Tool up to build your business
There’s an old joke about a guy who goes into a hardware store to buy a saw to cut firewood. The clerk convinces him...
Full steam ahead for inventive boat project
Every once in a while, a project comes along that stops you up short with its ingenuity and its value. The Steamship Historical Society...
CVS.com adds health-management tools
WOONSOCKET – CVS/pharmacy last week relaunched its Web site, CVS.com, adding new tools that allow consumers to not only manage their prescriptions online, but...
Stock slump spurs Textron buyback
PROVIDENCE – In a classic case of lemons to lemonade, Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today announced that, “in light of current market conditions, it...
Five Questions With: Tanya Sparkman
The upscale Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, which has a restaurant in the new tower of the Westin Providence hotel, last month...
iPhone still drawing crowds at Providence Place
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders are displaying a voracious appetite for the new iPhone 3G, and the Apple Store in the Providence Place mall is...
Providence software developer to handle<br> e-records for Einstein College of Medicine
NEW YORK – SMART Management Inc., a Providence-based software developer, has been chosen by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to facilitate the school’s...
Local information sector gains jobs in June
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s information sector added 100 new jobs in June, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training announced in an otherwise gloomy...
UMass study: Small businesses <br> better at navigating Web 2.0
DARTMOUTH - Fast-growing small businesses are adopting Web 2.0 tools at a far faster pace than large established corporations, according to new research.
Among the...
KVH 2Q profit rises 33% to record $2M
MIDDLETOWN – Mobile technology company KVH Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) today posted a record profit of $2.0 million or 10 cents per diluted share...