R.I. Hospital gets 5 stars for community value
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has been awarded a Five-Star ranking by Cleverley + Associates, based on low costs, low charges, healthy finances and...
Providence Equity acquiring USIS for $1.5B
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – USIS, a federal security investigator and staffing service and a provider of pre-employment and screening services, has agreed to be...
National Grid in tentative pacts with 2 unions
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – National Grid has announced a tentative four-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents 576 of the company’s...
R.I. doctors testing gels to fight AIDS
Dr. Kenneth Mayer and his staff at Brown University’s AIDS Program have spent more than two decades working to slow the spread of the...
Duke scandal rekindles ethics debate
In the aftermath of the Enron and other corporate scandals, many business schools put a new emphasis on ethics in their programs. But after...
R.I. courts biotechnology firms <br> at international gathering in Boston
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick grabbed national headlines at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s international convention in Boston last week with his pledge to invest $1.25...
‘Independence Trail’ spotlights R.I. heritage
Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., each have major allure as historical tourism destinations. But Robert Burke, owner of the Federal Reserve and Pot au...
Conflict puts Providence library branches in peril
An ongoing struggle over the financing and management of the Providence Public Library has left the future of neighborhood branches in question.
The problem has...
Joining forces to help the homeless
Amid rising homelessness in Rhode Island, Amos House has launched a program that pairs up homeless families with local churches to help them with...
PPS lists 11 properties at greatest risk
After a three-year hiatus, the Providence Preservation Society has once again compiled a list of “most endangered properties” in the city, including the Episcopal...
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