Web video streams a hot marketing tool
As Web video sharing sites such as YouTube.com continue to grow in popularity, businesses are taking notice of streaming video as a relatively inexpensive...
Stop & Shop EFT units tampered with in R.I.
QUINCY, Mass. – The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. has discovered tampering with two personal identification number (PIN) pads at checkout lanes in stores...
Legislation would forbid any gift-card ‘surcharge’
Rhode Island law bars merchants from charging maintenance fees or imposing expiration dates on gift certificates and gift cards. Now a legislator wants to...
DBR review of Beacon near-ready
The R.I. Department of Business Regulation said last week that it has sent a draft of its report on The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co....
State reviewing StrategicPoint’s business practices
StrategicPoint Investment Advisors has been under investigation for several months by the R.I. Department of Business Regulation as a result of a complaint by...
The Gatehouse to reopen for more casual dining
The name outside hasn't changed yet, but with new staff being hired and renovations being made to the menu and décor, The Gatehouse Restaurant...
Architects step into digital age
Andrew Thurlow and Maia Small Thurlow consider themselves part of the first wave of architects capitalizing on digital technology in their profession.
The couple met...
Hasbro, Gibson develop interactive kids’ guitar
PAWTUCKET – Tiger Electronics, a division of the Pawtucket-based toy manufacturer Hasbro, has partnered with Gibson USA to introduce the Power Tour Electric Guitar,...
MultiCell Technologies works on cancer drug
LINCOLN – MultiCell Technologies Inc. says it has reached a milestone in its work to develop a drug to treat colorectal cancer, the third...
System built at NUWC wins technology award
NEWPORT – The Blue Rose Fiber Optic Perimeter Security and Detection System, developed at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, has won the...













