Providence Journal (Providence, RI) articles from August 2001

Providence Journal (Providence, RI) archives from August 2001

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 1, 2001... Aug. 1--QUAKER FABRICS ENDS TALKS: Quaker Fabrics of Fall River announced late yesterday that negotiations with "a potential acquisition target" had ended and that the company in the third quarter would take a $800,000 pre-tax charge in...

CVS Quarter Turns Up Heads and Tails.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 1--CVS Corp. delivered on its estimates for second-quarter earnings yesterday, reporting a slight increase to 48 cents a share, after a shortage of pharmacists and ho-hum store sales forced it in June to...

Rhode Island Panel Derails Power Plant.
August 1, 2001... Aug. 1--NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I.--A three-member state board voted unanimously yesterday to pull the plug on a proposed power plant near the town's Slatersville section, citing the developer's refusal to provide information about a possible...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 1, 2001... Aug. 1--ARRIVING TODAY: Somerset, 7 a.m., to Somerset. SAILING TODAY: None. ARRIVED YESTERDAY: NEST Challenge, 9 a.m., to East Providence. SAILED YESTERDAY: None. To see more of the Providence Journal, or to subscribe to the...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 2, 2001... Aug. 2--QUONSET CONSULTANT USE QUESTIONED: Two environmental organizations, Save the Bay and the Conservation Law Foundation, yesterday said they are seeking information from Governor Almond and the state Economic Development Corporation about...

Providence, R.I., Firm Wants Dentists to Use Its Device for Mouth Disorder.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 2--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--BruxCare LLC wants dentists across the country to change the way they practice medicine. The start-up company is trying to persuade dentists to prescribe the company's innovative...

Providence Journal, R.I., New Businesses Column.
August 2, 2001... Aug. 2--There were 3,444 companies that filed incorporation papers with the Rhode Island secretary of state's office as of July 27. KEY: Director (D), Incorporator (I), President (P), Agent (A), General Partnership (GP), Limited Partnership...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 2, 2001... Aug. 2--ARRIVING TODAY: Bardu, 5 a.m., to Providence with cement. --Overseas Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m., to Providence with petroleum products. SAILING TODAY: Super Servant 3, 11 a.m., from Jamestown Anchorage, to Great Britain with...

Providence Journal, R.I., Small-Business Briefs.
August 2, 2001... Aug. 2--VENTURE INVESTMENT DECLINES: Venture capitalists invested $10.6 billion in 982 companies in the second quarter of 2001, down 61 percent from the second quarter of last year, according to a survey conducted by research firm Venture...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 3, 2001... Byline: By Reid Goldsborough Aug. 3--PROVIDENCE PLACE MANAGER LET GO: The owner of Providence Place mall is releasing general manager Joseph Koechel today, saying that other projects are not moving at a pace to justify all of its...

Massachusetts-Based Data Storage Giant Declares Price War with Competitors.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 3--BOSTON--Faced with slowing sales and rising competition, EMC Corp. executives said yesterday they are willing to sacrifice short-term profitability in order to keep the company at the top of the data storage...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 3, 2001... Aug. 3--ARRIVING TODAY: None. SAILING TODAY: Somerset, 7:30 p.m., from Somerset, in ballast. ARRIVED YESTERDAY: Bardu, 5 a.m., to Providence with cement. --Overseas Philadelphia, 8 p.m., to Providence with petroleum products. ...

Small Social Security Benefits Increase Begins in Rhode Island, Massachusetts.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Neil Downing Aug. 3--BOSTON--About 32 million Social Security beneficiaries will see a modest increase in their monthly benefits starting today. The increase will boost benefits to the level they should have been had the government...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 4, 2001... Aug. 4--MORE REBATE CHECKS GO OUT: The U.S. Treasury said it mailed about $3.5 billion in federal income tax rebates yesterday to about 8.2 million taxpayers for delivery next week. You are eligible to receive a check next week if the last two...

Providence, R.I, Area to Consider Living Wage Proposal.
August 4, 2001... Byline: Lynn Arditi Aug. 4--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Deyanira Garcia, a teacher's aide, was going door-to-door along Woodbury Street on the city's East Side when a silver Mercedes pulled into a driveway. On a perfect summer evening in a...

SEC Sues Rhode Island Manganese Mine Firm's Founders in Fraud.
August 4, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 4--The lawsuit against the founders of North Smithfield's Prexomet Corp. reads like a soap opera plot. A get-rich-quick scheme, a manganese mine and a chief executive officer who ran off to Europe with...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 4, 2001... Aug. 4--ARRIVING TODAY: Norweigan Sea, 8 a.m., to Newport, from Canada with passengers. --Energy Enterprise, 9 a.m., to Brayton Point, from Virginia with coal. SAILING TODAY: Somerset, 3 p.m., from Somerset, to sea in ballast. ...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Notes Column.
August 5, 2001... Aug. 5--BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD: Stephen A. Cardi, treasurer of the Cardi Corp., has been elected chairman and Dr. Herbert Rakatansky, a gastroenterologist and professor at the Brown University School of Medicine, has been elected vice chairman...

Providence Journal, R.I., People in Business Column.
August 5, 2001... Aug. 5--APPRAISAL RESOURCE: Richard Berlinsky of North Kingstown has been named president of the company and of the recently acquired Jerome Appraisal Co. Prior to founding the company, he held a variety of real estate positions over the past...

Providence Journal, R.I., Cybertalk Column.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Aug. 5--The record industry may have succeeded in slaying Napster, the file-sharing dragon they feared would chomp away at CD sales. But now it's facing an even bigger monster. It's called KaZaA. ...

Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine Column.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Neil Downing Aug. 5--QUESTION: I did not receive the IRS form that stated whether I am eligible for a rebate or I have been declined for the rebate. I was wondering whether there's a name, address, or phone number that I can call...

Providence Journal, R.I., Peter Phipps Column.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Peter Phipps Aug. 5--You may have thought that Amtrak was off the endangered species list. The rail line has new trains, new management, an aggressive marketing campaign and a mandate from Congress to pay its own way. ...

Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine Column.
August 6, 2001... Byline: Neil Downing Aug. 6--QUESTION: The government has just started selling a new type of Treasury bill to investors. Small investors can take advantage, too. But is it a good idea? There was an article . . . about 4-week bills, and...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 7, 2001... Aug. 7--NATION: HANCOCK'S BROADER STROKE: John Hancock Financial Services said it increased its $500 million stock buyback program to $1 billion. The Boston-based life insurance and investment management company said as of Aug. 3, it had...

Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine Column.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Neil Downing Aug. 7--LOST CHECKS STYMIE SOME TAXPAYERS: Call it the Case of the Missing Checks. About 1,800 taxpayers -- including some from Rhode Island and Massachusetts -- who mailed tax payments to an Internal Revenue...

Textron Sells Trim Unit for $1.4 Billion As It Exits Cyclical Auto Industry.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Aug. 8--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Textron said yesterday that it will sell its automotive trim and instrument panel business for about $1.4 billion, a move that will reduce the company's reliance on the cyclical...

Providence Journal, R.I., Earnings Column.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 8--CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP posted rising profits in the first half of the year, saying strong growth in its existing deposit and loan businesses helped advance net earnings to $169 million from $106 million a...

Providence, R.I.-Based Firm Acquires Web Data Company.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Aug. 8--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Bungo, a Providence-based company that provides Internet-based collaboration services, and another locally-based technology company, have acquired the intellectual property of a...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 9, 2001... Aug. 9--RHODE ISLAND: AIMING AT EMC: Hitachi Data Systems and Sun Microsystems Inc. yesterday unveiled a multi-billion- dollar deal to sell each other's data storage products and to collaborate on new information storage software. It's a...

Attleboro, Mass., Firm Gets Federal Grant to Develop Auto Fuel Cell.
August 9, 2001... Byline: LeAnne Gendreau Aug. 9--ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Stephen Chomyszak has been tinkering with engines since he was riding motorcycles as a 16-year-old in upstate New York. And 25 years later, he's still experimenting. But now he...

Providence Journal, R.I., Incorporations Column.
August 9, 2001... Aug. 9--There were 3,562 companies filing incorporation papers with the Rhode Island secretary of state's office as of Aug. 3. KEY: Director (D), Incorporator (I), President (P), Agent (A), General Partnership (GP), Limited Partnership...

Convicted Rhode Island Investment Adviser to Repay Some Embezzled Funds.
August 9, 2001... Byline: Zachary Block Aug. 9--Todd LaScola, the flashy former investment adviser who was sentenced to eight years in prison in May for embezzling more than $6.4 million of his clients' money, must repay $1.3 million to the retirement plan...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 10, 2001... Aug. 10--BIG ONE FOR GTECH: The Texas Lottery Commission will begin negotiations with GTECH Holdings Corp., of West Greenwich for a a new lottery operations and service contract for the state's online and instant-ticket. GTECH, which has...

Housing Market Remains Strong in Rhode Island.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Zachary Block Aug. 10--The economy may be mired in a sustained slump, but sales of existing single-family homes remains one of the few bright spots. According to figures released today by the Rhode Island Association of...

Providence, R.I.-Based Telecom Firm to Fight Nasdaq Delisting.
August 10, 2001... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Aug. 10--The Nasdaq National Market has moved a step closer to delisting Log On America by giving notice to the company that it is not in compliance with the listing requirements. Among those requirements is...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 11, 2001... Aug. 11--RHODE ISLAND: REBATE CHECKS GO OUT: The U.S. Treasury said it mailed about $14 million in federal income-tax rebates yesterday to about 33,500 Rhode Island taxpayers. Nationwide, the Treasury mailed about $3.47 billion in rebates to...

Bank Complains of Financial Group's Use of Name in Pennsylvania.
August 11, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 11--As it prepares to enter new markets in the mid-Atlantic region, Citizens Financial Group has steeled itself against rivalry by large competitors and uncertainty among its new customers. Now it's...

New Bedford, Mass., Rubber Company to Restructure, Lay Off 500.
August 11, 2001... Byline: Zachary Block Aug. 11--A nearly century-old rubber company based in New Bedford plans to slash about 500 jobs in coming months as it streamlines operations to focus on its most profitable lines. Acushnet Rubber Co. said it...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 12, 2001... Aug. 12--SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR OWN: The latest exec to leave the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation is James H. Waterman, Jr., chief financial officer. He resigned for a private sector job and follows five other managers...

Providence Journal, R.I., Speakers' Table Column.
August 12, 2001... Aug. 12--TUESDAY: The Attleboro Chapter of Business Network Int'l (BNI) meets weekly from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at Canterbury Woods, 100 Garfield St. Speaker: Melissa Tadlock of Quality Connections. For information, call (888) 314-4264. The...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Notes Column.
August 12, 2001... Aug. 12--R.I. CHAPTER/HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOC.: The following people have been elected to hold office: Ann B. Chiodini, C.P.A., ACS/Birch & Davis Government Services Division, president; Debbie L. Greve, C.P.A., Neighborhood...

Providence Journal, R.I., People in Business Column.
August 12, 2001... Aug. 12--KAHN, LITWIN, RENZA & CO.: Peri Ann Aptaker, C.P.A., of Providence, has been named director of financial planning. She is also a lawyer. She has been qualified as an expert witness in the Rhode Island State and Federal Courts. She was...

Providence, R.I.-Area Mall Nears Anniversary of Full Occupancy.
August 12, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 12--Like the breathless shoppers darting into its stores for last-minute birthday gifts, Providence Place mall is finally making up for lost time. Two years after it opened behind schedule and more than a...

Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine Column.
August 12, 2001... Byline: Neil Downing Aug. 12--The U.S. Treasury is in the process of distributing more than $38 billion in federal income-tax rebates to more than 91 million taxpayers. Many taxpayers have received their rebates; others will get them by...

Providence Journal, R.I., Peter Phipps Column.
August 12, 2001... Byline: Peter Phipps Aug. 12--Sports fans are dreamers. Improbable trades. Hopelessly unrealistic achievements. And fanciful business deals are created out of the thinnest of thread and then debated as if they were signed, sealed and...

Philanthropic Corporation Bets $9 Million on Providence, R.I., Revitalization.
August 13, 2001... Byline: D. Morgan McVicar Aug. 13--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--On nights when thousands line the city's rivers for WaterFire, not far away, the shattering of bottles echoes across the emptiness of old downtown, and it is the aroma of garbage, not...

Midway Airlines to End Flights to Warwick, R.I., Airport.
August 15, 2001... Byline: Zachary Block Aug. 15--Midway Airlines, which announced yesterday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and laid off half its employees, plans to discontinue service to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick at the end of...

Rhode Island Financial Group Files Suit against Pennsylvania Bank over Name.
August 15, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 15--In an effort to clear the use of its name in the Pennsylvania market, Citizens Financial Group has filed suit against a smaller bank that is trying to block entry of its moniker in the Keystone State. ...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 15, 2001... Aug. 15--TEXTRON SELLS AGAIN: Providence-based Textron Inc. announced yesterday that it has agreed to sell its Do-it-Yourself retail fastener distribution business to Fastenal Company, of Winona, Minn. The company said the deal is part of its...

NASA Holds Technology, Business Conference in Providence, R.I.
August 15, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 15--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Liana Fenton is already crazy about technology, but if she could get more high-tech companies to help students build robots, she'd be over the moon. So Fenton packed a robot, a...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 15, 2001... Aug. 15--ARRIVING TODAY: No arrivals. SAILING TODAY: No departures. ARRIVED YESTERDAY: No arrivals. SAILED YESTERDAY: No departures. To see more of the Providence Journal, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to...

Biotechnology Company Immunex Plans $500-million Expansion in Rhode Island.
August 16, 2001... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Aug. 16--A major biotechnology company has announced that it will spend $500 million to expand a drug-making facility in West Greenwich to produce a promising arthritis medicine. The facility, expected to be...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 16, 2001... Aug. 16--WORKER DEATHS: The number of workers killed on the job last year dropped about 2 percent even though employment was up, and construction was the most deadly industry, the Labor Department reported yesterday. Rhode Island, with a...

Providence Journal, R.I., Incorporations Column.
August 16, 2001... Aug. 16--There were 3,659 companies filing incorporation papers with the Rhode Island secretary of state's office as of Aug. 10. KEY: Director (D), Incorporator (I), President (P), Agent (A), General Partnership (GP), Limited Partnership...

Jamestown, R.I. Entrepreneur, Professor Tries to Market Hi-Tech Water Sensor.
August 16, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 16--NARAGANSETT, R.I.--Want to know what's floating around in Narragansett Bay? Alfred K. Hanson, a Jamestown entrepreneur, has a pretty good idea. Hanson and his Jamestown company, SubChem Systems...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 16, 2001... Aug. 16--ARRIVING TODAY: Ilha Do Fogo, 10 a.m., to Fall River loading general cargo. --Energy Enterprise, 5:30 p.m., to Somerset, from Virginia with coal. SAILING TODAY: No departures. ARRIVED YESTERDAY: No arrivals. SAILED...

Providence Journal, R.I., Small-Business Column.
August 16, 2001... Byline: Thomas J. Morgan Aug. 16--SMITHFIELD, R.I.--No slouch, the town has stolen a march on the rest of the state by capturing every penny that the U.S. Department of Agriculture was offering Rhode Island in a grant program designed to...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 17, 2001... Aug. 17--SALE VOTE IS TODAY: Shareholders of Network Six, the Warwick information technology company, vote today to ratify the sale of the company to TRW of Cleveland for $5.3 million. If approved, the Rhode Island company will become part of...

Providence, R.I.-Area Creamery's Creditors Sour on Management.
August 17, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 17--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--During a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court this morning, Newport Creamery's creditors plan to ask a judge to evict the company's management -- as soon as possible. Winograd, Shine &...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 17, 2001... Aug. 17--ARRIVING TODAY: No arrivals. SAILING TODAY: Energy Enterprise, 7 a.m., from Somerset, to Virginia in ballast. ARRIVED YESTERDAY: Ilha Do Fogo, 9:30 a.m., to Fall River loading general cargo. --Energy Enterprise, 5:30...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 18, 2001... Aug. 18--FLIGHT PLAN: Continental Airlines will temporarily eliminate its daily nonstop flight from T.F. Green Airport to Houston on Sept. 6, the airline said yesterday. Spokeswoman Julie King said that flight is run only seasonally and will...

Marriott Hotel Plan Wins Initial Approval from Lincoln, R.I.-Area Officials.
August 18, 2001... Byline: M. Bradford Grabowski Aug. 18--LINCOLN, R.I.--By next fall, a five-story, 125-room Courtyard By Marriott hotel could be standing near the intersection of Routes 146 and 116, developers said yesterday. The hotel could break...

Rhode Island's Newport Creamery Plans More Cuts to Stay in Business.
August 18, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 18--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Can Newport Creamery survive Chapter 11 reorganization? The company's lawyer says yes, but more surgery will be required. Newport Creamery plans to keep the chain running by...

Sprint Hopes to Extend Service with New Towers in Burrillville, R.I., Area.
August 18, 2001... Byline: Liz Anderson Aug. 18--BURRILLVILLE, R.I.--Sprint PCS is hoping to extend its wireless telephone service in the area through three new towers planned for the northwest section of town. The company is proposing to put up one of...

Car Fees Take Off at Providence, R.I.-Area Airport.
August 19, 2001... Aug. 19--WARWICK, R.I.--Since July 1, people from out of state who rent cars at T.F. Green Airport have been paying to build a project that may never be built. A "customer facility charge," the so-called "fourth tax" on car rentals at...

Providence Journal, R.I., Speakers' Table.
August 19, 2001... Aug. 19--MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Idea Exchange will hold a "Business2Business" networking event for business owners and decision-makers from 7:45 to 9 a.m. at Rue de l'espoir, Hope Street, Providence. For information, call 433-0045. The...

Providence Journal, R.I., People in Business Column.
August 19, 2001... Aug. 19--RHI CONSULTING: Joel Evans, of East Greenwich, has been named division director. He has 17 years in the information technology field. MIRIAM HOSPITAL: Sandra W. Cheng, of North Attleboro, Mass., has been promoted to administrative...

Salvaged-Goods Business Revives Discount-Store Spot in Providence, R.I., Area.
August 19, 2001... Byline: Gabriela C. Guzman Aug. 19--A reincarnation of the Ann & Hope discount store has re-emerged on Broad Street, only this time it bears the name of Building 19. Building 19 housed in the basement level of the Ann & Hope building...

Hasbro to Launch New.
August 19, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 19--As Hasbro prepares to launch nationally its new handheld electronic game called Pox, many industry experts are grasping for comparisions. Hasbro's new game, possessing the new technology and...

Hasbro Hopes Kids Will Be Sold on Wireless Hand-Held Game.
August 20, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 20--As Hasbro Inc. prepares to launch nationally its wireless hand-held game called Pox, toy industry experts are grasping for other games with which to compare it. Hasbro's alien battle game, possessing...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 21, 2001... Aug. 21--GAS STAYS LEVEL: The average price of self-serve, unleaded gasoline was $1.469 a gallon, according to separate surveys released yesterday by the state Energy Office and AAA Southern New England. The price is about even with the prior...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 21, 2001... Aug. 21--ARRIVING TODAY: None. SAILING TODAY: None. ARRIVED YESTERDAY: Regal Empress, 9:30 a.m., at Newport anchorage, from New York, with passengers. --Energy Enterprise, 9:30 a.m., at Brayton Point, from Virginia with coal. ...

Record Sales Greet Multifamily Homes in Rhode Island.
August 22, 2001... Byline: David McPherson Aug. 22--A shortage of entry-level single-family homes plus low interest rates have propelled sales of multifamily homes to record levels in the first half of this year. New figures from the Rhode Island...

New Owner of Mellon Financial to Have Bases in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh.
August 22, 2001... Byline: Lisa Biank Fasig Aug. 22--Citizens Financial Group has selected the Pennsylvania cities that observers expected it would pick for locating its new mid-Atlantic headquarters -- Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Providence-based...

Rate Cuts Aren't Saving Providence, R.I.-Area High-Tech Companies.
August 22, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 22--Seven interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve have yet to stimulate an economic rebound for Rhode Island's technology companies that have struggled in the sluggish national economy. Slashing interest...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 22, 2001... Aug. 22--ARRIVING TODAY: Caronia, 8 a.m., to Newport Anchorage, from Nova Scotia with passengers. --Patriot, 11 p.m., to East Providence, from New York with petroleum products. SAILING TODAY: Caronia, 6 p.m., from Newport Anchorage, to...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 23, 2001... Aug. 23--FLEET GETS CLEARENCE TO SAIL: The Federal Trade Commission has cleared FleetBoston Financial Corp.'s proposed deal with Liberty Financial Cos. Liberty Financial has agreed to sell its asset management business to FleetBoston for $900...

Providence, R.I.-Area Creamery Shakes Up Management.
August 23, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 23--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Newport Creamery yesterday appointed a new president and chief executive officer on the eve of a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to decide if the struggling restaurant's management team...

Electricity Prices Flow Downward in Providence, R.I.
August 23, 2001... Byline: Bob Wyss Aug. 23--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Finally, Narragansett Electric's prices are beginning to fall. It has lowered the price some commercial and industrial customers must pay for a key portion of their bills -- the cost of...

Massachusetts High-Tech Firm Develops Tools for Less-Invasive Back Surgery.
August 23, 2001... Byline: Andrea L. Stape Aug. 23--PLAINVILLE, Mass.--Endius Inc.'s employees spent the past three years figuring out the equivalent of how to build a ship in a bottle. And their efforts are just starting to pay off. Early this...

Providence Journal, R.I., Bay Shipping Column.
August 23, 2001... Aug. 23--ARRIVING TODAY: --Energy Enterprise, 12 a.m., to Brayton Point, from Newport News, Va., with coal. SAILING TODAY: None. ARRIVED YESTERDAY: Caronia, 7:30 a.m., to Newport Anchorage, from Nova Scotia with passengers. ...

East Providence, R.I., Man Charged with Bank Fraud.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Michael Corkery Aug. 24--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--An East Providence man was charged yesterday with stealing nearly $240,000 from Fleet Bank by diverting the bank's money into personal accounts that he controlled. According to a...

Providence Journal, R.I., Business Briefs Column.
August 24, 2001... Aug. 24--BLOCK ISLAND GETS DIGITAL UPGRADE: Verizon Wireless has announced that it expanded its digital network on Block Island, improving mobile phone clarity. The expansion also will allow use of advanced wireless services such as Internet...

College, Investment Firm Appeal Ruling on Dow Chemical Expansion Project.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Thomas J. Morgan Aug. 24--SMITHFIELD, R.I.--Bryant College and Fidelity Investments have filed separate court appeals to block the construction of a manufacturing plant by Dow Chemical Corp., spokesmen for Fidelity and Bryant said...