SBA launches credit-crisis hotline in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – A flood of calls from local entrepreneurs has spurred the U.S. Small Business Administration and its partners to launch a hotline “to...
Salve dedicates historic ‘twin cottages’
NEWPORT – Salve Regina University tonight dedicated a pair of historic buildings linked by a wooden arch in honor of a longtime trustee and...
Congressmen to headline anti-foreclosure workshop
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Reps. James R. “Jim” Langevin and Patrick J. Kennedy next week will join Rhode Island Housing in presenting a two-hour...
Five Question With: Thomas A. Mann
PAWTUCKET – A former U.S. Air Force officer who served as a military construction and infrastructure manager has been named the new executive director...
U.S. job losses dip in early Oct.
WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the number of workers filing first-time unemployment claims fell 4.0 percent last week, retreating from the previous week’s seven-year high, according...
Local leaders unroll ‘map’ <br>to R.I. knowledge economy
PROVIDENCE – Local entrepreneurs and leaders from the state’s business, education and health care sectors gathered today with state and local officials to share...
Opinion Factor opening 128-seat R.I. call center
WARWICK – State and local officials this afternoon will join in welcoming Opinion Factor Inc., a Utah-based survey and telephone calling firm, as the...
No bottom in sight for GGP shares
CHICAGO – Shares in General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), owner of Providence Place and about 200 other shopping malls nationwide, continue to fall...
WRNI debuts first NPR app for iPhone
PROVIDENCE – WRNI, Rhode Island’s NPR affiliate, has become the first public radio station in the country to launch an application for the iPhone...
Five Questions With: Philip Meeks
Cox Business, the enterprise services division of the Atlanta-based telecom giant, is growing at a fast clip – the division’s customer base is approaching...