Editorial Cartoon: Circuit City layoffs
Circuit City lays off high-paid workers.
In this cartoon, an illustration of a storefront, bearing the Circuit City logo, is emblazoned with signs saying:
"EMPLOYEE CLEARANCE:...
CCRI changes lives,<br> and it should have big dreams
On March 23, Ray M. Di Pasquale was officially inaugurated as the fourth president of the Community College of Rhode Island, a position he...
Patents key to creative economy
Increasingly, patents are considered a company’s most valuable asset. So, as we continue to move into a “creative economy,” Rhode Island needs to assess...
Recruiting and keeping happy employees
Workers with less than two years of service voluntarily leave at an average rate of 20 percent per year, a recent study found, while...
Designing economy breeds vitality
A key component of the “innovation economy” is the commercialization of intellectual capital. To wit: the brainiacs have to leave the comfort of the...
Editorial Cartoon:<BR> ‘March to Madness – Final Four-Ever Edition’
On the right, under the headline "East," are the labels "Forever Gallon of Gas" and "Forever Price of Tea in China."
On the left,...
State’s future depends on children’s lives
Nearly one of every five children in Rhode Island lives in poverty. Nearly one in 10 lives in extreme poverty, under $8,122 for...
Editorial Cartoon: Crazy to Work Here
Telephone policy?
A man in a suit sits at his laptop computer, a cup of coffee beside him, in an office full of cubicle workers....
SBA has learned its lessons from Katrina
As a businessman appointed last summer to take over a much-criticized federal agency, coming to Washington has been an education. A central lesson after...
Small business here affected by war in Iraq
The nation’s laws rightly protect the civilian jobs of reserve soldiers and sailors and National Guardsmen who go overseas to fight this nation’s wars....
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