In resurgent Downcity, a call for more collaboration
When Arnell Milhouse was a college student in Providence in the early 1990s, downtown was vacant and underappreciated. Since then, however, he has seen...
Bill would limit ‘adverse possession’
It started with a fence in the woods behind a house in Barrington. A couple had bought a property and decided to create more...
Undersea work links URI, industry
Working with funding from the R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council and the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center, a team of scientists from private...
Letting customers help themselves
Dana Paul was listening to sports radio when he got an idea to integrate a Web camera into an entertainment kiosk to let fans...
Still time to claim phone-tax refund
A new tax credit, applicable only for 2006 filings, could be worth serious money to your company. But if you are like many other...
Sailing is this publisher’s world
In 1974, Murray Davis, an Australian writer and sailing enthusiast, washed up on Newport’s shore with an idea for a magazine aimed at serious...
Clear Channel 1Q profit rises 6% to $102.2M
SAN ANTONIO – For the quarter ended March 31, Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU) today reported a 6-percent profit increase to $102.2 million...
R.I. falls to No. 35 for ‘lawsuit climate’
SACRAMENTO – Rhode Island has dropped nine spots to No. 35, according to a report released at 1 p.m. today by the U.S. Chamber...
UnitedHealth faces $67,500 in R.I. fines
PROVIDENCE – A “market conduct” examination of UnitedHealthcare of New England has found the company failed to comply with Rhode Island’s small-group health insurance...
‘Liar loans’ worsen housing slump, officials say
WASHINGTON – Mortgage-application fraud by borrowers and brokers is fueling a wave of foreclosures that will prolong the U.S. housing slump, according to Robert...
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