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After having started RISD Works more than a decade ago, Matthew Bird was wondering what to do next. After seeing a vacant space on Wickenden Street he toyed with the idea of another store, but why consider a venture similar to the one that you just left? “There is increasingly more and more great stuff out there in the world and it gets overwhelming,” Bird said. “There are amazing things that nobody can find.”
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By Michael Souza |
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Jewelry designer Alex and Ani LLC will open a professional development center in a Weybosset Street building it has purchased. The location will also house a new retail location will open in late August, CEO Giovanni Feroce told Providence Business News.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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(Updated, 2 p.m.) In a move that represents a “major re-investment in the local economy,” Alex and Ani LLC has purchased Sakonnet Vineyards in Little Compton, the jewelry designer announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices rose 7 cents this week. The jump marks the first increase in Ocean State pump prices in 13 weeks, according to AAA Southern New England.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stock futures fell, following the biggest one-day gain in two weeks for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as a report showed retail sales in the world’s biggest economy unexpectedly dropped for a third straight month.
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By Inyoung Hwang
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A remodeled Rite Aid Wellness Store at 1080 Bald Hill Road held its grand opening event on July 14, part of national effort by national drug store chain to promote wellness services and products
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By Richard Asinof |
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BOSTON –Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. have agreed to pay $232,000 to cities and towns across Massachusetts to settle claims that they allegedly overcharged public agencies for prescription drugs through the workers’ compensation insurance system.
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7/16/12
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It has taken a while, but finally Ocean State residents are starting to see the benefits of taking the train to work locally, something that people in major metro areas all over the world take advantage of on a daily basis.
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7/16/12
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Disappointed by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s veto of legislation to give them the right to sue insurance companies in payment disputes, auto-body shops say they’ll continue the fight next year.
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By Michael Souza |
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Businesses at the Wickford Junction shopping center in North Kingstown hoping for a customer boost from commuters using the new $44 million train station next door will have to be patient.
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By Patrick Anderson |