Providence Journal (Providence, RI) articles from July 2007

Providence Journal (Providence, RI) archives from July 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., business notes column.
July 1, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column.(Column)
July 1, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 1, 2007

Car sales: never on Sunday in Rhode Island, until now.
July 2, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 2, 2007

Price at the pump drops again, but what's next?
July 3, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 3, 2007

Tall Ships leave behind waves of accolades from merchants.
July 3, 2007

Ships plan takes shape.
July 5, 2007

Nurses' union agrees to 4-year pact.
July 6, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., business briefs column.(Column)
July 7, 2007

Rhode Island faces workforce challenges.
July 8, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., business notes column.
July 8, 2007

Homestead looking to boost staff 33 percent.
July 8, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column.
July 8, 2007

Forward march... but first learn to log on.
July 9, 2007

Foreclosure touches all areas of market: Single, multi, condo.
July 9, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 9, 2007

Vault door seals foundation for BankNewport's branch.
July 10, 2007

Rhode Island taxes rising, now seventh in the country.
July 10, 2007

House sales down in May, condos up.
July 11, 2007

Pumping problems delaying project.
July 11, 2007

Capturing wildlife.
July 11, 2007

Casino questions.
July 12, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.(Column)
July 12, 2007

Council panel votes against ratification.
July 12, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., business briefs column.(Column)
July 14, 2007... Jul. 14--CRANSTON -- Neighbors of the Mulligan's Island golf complex are vowing to fight a new, scaled-down retail project proposed for the property. Providence developer Churchill & Banks faced stiff opposition in the spring when the company...

Changes at Quonset.
July 14, 2007... Byline: Benjamin N. Gedan Jul. 14--The top official at the state agency that manages the Quonset business park has been dismissed, Saul Kaplan, the head of the state Economic Development Corporation, said yesterday. W. Geoffrey Grout,...

Bryant conserves energy with 'green data center'.
July 15, 2007... Byline: Benjamin N. Gedan Jul. 15--SMITHFIELD -- Student tour guides crisscrossed Bryant University in 90-degree weather on a recent afternoon, trailing sluggish visitors across the sun-baked quad. The school's director of computer and...

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column.(Column)
July 15, 2007... Byline: John Kostrzewa Jul. 15--L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco International, acquired hundreds of companies between 1996 and 2002 and created a conglomerate that made everything from fire suppression systems to health-care...

Neighborhood of the Week: 'Where we live is paradise'.
July 15, 2007... Byline: Christine Dunn Jul. 15--The East Bay Pike Bath cuts through Warren's Beach Terrace neighborhood, a group of streets just south of the busy downtown area and the Town Beach on Water Street. It's a part of the bike path that is...

The Providence Journal, R.I., business notes column.(Column)
July 15, 2007... Byline: John Kostrzewa Jul. 15--Last month, Baltimore developer Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse converted all 64 of the planned condominiums at the Royal Mills in West Warwick into apartments, citing the state's softening condo market. Now,...

Workers can turn to the Web to know legal rights.
July 15, 2007... Byline: Andy Smith Jul. 15--You've been overworked, underpaid, transferred, spied on, harassed and generally treated like dirt on the job. It's nasty. It's unfair. But is it legal? You may be able to find out thanks to Ask a...

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Neil Downing Jul. 16--In the wake of this year's General Assembly session, yesterday's MoneyLine looked at the impact on Rhode Island's capital-gains tax rates. But what's the impact if you sell your home? That's the question a man...

Call in career camp for the video industry.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Andy Smith Jul. 16--Everyone's got to start somewhere. For would-be TV directors, somewhere could be the control room and TV studio at the Communications Complex of Bryant University, which is holding a "Digital Video Summer...

Hiatus at upholstery manufacturer turns into joblessness.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Benjamin N. Gedan Jul. 17--FALL RIVER -- The annual summer shutdown at Quaker Fabric Corp. ended yesterday, but the manufacturing floor remained empty and the machinery that has churned out upholstery for six decades sat idle in...

Cox offers cell phone service.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Jul. 17--Cox Communications has partnered with Sprint Nextel to add cell phone service to its offerings in Rhode Island. Cox this week launched "Pivot," a new wireless service that lets Cox customers access...

Langevin discusses farming, food legislation.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Paul Grimaldi Jul. 17--CRANSTON, R.I. -- People concerned about how the government cuts up the tax-revenue pie gathered yesterday at a ramshackle farm along Plainfield Pike to talk about the looming expiration of the federal farm...

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Neil Downing Jul. 17--SPOUSE CAN COLLECT ONLY ONE BENEFIT: QUESTION: I am on Social Security disability and am 52 years old. My husband is 54. If something were to happen to him tomorrow, could I collect his retirement Social...

City moves to shut down nightclub.
July 17, 2007... Byline: John Castellucci Jul. 17--PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- In February, City Councilor David P. Moran vowed that if there was another disturbance at Macondo, he would try to shut the place down. At Wednesday night's City Council meeting,...

Aeroserv shutting operations.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Paul Grimaldi Jul. 18--LINCOLN, R.I. -- Aircraft-service company Aeroserv Express Inc. has shut down its operation at North Central State Airport and is selling its hangar to the Rhode Island Airport Corporation for $2.6 million, a...

It's all in the capsule.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Benjamin N. Gedan Jul. 18--PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University Prof. Edith Mathiowitz has spent more than a decade engineering microcapsules to deliver medications to patients. Now, that research might also deliver anchors to...

Internet phone service SunRocket shuts down.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Jul. 18--SunRocket Inc., a Virginia-based provider of Internet-based telephone service, abruptly shut its doors on Monday, apparently leaving thousands of customers in dozens of states, including Rhode Island,...

Beacon Mutual cuts rates.
July 19, 2007... Byline: Lynn Arditi Jul. 19--Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. will cut its rates, on average, 5.9 percent, saving its 14,000 policyholders an estimated $7.5 million, the company said yesterday. The reduced rates will be applied to new...

Contractor, wife plead guilty to tax evasion.
July 19, 2007... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Jul. 19--A North Smithfield construction contractor and his wife have pleaded guilty to tax evasion, admitting that they failed to report $266,861 in income over three years, according to the U.S. Department of...

Life sciences sector holds promise for future job growth, commercial products.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Benjamin N. Gedan Jul. 20--NEWPORT -- Efforts to grow the state's life sciences sector "hold promise," but they will result in only limited job growth until research spawns commercial products manufactured in Rhode Island, John J....

Jobs are on the rise.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Lynn Arditi Jul. 20--Job growth in Rhode Island picked up last month, as the state's payroll employment rose by 800 and the unemployment rate ticked down one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.7 percent, a government report released...

EDC links tax credits, salaries.
July 21, 2007

Failed bank may pay off.
July 22, 2007

R.I. ranks sixth in assistance to low-income families.
July 22, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 22, 2007

Victorian elegance at bargain prices.
July 22, 2007

Working and learning: On the job and on the bay.
July 22, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.(Column)
July 23, 2007... Byline: Neil Downing Jul. 23--HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARY DIES: This is the second installment in a two-part MoneyLine series about issues that survivors must deal with following the death of a Social Security...

State denies bar's bid to stay open.
July 24, 2007... Byline: John Castellucci Jul. 24--PAWTUCKET -- A hearing officer for the Department of Business Regulation has denied a bar's request to stay open while a City Council decision closing the place is appealed. Catherine R. Warren ruled...

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 24, 2007... Byline: Neil Downing Jul. 24--QUESTION: Are there any circumstances where a Florida resident collecting a Rhode Island state or municipal pension is obligated to pay Rhode Island income taxes on their pension money? --J.C., North...

Lawmakers ride planned LNG route.
July 24, 2007... Byline: Timothy C. Barmann Jul. 24--ON NARRAGANSETT BAY -- U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy invited an influential colleague to Rhode Island yesterday to give him a tour of the route that liquefied natural gas tankers would take to get to a...

Pawtucket's emergency director retires.
July 25, 2007

Unclaimed property in the crosshairs.
July 25, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., business briefs column.(Column)
July 28, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 29, 2007

Sweet summertime.
July 29, 2007

E-mail is forever, so it's wise to think before you send.
July 29, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 30, 2007

Internship program gives kids a boost.
July 30, 2007

First, get a plastic bottle.
July 31, 2007

PC will offer streaming video on Web site.
July 31, 2007

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
July 31, 2007

RIPTA tries out new fare machines.
July 31, 2007