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Every woman loves to receive a compliment.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Two downtown Providence colleges are offering students different paths to exploring entrepreneurship.
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By Michael Souza |
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Gun dealers in Rhode Island and across much of the nation have been swamped by customers amid renewed public debate over the need for stricter gun-control laws following the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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The heyday of 109-year-old watch-and-watchband-brand Speidel was the skinny-tie era of the 1950s and 1960s, when the company employed hundreds in its Providence Jewelry District plant.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Toy and game-maker Hasbro Inc. has teamed up with the R.I. Resource Recovery Corp. to introduce single-stream recycling at all of its Ocean State facilities.
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By PBN Staff
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The A.T. Cross Co., a producer of high-end writing utensils and other personal accessories, announced in a press release late Monday that it is “exploring strategic alternatives” for its Cross Accessory Division.
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By PBN Staff
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Kelly LaChance-Guertin may laugh when she says she’s only able to manage running her professional and family lives by not sleeping, but hearing the young mother and business owner detail all she does makes it sound almost plausible.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Modern payday lending was legalized in Rhode Island in 2001 and didn’t cause too much outcry until the recession began adding to the number of local families falling deeper into debt and bankruptcy.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Forbes Magazine has named Swipley Inc. one of “America’s Most Promising Companies.” Swipely, which was founded in 2009, is the first Rhode Island company to make the list.
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By PBN Staff
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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc.’s directors won dismissal of investor claims that the board didn’t get enough for the third-largest U.S. warehouse-club chain in a $2.8 billion buyout by two private-equity firms, Bloomberg News reported.
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2/11/13
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