New Wave Café shuttered in tax dispute
NEW BEDFORD – The New Wave Café, a longtime showcase for original music, was shut down Wednesday by The Mass. Department of Revenue for...
R.I. firms’ exports surge 21% in ’06
Rhode Island companies last year exported $1.53 billion worth of goods, growing their foreign sales by 20.7 percent – including a big boost from...
WRNI getting local owners,<br> expanded coverage area
Since taking the job as general manager of WRNI (1290AM), the state’s National Public Radio station, Joe O’Connor has pushed for signal expansion and...
Federal, state laws could<br> challenge R.I. employers
Small business owners face the big issues just as often as big businesses, so coming to grips with the ever-evolving human resource landscape requires...
SBA hires Conn. firm to demolish<br> buildings at Rocky Point
WARWICK – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island office says it has hired Fuss & O’Neill, a full-service engineering firm based in Manchester,...
Expanding dental services<br> for northern R.I.’s poor
Aiming to address what its executive director calls “a major public health concern,” Blackstone Valley Community Health Care is turning a former bank hall...
West End institution shuts down with little notice
Stacey Behan moved to the Broadway neighborhood on the West End of Providence five months ago because she “fell in love” with the area.
The...
Traction Software offers free wiki downloads
PROVIDENCE – Traction Software is offering free downloads of TeamPage5, a five-user, five-projects version of its TeamPage collaboration wiki.
Traction TeamPage – a blog...
Bringing a taste of R.I. to Caribbean nations
Creative Findings LLC got into the food export business after its president, Leonard Rosenblatt, tasted frozen cheesecake on a stick.
He was having dinner with...
Firm looks south to find profits
Building on connections made on a trip to Mexico five years ago, an East Providence-based specialty chemicals company has built a successful export operation...
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