Alex and Ani expanding partnership with TCMPi
Cranston-based jewelry company Alex and Ani and a Providence-based supplier of brand-name items for loyalty programs recently announced an expansion of a partnership that’s...
Teknor Apex sees opportunity in biodegradable plastics
Dustin Hoffman’s character in “The Graduate” may not have dedicated his life to plastics, but it worked out well for William Murray, the Lincoln...
Want to spur employment? Be a technology catalyst
As New Year’s well wishes and resolutions fade, Rhode Island is once again faced with a dichotomous workforce crisis: double-digit unemployment and the inability...
Starting an online business
Looking to start a business? If you want something with big potential that doesn’t take much startup capital, consider an online service of some...
The Absolute way for firms to buy efficiently
Procurement deals between Global 2,000 companies and their suppliers can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars and are increasingly fulfilled through software from...
William J. Murray
William J. Murray has been appointed president at Teknor Apex Co., where he will be responsible for the company and also preside over Singapore-based...
Travel bans test business planning
“The show must go on” is such a powerful mantra in live theater that for decades fearsome storms that shut down every other type...
Fidelity’s operating income falls 29% as clients pull money
BOSTON - Fidelity Investments, the second- largest U.S. mutual fund company, said operating income declined 29 percent as fee pressure, low interest rates and...
R.I. jobs at risk from sequestration, says defense group
MIDDLETOWN – Thousands of local jobs are at risk if sequestration is not averted and if Congress fails to complete a defense spending bill,...
Fitch rates Providence bonds ‘BBB,’ outlook negative
NEW YORK – Fitch Ratings has ranked Providence’s general obligation bonds as “BBB,” outlook negative, due to what the global ratings company said was...