Two local firms develop sites for ESPN
Sports media leader ESPN Inc. twice has turned to local companies to develop new online offerings in recent months.
In January, the Pawtucket-based digital media...
APC lays off 30 as job cuts continue
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – APC by Schneider Electric laid off 30 more Rhode Island employees last week as the French-owned company undertook its third...
MetLife among best firms for women
NEW YORK – For the fourth year in a row, MetLife Inc. was ranked by the National Association for Female Executives among its annual...
Despite ranking, high-tech jobs needed
We live in an era of lists. People enjoy looking at rankings; they help put an otherwise chaotic world in some kind of order....
Out-of-work executives polish Internet identities
When Waffles Pi Natusch, the president of the job-search firm The Barrett Group, sits down with an executive who’s looking for a new job,...
Avoiding business IRS audits
Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of small-business tax returns is on the rise. The IRS has said that it believes roughly $100 billion of income...
When treasures are worth preserving
The business plan developed by Edward and Diana Coderre was simple enough:
Launch a digital-archiving company that would cater mostly to preservation groups that...
Study cites 10% drop in R.I. high-tech wages
The pace-setting growth in Rhode Island’s high-tech wages earlier this decade was either a statistical blip or a short-lived phenomenon, a new industry study...
Growth amid recession at URI
The proposed design for a new College of Pharmacy at University of Rhode Island includes a medicinal garden with a reflecting pool on...
URI building boom helped restore pride in state school
Robert Carothers is in the homestretch. After 18 years at the helm of the University of Rhode Island, his tenure is just months from...
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