...
Arts have big economic impact
Sound Session has become the city’s largest cultural event of the summer. It drew 35,000 visitors last year, and Don King, director of the...
Gauging health by patients’ views
If you give a new drug to a patient with arthritis, how do you gauge its effectiveness? You can measure how far each finger...
Arts have big economic impact<br> on Providence
A new study by Americans for the Arts puts Providence as the No. 2 city in the nation sized 100,000 to 249,999 for the...
Amgen buying private drug developer Ilypsa
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Biopharmaceuticals giant Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: Amgen) last night announced it has agreed to acquire Ilypsa, a private company dedicated to...
Slater Fund investing $250,000<br> in URI biotech spinoff
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund today announced $250,000 in seed funding for biotechnology startup Vitrimark Inc.
Co-founded by Arijit Bose, a University of Rhode...
APC embraces challenge of reducing energy usage
Call it growing pains, although not in a conventional sense. As businesses rely more on tools driven by electricity and energy prices soar, the...