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From the Aug 25, 2008 edition A PBN Special Section: 2008 Top Private Companies Connecting to customers still drives success By John Lee Contributing Writer Growth companies in the late 1990s were as often about riding the dot.com wave as anything else, leveraging technology to make hard assets and intense customer interaction obsolete. But two decidedly old-economy enterprises were among Providence Business News’ Fastest-Growing Companies Top List in 1998. More » This item is available in full to subscribers. Please log in to continue. To purchase a copy of this article for $2.00, click here.