URI engineer invites ‘attacks’ on program
KINGSTON – As online shopping becomes more common, shoppers increasingly depend on consumer-based rating systems that vendors use to rate their products. Now, ...
Sailing is this publisher’s world
In 1974, Murray Davis, an Australian writer and sailing enthusiast, washed up on Newport’s shore with an idea for a magazine aimed at serious...
Axon Labs hires biotech veteran as CEO
PROVIDENCE - Bioscience startup Axon Sleep Research Laboratories has announced the appointment of David P. Dickinson as its CEO and as a member of...
Justice Flanders to lead URI innovation panel
STATE HOUSE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri this afternoon named lawyer Robert G. Flanders Jr., a former R.I. Supreme Court associate justice, to chair...
UnitedHealth faces $67,500 in R.I. fines
PROVIDENCE – A “market conduct” examination of UnitedHealthcare of New England has found the company failed to comply with Rhode Island’s small-group health insurance...
Poll ranks Providence among top arts destinations
PROVIDENCE – For the third year in a row, the city has been named a “Top 25 Arts Destination” by the readers of AmericanStyle...
R.I. Business Plan finalists announced
The business plans for a software company that aims to turn cell phones into personal security alarms connected to law enforcement offices, a manufacturer...
Amgen’s 1Q profit rises 11% to $1.1B
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) today said its first-quarter profit increased 11 percent to $1.11 billion from $1.01 billion in the...
RISD library earns AIA, ALA kudos<br> for historic preservation
Efforts made to preserve the historic architecture of Rhode Island School of Design’s year-old Fleet Library, which was carved out of a former banking...
Scientists urged to change how they communicate
Having worked in public affairs in the executive office of Bill Clinton’s White House, Rick Borchelt is used to fielding questions about whether the...