$63.8M in facilities projects proposed in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The Office of Health Systems Development at the R.I. Department of Health this month received six “certificate of need” applications for a...
Regulators in quandary over lawyers’ blogs
Wakefield attorney Jon Pincince says he keeps a blog on Rhode Island legal issues, court cases, laws, legislation, social issues and political issues mostly...
Consumer unit reaches out to R.I. businesses
It's hard enough running a small business, and it's harder in Rhode Island, with its relatively high taxes and high benefits and utilities costs,...
Who’s afraid of the big-box stores?
S & W Television & Appliance Co.
BUSINESS TYPE: Independent appliance retailer
OWNER: Mark Exter
LOCATION: 2735 Pawtucket Ave.,
East Providence
EMPLOYEES: Seven full-time,
two part-time (including owner)
YEAR FOUNDED: 1946
ANNUAL...
Seekonk storyteller wins spoken-word Grammy
SEEKONK – Bill Harley, a children's book author, storyteller, humorist and performer, has won his first Grammy Award, in the Best Spoken Word Album...
Hasbro Inc. posts record $230.1M profit for 2006
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. has posted record annual profits of $230.1 million in 2006, up 8.5 percent from $212.1 million in 2005.
The company credited...
GateHouse Media completes <br>purchase of JRC papers
FAIRPORT, N.Y. – GateHouse Media has completed its acquisition of seven newspapers in southeastern Massachusetts from the Journal Register Co., at a final price...
R.I. economy continues to expand in December
KINGSTON – The latest analysis by Leonard Lardaro, a professor of economics at the University of Rhode Island, shows the state’s economy continued to...
R.I. awards $500,000+ for jobs partnerships
CRANSTON – The Governor's Workforce Board last week awarded its second round of industry partnership grants, totaling more than $500,000, to engage "high-wage, high-growth"...
Employers find ways to keep retirees on the job
If you are 55 and have worked for five years at Citizens Bank or Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, you're eligible...
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