Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd. announced Tuesday that it was opening the KLR Emerging Business Center in its North Main offices to help lend support and guidance to startups and emerging businesses in the Ocean State. more

While new construction has yet to recover from the end of the real estate bubble, home improvement is thriving for companies like Woonsocket’s Moonworks that have the skills and reputation to attract new clients. President Jim Moon, pictured above, started the company in 1993 with a single product, gutter guards. He’s since grown the firm, which now employs 90, and its services. Moonworks also does roofs, installs replacement windows and, most recently, energy-efficiency retrofits. Gutters, however, are still the main product, accounting for roughly half of current sales. more

Supply chain management solutions provider Banneker Industries Inc. has been selected as the 2013 Supplier of the Year by the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council. more

With a 61.3 percent industry employment rate for its 181-student Class of 2012, Roger Williams University was ranked No. 25 on The Boston Business Journal’s list of Northeast law schools. more

Winter storm Nemo made for a less-than-ideal welcome for some member’s of Betaspring’s latest cohort, which, for the first time, includes three teams from India. more

The University of Rhode Island’s Supply Chain Management Program has been named one of the best in the country. more

Electronic Alarms, a division of American Alarm and Communications, has acquired West Greenwich-based security company P&J Alarm, the companies announced Tuesday. more

Mike Doyle, one of the founders and current chairman of RDW Group Inc., the communications agency, has retired. Doyle is being succeeded, effective Monday, as chairman by the firm’s chief operating officer, James Malachowski. more

Global private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has acquired Reno, Nev.-based Miller Heiman, Miller announced Wednesday. more

Renewable energy and eco-sustainability company HDS International Corp. has engaged The Holden Group LLC to provide business development and relationship management services. more