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“Things need to change” in the Ocean State economy, Rhode Island Foundation Executive Director Neil Steinberg told business and community leaders Friday morning in a plea for new ideas at the nonprofit's Make It Happen RI forum.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The office of Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis and the R.I. Economic Development Corporation are teaming up for the sixth annual “We Mean Business Expo,” an event designed to help business owners talk face-to-face with federal, state and local government agencies and learn how to cut through the red tape.
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By PBN Staff
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The R.I. State Council on the Arts has awarded 117 grants to artists, educational institutions and nonprofits - including the Trinity Repertory Company - around Rhode Island.
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By PBN Staff
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The Ocean State Theatre Company Inc. will conclude its role as the production company for the Theatre By The Sea at the end of the current season, the Matunuck-based theater announced Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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Immigrant-owned businesses employ one in 10 U.S. workers in private companies and inject more than $775 billion of revenue into the U.S. economy, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy.
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By Henry Goldman |
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In a reversal of public statements made in the wake of the revelations of its financial difficulties, executives of 38 Studios LLC told U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware that its its first product, the video game “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning,” did not meet its sales expectations.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island added 770 creative industry jobs and 460 new businesses between 2011 and 2012, according to an annual report from Rhode Island Citizens for the Arts.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |