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Tiles for tourists in digital age
Even a dead business can have value. In fact, sometimes the age and obsolescence of an enterprise, the fact that it didn’t evolve into the next big thing, makes it worth something. more
Trade gap in U.S. widened to $42B as exports fell
The U.S. trade deficit widened in July for the first time in four months as the global economic slowdown reduced demand for American-made goods. more
Manufacturing in New York region shrinks more than forecast
Manufacturing in the New York region contracted more than forecast in September as orders shrank, a sign the world’s largest economy will get less support from the industry. more
Astro-Med profits surge 63.5% in 3Q
Profits for Astro-Med Inc. surged 63.5 percent to $1.3 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, during the third quarter of 2012, compared with $800,000, or 11 cents per diluted share, during the third quarter of 2011. more
| 11/21/12
Worsted prepares for new chapter
For The Plastics Group of America President Robert A. Lebeaux, the mill project he’s been absorbed in is more than an expansion of his company: It is a renovation, a restoration and the resurrection of a piece of history. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 10/8/12

Quality, tradition part of recipe
Paul Skoczylas grew up around kielbasa. By age 8, he was lending a hand at Central Falls Provision, his family’s Polish sausage shop, and through high school and college he was working there full time during the summers. Photos from the period show him in front of the oven, holding a rack of sausages, wearing a T-shirt with “kielbasa kid” stenciled across the chest. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/31/12

Edward Cooney, Nortek executive, former Chamber chair, dies
Edward J. Cooney, senior vice president and treasurer of Nortek Inc., has died, the company announced Thursday. Cooney,65, had joined Nortek as vice president and treasurer in 2001 and was appointed senior vice president in 2011. more
| 3/20/13
U.S. business activity expanded for second month in Dec.
Business activity in the U.S. expanded in December for a second month, easing concern that a lack of progress on the federal budget would prompt a slump in manufacturing. more
Providence firm braves the elements
At Corp Brothers Inc. in Providence, innovation doesn’t happen until management first reviews volumes of government regulations and trains employees to understand them. No one at the company would have it any other way. more
By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 12/3/12
U.S. manufacturing probably stagnated as spending cooled
Manufacturing in the U.S. probably stagnated in July after contracting for the first time in three years, economists said before a report today. more
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