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ProvEquity, Ayala to buy eTelecare for $290M

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., and PROVIDENCE – eTelecare Global Solutions (Nasdaq: ETEL) today announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners...

Financial institutions ill-prepared for new law

NEEDHAM, Mass. – A Boston research firm is forecasting that less than one-third of U.S. financial institutions will be fully compliant with a new...

Leaving office behind makes it better

As bureaucracy and distractions threaten to calcify so many aspects of American life, including the best-intentioned businesses, taking time away from the office becomes...
DESPITE THE SOFTENING economy, Thomas Riel of the Renaissance Providence Hotel said that bookings are up 20 percent from last year. /

Conventions help boost Providence hotel business

Air travel prices are rising and the economy remains sluggish, but none of that has deterred travelers from flocking to Providence, an informal survey...
DOWN TIME: Erin Degulis said that meetings planners want to know what entertainment options are available for attendees. /

All work, no play makes for a dull convention

Meeting planners are most concerned with the size, look and cost of space when booking an event, but the extracurricular activities a city has...
MARIE BOUCHARD, Director of Sales and marketing at the Radisson Hotel in Warwick, said that the Internet has changed the meetings planning business drastically, including the time she has to respond to proposals. /

Technology plays role in meetings planning

When the Lifespan hospital group’s Vice President and Chief Technology Officer David Hemendinger is choosing where to host a major corporate meeting, the list...

R.I. gears up to begin enforcing E-Verify

PROVIDENCE – Companies that do business with the state will have to check their workers’ immigration status via the federal E-Verify system, under...

Airports targeted for media boutiques

WARWICK – A New York Times Bookstore, where no other newspapers are sold, is slated to open later this year at T.F. Green Airport...

Spurred by probe, BofA to buy back securities

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America Corp. will buy back $4.5 billion of auction-rate securities to settle a nationwide probe led by Massachusetts Secretary...

Time Warner’s AOL sees slower third-party ad sales

Time Warner Inc., the world’s largest media company, said slower growth at its AOL network that buys and sells online advertisements is threatening its...
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