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...
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...
Struggling to revamp primary care
Dr. Albert Puerini Jr. loves his job. He leaves home by 7:15 every morning to visit patients in the hospital, then heads to his...
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...
Narragansett firm helps prepare ports for attacks
A Narragansett firm is playing a key role in exercises being conducted in Providence and at port cities across the nation to prepare for...
Miriam gets new inpatient/surgical center
After just over two years of construction, The Miriam Hospital’s brand-new inpatient and surgical services center is preparing to open its doors.
Last week, Miriam...
Dodd seeks tougher rules for mortgage lenders
WASHINGTON – The mortgage market needs “aggressive” new consumer-protection rules for lenders, U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., told Bloomberg News.
Dodd, who...
Edge Realty acquired by Prudential Gammons
East Greenwich-based Prudential Gammons Realty has completed its acquisition of Edge Realty, formerly Century 21 Edgewood Realty, of Cranston and Wickford. Financial terms were...
U.S. trade gap narrows in April by 6.2%
WASHINGTON – The nation’s imports of goods and services exceeded exports in April by $58.5 billion, narrowing by $3.9 billion or 6.2 percent from...
Mayor proposes 3-year deal with PPL
PROVIDENCE – Mayor David N. Cicilline has proposed a three-year contract with the Providence Public Library system that would increase city funding by 10...
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