Morgan Stanley fined $250,000 by R.I. DBR
PROVIDENCE – Securities broker Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., formerly Morgan Stanley DW Inc., has paid a civil penalty of $250,000, the R.I. Department...
Michael Bianco faces $45,000 in OSHA fines
NEW BEDFORD – Leather-goods manufacturer Michael Bianco Inc. faces $45,000 in proposed fines, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Braintree office.
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CareLink teams up with Roush & Assoc.
PROVIDENCE – CareLink Inc. and Wakefield, Mass.-based consultancy Roush & Associates Inc. have agreed to form a consulting collaborative to serve the New England...
Non-manufacturing industries boom in June
TEMPE, Ariz. – Growth among non-manufacturing businesses last month surprised analysts by accelerating to the fastest pace since April 2006, according to a report...
Pentagon vehicles play robot villains
The evil alien robots of the “Transformers” live-action film that opened yesterday at theaters nationwide have some controversial alter egos: combat vehicles used by...
Physical therapist pays $100,000<br> to help settle Medicare charges
PROVIDENCE – William H. Wynne, a physical therapist who had offices in East Providence and Warwick, has paid the U.S. government $100,000 to settle...
R.I. seatbelt use at record 79.1%
PROVIDENCE – More Rhode Islanders than ever before are buckling up when they get in the car, the R.I. Department of Transportation announced...
Providence Equity in $48.9B winning bid for BCE
Investors led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Providence Equity Partners beat out rival bidders for Montreal-based BCE Inc., Canada’s biggest telephone...
A new way to do e-mail by phone
Dear Dan: E-mail totally rules how our business communicates. But e-mailing outside the office and on the road often proves difficult. Anything new that...
McAfee: Cyber-criminals exploit networking sites
Criminals are exploiting social networking Web sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo to trick and defraud users, according to a report from McAfee...
