RSC to buy American Equipment Rentals
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., and PROVIDENCE – North American equipment rental giant RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RRR), parent of RSC Equipment Rental Inc., today announced it...
Business Innovation Group unveils new Web site
Business Innovation Group this week announced the launch of its new Web portal.
The Web site, www.BIGofNE.com, was designed and developed by the award-winning firm...
Foammakers offer $30M settlement in Station case
PROVIDENCE – Four makers of foam used as soundproofing have filed a tentative $30 million settlement with victims and survivors of The Station nightclub...
GTECH loses Ohio Lottery contract
PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corp., operator of the Ohio Lottery’s gaming system since 1984, was edged out in bidding for the system’s new contract, the...
For businesses, Internet decides those who win
Late last year, executives at Biomedical Structures LLC realized their outdated Web site and lack of a focused Internet marketing strategy was probably costing...
Always-on Internet demands the best service
It is no secret that e-commerce is big business – and getting bigger all the time. Some 1.3 billion people throughout the world, including...
Subprime crisis is more a liar’s loan crisis
As federal and state officials sift through the ashes of the subprime mortgage collapse, there is understandably a lot of finger-pointing going on –...
Harvard Law giving away research
Harvard Law School will become the first U.S. law school to distribute professors’ scholarly articles over the Internet for free, following a similar move...
Creative financing often needed in slumping economy
With a slumping Rhode Island economy, it’s becoming increasingly common and in many cases necessary for “creative” financing – and out-of-state financing – to...
Editorial cartoon: The devil is in the e-mails
A nattily dressed Devil sits behind a broad desk that bears a plumed pen set and a jeweled goblet whose contents are steaming. A...












