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Masco Corp. teams up with <br>Business Innovation Factory

PROVIDENCE – The Business Innovation Factory today announced a new partner: Masco Corp., a leading maker of consumer products for the home-improvement and new...

KLR honored by Practical Accountant

NEW YORK – Providence-based Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd. is one of 32 firms nationwide honored this month by Practical Accountant magazine with...

RIPTA sets hearings on planned service cuts

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority’s plans to slash service, to help cope with its looming budget deficit, will go before the public...

R.I. Public Radio breaks away from WBUR

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Public Radio has achieved its independence from Boston University and its WBUR 90.9 FM, which had subsidized and controlled...
Because they are a funding source, members help drive what Rhode Island PBS offers. /

Rhode Island PBS names Zwolinksi development head

Janet K. Zwolinski has been named development director at Rhode Island’s PBS affiliate, WSBE-TV. Most recently, Zwolinski served as the acting senior director of...
SOLD: Auctioneer Sal Corio takes bids on cabinets previously owned by The Education Partnership. The winner: Ed Soares, center, in the red shirt, who placed a winning bid of $65. /

Education Partnership winds down, desk by desk

Linda Borden is breathing sighs of relief these days as her two teenaged children prepare to start classes at Rhode Island College (RIC). The children,...
SETTING UP SHOP: Cheryl Snead, president and CEO of Banneker Industries Inc., founded the company in 1991 after her previous employer shuttered during the first Gulf War. /

Banneker is flourishing <br>with Snead’s team approach

Of the 20 or so awards that Cheryl W. Snead and the business she founded, Banneker Industries Inc., have received over the last 17...
PAPER CHAMPION: Paul DeFruscio shows off samples of the tree-free paper he is hoping to sell to jewelry and box manufacturers for eco-friendly packaging. /

&lsquo;Tree-free&rsquo; paper gets ready to debut

A lot of paper sure to be thrown away can be wasted in packaging, so a Providence man on the cusp of the eco-friendly...

Nonprofit sees low costs by building efficiently

Child and Family, a private nonprofit offering social services to children, adults, families and the elderly, has begun construction of a 38,736-square-foot building in...
MARYBETH CORRENTE, vice president, Citizens Bank, left, and Joanne McGunagle, executive director, Comprehensive Community Action Program. /

Citizens tops $1.3 million in R.I donations for 2008

The Citizens Bank Foundation awarded $50,000 to Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP), a private nonprofit agency based in Cranston. The funds are earmarked for...
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