FM Global profit up 16% after low disaster losses
JOHNSTON – FM Global, a major commercial and industrial property insurer and risk management adviser, said last week that its net income for 2006...
N.Y. chain buying Alperts for undisclosed price
SEEKONK – Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, a retail chain with 3,800 employees and 70 stores in six states, including two in western Massachusetts, has...
Woonsocket lead plan wins top HUD rating
WOONSOCKET – The city’s financial assistance program for lead abatement in older housing has won the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s highest...
Campaign aims for ‘effective’<br> teacher in every classroom
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Educational Excellence Coalition, a community group started in 2004 by the Rhode Island Children’s Crusade for Higher Education, has launched...
URI connects students with scientists at sea
SMITHFIELD – The University of Rhode Island’s Office of Marine Programs has entered a partnership with the Smithfield schools to enable students to interact,...
Brown exhibits focus on history of slavery
PROVIDENCE – Following up on the October report by its Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, Brown University is sponsoring four exhibitions that show...
RIC group to live in ‘experimental city’
PROVIDENCE – A new program at Rhode Island College enables students to earn college credits while living and working in an “experimental city” in...
UMass–Dartmouth head calls for new thinking
DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Jean F. MacCormack, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth, urged the campus community in a speech last month to become more...
Veterans’ rights as employees are well protected
With the focus on laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender, religion and race, employers may be surprised to learn that one of the most...
Franchises open doors to business
Dear Dan: This is the year I finally make the move to go into business for myself. But I’m not getting any younger,...
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