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The Providence Business News Executive Poll is a weekly survey of 70 business leaders throughout the state, representing small and large companies in a variety of industries.
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7/9/12
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Boy Scouts get ready to canoe at Three Point Waterfront at Camp Yawgoog. The Hopkinton camp welcomed Boy Scouts for the 97th consecutive season on July 1. The 1,800-acre reservation serves more than 6,400 Scouts during the summer from as far as Germany. Yawgoog is the country’s third-oldest Boy Scout camp and is operated by the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America. This year, the camp will be open for eight weeks, until Aug. 26.
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7/9/12
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This past winter, Rhode Island fishermen made it clear new rules for dealing with the Atlantic herring stock were needed for state waters. They also demanded a say in the matter.
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By Michael Souza |
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You don’t need a $179 million bridge-replacement project to cause traffic jams on Interstate 95 in downtown Providence. The car volume and traffic patterns on the stretch of highway between the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and the Statehouse do that already.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Jay Harding and his wife bought their three-bedroom, South Kingstown ranch in 2006, while he was doing environmental work on oil wells in Indonesia and the economy was humming.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The empty lot created by the demolition of the former Providence National Bank in the Financial District in anticipation of a condominium tower that never materialized has opened as a parking lot.
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By PBN Staff
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According to the Battelle/Bio State Bioscience Industry Development Report, Rhode Island’s bioscience sector grew 44.3 percent from 2001 to 2010.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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The Narragansett Indian Tribe will appeal the Superior Court's decision to include questions regarding casino expansion to table games on the November ballot, reported WPRI-TV CBS 12.
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By PBN Staff
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The Tech Collective and 41 other state bioscience associations have formed the Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes, a nationally coordinated effort aimed to help ensure U.S. leadership in bioscience innovation.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Landscape architecture firm Gates, Leighton & Associates is merging with Engineering firm Beta Group Inc. after roughly 20 years of collaboration.
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By PBN Staff
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