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State creates guidelines for seizing vessels
To understand why Rhode Island recently approved a set of local admiralty rules for disputes on the high seas, it helps to know the story of the British-flagged freighter M/V Lamma Forest. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 3/11/13

Corruption prompts code of ethics
Central Falls Mayor James Diossa is among the new guard of political leaders hoping to step out from the shadow of public corruption that often runs beside issues of taxes, incentives and educating a 21st-century workforce in Rhode Island. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 3/11/13

Understanding R.I.’s medical-marijuana law
Rhode Island and 18 other states – including Massachusetts and Connecticut – have enacted laws legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Rhode Island’s Medical Marijuana Act permits individuals carrying a valid registry identification card issued by the R.I. Department of Health to legally use marijuana for the treatment of qualifying medical conditions. more
Guest Column:
Christina L. Lewis and Patrick A. Rogers | 3/11/13
Social profile ‘living… organism’
Social media networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ present benefits and dangers for businesses, according to panelists at the third annual Providence Business News Social Media & Marketing Summit. The Feb. 27 event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence-Warwick attracted more than 250 members of the Rhode Island business community. more

By Emily Greenhalgh
PBN Web Editor | 3/4/13

Mining customer data can pan out in repeat sales
If a company has customers, then it also has data about them. For some businesses, the uncertainty comes in how to harness that data and leverage it to their benefit. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 3/4/13

Mass. loses bid to have nuclear license reviewed
BOSTON – Massachusetts lost a bid for review of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision renewing the license of Entergy Corp.’s Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Bloomberg News reported. more
3/4/13
O’Brien bill targets luxury sailing vessels
PROVIDENCE – Rep. William O’Brien, D-North Providence, has introduced legislation that aims to ease the auto-excise taxes on Rhode Island motor vehicle owners while generating more tax revenue for the state by instituting a sales and property tax on sailing vessels worth more than $100,000. more
3/4/13
Mass. gets nearly $1M in Xenaderm settlement
BOSTON – A Texas company will pay Massachusetts $996,000 as part of a $48 million settlement, to resolve allegations it charged MassHealth for an unapproved, ineffective ointment used to treat wounds, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced last week. more
3/4/13
PBN Summit: social, mobile and big data are trending
More than 250 members of the Rhode Island business community weathered the cold rain on Wednesday morning to attend the Providence Business News Social Media and Marketing Summit. more
| 2/27/13
McNamara looks to make ‘sorry’ inadmissible
PROVIDENCE – Rep. Joseph M. McNamara, D-Warwick, is sponsoring legislation that will make benevolent gestures by a health care provider – such as saying “I’m sorry” or expressing other forms of sympathy – inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in a civil action. more
2/25/13
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