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THIS WEEK'S ISSUE

Making room for marine businesses

Eastern Ice Company started doing business on Newport’s waterfront in 1929, supplying ice and coal to the city’s commercial fishing fleet and other marine businesses along the harbor.

Focus on Telecommunications

Eavesdropping is not always a violation

Companies go paperless for ‘green’ benefits, efficiency

Verizon pushes FiOS across state

Keeping key data safe and sound

Businesses get helping hand with IT

Health Care

Cost of near-universal care rising in Massachusetts

Business advocate fears insurance mandate effects

Advice

Smile like you really mean it

From CEO to fast food worker, heed my advice

What’s in a name? A lot

Full accounting needed to assess network

Calm down employees, save your company

Business Women

No challenge too big for Hope Global CEO Merchant

Economic Development

Tracking the arts’ impact on the region’s economy

Landlord disputes FM Global project hailed by state

Making room for marine businesses

Editorials

For many businesses it’s about health care

Leaders: Concentrate on future’s potential

Education

New diploma system calls for student portfolios

Environment

NRCS developing plan to stop Pocasset River flooding

Government

Saturday voting proposed

Many R.I. workers may retire

Innovation

Finalists are chosen in R.I. business plan contest

Insurance

Falling rates may cost commercial insurers in 2008

Law

After 190 years, oldest firm in Ocean State closing doors

Main Street

He goes where the customers are

Manufacturing

El Salvador is pitched as friendly to U.S. businesses

Media

A.H. Belo posts $8.7M loss in 1Q

News in Brief

BankRI donates $10K to clinic to assist uninsured

New facilities designed for comfort at hospital

Building rooms with a view

Newsmakers

All must share pain to right R.I.’s economic ship

Opinion

U.S. House needs to follow Senate support for Amtrak

Average Rhode Islanders paying
for tax cuts for wealthy

Editorial Cartoon: Stump Speech

Editorial Cartoon: Squeeze

Earth Day every day?

Q&A

Former journalist named Clarendon director of PR

R.I. & Mass. News Briefs

Fitch gives ‘AAA’ rating to water finance agency

MWRA finds no trace of drugs in supply test

Supplemental budget passed by state House

Foreclosures rise in R.I., nation in first quarter

RISLA plans to sell $64M in bonds to acquire loans

House, Senate OK bills permitting 24-hour gaming

Real Estate

Nautical theme inspires new physician offices

Transitions

Judy Murray

Richard Blackwell

Bridget Benedetti

Steven Leach

Charles Curci

Christine Nevers

Ronald Diehl

George A. Greer

Carl W. Taber

Wayne A. Swenson

Gerard P. Guillemette

Al Baker Jr.

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Business talk

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Small Business School

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