New postal rates take effect Monday, May 14
The new U.S. Postal Service rates and fees that take effect Monday will include new fees based on the shape of letters, large...
CPA gets 1 year in prison, loses license,<br> for filing false...
PROVIDENCE – Irving Kalmer of Smithfield has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for filing four years of false tax returns in which...
Lighthouse wins IBM business award
LINCOLN – Lighthouse Computer Services Inc. today announced it has been honored with the 2006 IBM Business Leadership Award.
Lighthouse accepted at the recent...
ATC acquires Lincoln Environmental
SMITHFIELD – Lincoln Environmental Inc.’s operating assets have been acquired by ATC Group Services Inc. of Woburn, Mass., doing business as ATC Associates Inc....
LIN TV posts 1Q profit of $20.7M
PROVIDENCE – For the quarter ended March 31, LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today reported net income of $20.7 million or 42 cents per...
Couple returns from Ireland to face trial<br> in alleged $1M fire-safety scam...
PROVIDENCE – Patrick Clyne and Ibtisama Bradley, formerly of Providence, were arrested by postal inspectors today at Logan Airport in Boston as they returned...
PBN among R.I. journalism honorees
The Providence Business News was among 21 Rhode Island newspapers and magazines recognized by the Rhode Island Press Association at its annual banquet...
Study: Hospice care can extend patients’ lives
In another era, death was a family affair. The sick lay in their beds at home, surrounded by relatives, maybe some close friends and...
Learning the art of promotional ‘conversation’
To illustrate a new form of marketing that Lois Kelly calls “conversational marketing,” she showed a Kleenex commercial.
The commercial pictured a woman sitting...
Legislators target REIT tax ‘loophole’
Forget for a moment whether it’s good or bad. Here’s how it works:
A company creates a subsidiary to buy and manage property –...
