KLR honored by Practical Accountant
NEW YORK – Providence-based Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd. is one of 32 firms nationwide honored this month by Practical Accountant magazine with...
GTECH in $16M deal to launch Belarus lottery
PROVIDENCE – GTECH Global Services Corp. is teaming up with Sport Pari to create the first online lottery system in Belarus, the companies said...
Providence-area CFOs plan to trim staff in 4Q
PROVIDENCE – Local demand for full-time accounting and finance professionals is expected to dip slightly in the October to December period, defying the trend...
Great White offers $1M in Station fire suits
PROVIDENCE – Eighties rock band Great White has offered a $1 million settlement in lawsuits brought by Station fire survivors and victims’ relatives, court...
Texas high court rejects Textron appeal, but <br> battle with Interstate...
DALLAS – The Supreme Court of Texas has denied an appeal by the Lycoming airplane-engine division of Providence-based Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), letting stand...
SafeData launches new system reliability product
WARWICK – SafeData LLC, a technology company focused on helping companies protect data, minimize downtime and recover and restore data quickly, has launched a...
Rhode Island PBS names Zwolinksi development head
Janet K. Zwolinski has been named development director at Rhode Island’s PBS affiliate, WSBE-TV. Most recently, Zwolinski served as the acting senior director of...
Education Partnership winds down, desk by desk
Linda Borden is breathing sighs of relief these days as her two teenaged children prepare to start classes at Rhode Island College (RIC).
The children,...
Carcieri, Council 94 and courts go round and round
Facing the possibility he might lose up to $10 million in labor concessions already written into a lean 2009 state budget, Gov. Donald L....
Court upholds Mass. law for reproductive facilities
BOSTON – U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro ruled last month that Massachusetts’ buffer-zone law – crafted to protect public ways and sidewalks around...