‘WaterFire’ wants small partners too
“WaterFire Providence” has launched a new corporate sponsorship program aimed at smaller businesses than have traditionally provided funding for the signature event downtown.
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Global generosity starts here in R.I.
In 1937, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, British war correspondent John Langdon-Davies found a boy alone in the war-torn city...
Charitable events pay off for Fidelity
Fidelity Investments’ participation in the MS 150 Bike Tour for multiple sclerosis has grown since the company began investing in the event eight years...
URI professor takes on elder care issues
Patricia M. Burbank, a University of Rhode Island nursing professor, has won The American Journal of Nursing’s Book of the Year 2006 award in...
PURVIS wins contract for NUWC systems work
MIDDLETOWN – PURVIS Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Naval Undersea Warfare Centers to provide systems engineering, laboratory...
Immigration laws aren’t perfect,<br> but compliance is key
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires all U.S. employers to verify the employment authorization of every new employee, whether each is...
Emergency cleanups require expert help
On a day like March 2, when the heavy ice and snow from previous storms are melted by pouring rain, roofs inevitably bust open,...
URI professors get NSF grant for lab curriculum
KINGSTON – Two civil engineering professors at the University of Rhode Island are using a $148,462 National Science Foundation grant to try a new...
Learning from the Marines
Follow the leader – it’s a game we learned as little kids. As I recall, we would follow whoever was in front of the...
Slower profit growth leads to 12% pay cut<br> for Citizens CEO
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Chairman and CEO Lawrence K. Fish’s total compensation last year fell 12 percent to $12.9 million, according to a...
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