Massachusetts offers amnesty on taxes
BOSTON – The Mass. Department of Revenue is offering a two-month amnesty period to business taxpayers with an outstanding liability.
Proposed by Gov. Deval L....
Attleboro ring maker could move to R.I.
ATTLEBORO – A locally based championship ring maker will move to Providence, likely shedding 50 jobs in the process, The Sun Chronicle reported last...
Illinois, Conn. AGs investigating CVS purchase of Caremark
The attorneys general of Illinois and Connecticut are part of a multistate task force investigating the consequences of CVS Caremark Corp.’s 2007 purchase of...
Sink, swim or fly
Even in a dismal, dog-eat-dog economy, small-business owners tend to define their situation in one of three ways: “Sinking Ship,” “Staying Afloat,” or –...
New SEC rules designed to protect investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Dec. 30 published amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 aimed at better safeguarding clients’ funds...
Professor mining the universe just for the fun of it
For many people rocks represent some hard material about as exciting as burnt toast. But for Carle Pieters, these mishmashes of minerals represent her...
RIH team discovers key to changing cells’ makeup
A research team at Rhode Island Hospital has made what it says could be a groundbreaking discovery: that tiny particles shed by cells, especially...
Mall owner files Ch. 11 bankruptcy proposal
Providence Place mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. has reached an agreement to reorganize with $6.55 billion from Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Pershing Square...
RIDE mulls nursing charter school for Pawtucket
Local health care officials are getting behind a proposal to create a new kind of charter school that will turn out high school nursing...
Tiffany R.I. plant sign of life for manufacturing
Thanks to a dedicated work force, Tiffany & Co.’s Forest Hill manufacturing facility in Cumberland has emerged as the jewelry maker’s largest factory in...
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