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DeHart among first local ‘EcoBrokers’

Danielle DeHart – a licensed Realtor with Residential Properties Ltd., who also has half a decade’s experience in property management – recently earned the...

Carcieri vetoes ‘sunshine’ bill, 21 others

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today announced vetoes of 22 measures, including legislation intended to speed access to arrest reports and other public...

AFS again among nation’s best places to work

CHICAGO – Advanced Financial Services Inc. of Newport was honored at the Society for Human Resource Management Inc.’s 60th Annual Conference & Exposition as...

GE aviation chief Donnelly becomes Textron COO

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) has hired Scott C. Donnelly, the leader of GE’s aviation division since 2005, as an executive vice president...
CONSTANCE HOWES, CEO of Women & Infants Hospital, addresses the 2008 Business Women luncheon, at which Providence Business News honored her and other women from every facet of the local business community. /

No large, corner office for this grounded CEO

Receiving the top award for career achievement in the Providence Business News’ 2008 Business Women recognition program is a decidedly mixed blessing for Constance...

Creating equal opportunity for minority contractors

Robert G. Desperini has been in the construction business long enough to know that it can be unfair, particularly to minority contractors. Often, getting...

Helping women smash glass ceiling is her mission

Ask long-time management consultant Susan Colantuono why she’s made it her mission to move more women into corporate America’s boardrooms and corner offices, and...
IYRS PRESIDENT TERRY NATHAN is happy to have a state tax credit for the renovation of a 177-year-old Newport mill, even though he had to pay a $229,500 fee up front to get it. /

Curb in credits not halting projects

For the International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS) in Newport, it was worth paying a $229,500 fee up front – even on only a month’s...
michelle cruz founded The Lost Chord in 2004 in response to a dormant elemantary school program she wanted to see resurrected. /

Giving to others a passion that was given to her

When Michelle Cruz returned to Pawtucket after attending Providence College, she was discouraged to see that the music program that was cut while she...
SOURCE: RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING
UNEMPLOYED Rhode Island residents numbered 41,100 in May, an unprecedented monthly increase of 6,200 and a jump of 12,500 from the same month last year. /

Low-paying jobs a drag on economy

The sudden jump in Rhode Island’s unemployment rate to 7.2 percent in May is grim proof that the state needs to accelerate its move...
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