Window treatments that look good, save energy
Jeff Marhall and his wife, Susan, bought their Budget Blinds franchise about three years ago as a way to work for themselves in interior...
From ink-stained to eco-friendly image
Ask John Nickson, president of OmniColor Printing, how his company is going “green,” and he will show you a plastic menu that will last...
Reducing energy use has become ‘business as usual’
With the overhead lights switched off during daylight hours last month in Vision 3 Architects’ Providence office, the firm relied instead on natural light.
“Some...
Coty to lease 5,500 sq. ft. in Cumberland
CUMBERLAND – The Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island Inc. today announced that global beauty-products company Coty Inc. has signed a lease on 5,500...
R.I. economic decline slows in January
KINGSTON – “Rhode Island started 2009 with two bits of good news,” University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro wrote in his monthly economic...
Goetz to operate as LLC after <br>emerging from receivership
BRISTOL – Goetz Custom Technologies LLC announced last week that it has bought the assets of Eric Goetz Custom Sailboats Inc. from the state-appointed...
Transport forum to focus on shipping in recession
For the first time since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the annual Northeast Trade & Transportation Conference – scheduled to be held in...
Scooping its ice cream competition
Despite the falling snow, Warwick Ice Cream Co.’s Director of Marketing and Sales Barry Newman didn’t have a moment to talk. He had to...
Researchers urge mandatory screenings for sleep apnea in truck drivers
A new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine links obesity to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in...
Quonset is No. 5 for auto imports
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Port of Davisville at Quonset Business Park now ranks as the fifth-busiest importer of automobiles in North America, according to...
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