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Gelfuso cruising to travel profits
A small window to the tropics for Interstate 95 commuters in Cranston over the last 14 years has left Wellington Avenue.
Cruise Brothers, the outgoing...
Housing advocates say $25M bond will boost economy
Government debt has taken a beating on the campaign trail this election season, but supporters of a $25 million state housing bond up for...
Commercial real estate database to be searchable online
Anyone who’s bought or sold a house recently is probably familiar with the Multiple Listing Service in their state, the database where sales and...
Brutalism hits awkward middle age
Even before boards appeared on some of its windows, the Fogarty Building on Fountain Street in downtown Providence often was considered an eyesore.
Composed of...
Planning key to disaster survival
CNN’s Bonnie Schneider picked a good time to become a television meteorologist. Since she graduated from Boston University and got her first on-air job,...
EDC leadership role in doubt after damning report
The driving force behind the privatization of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation in 1995 was a desire to separate the Ocean State’s volatile and...
Creative team building hits the road
Since the world’s first company picnic, corporate outings have walked a fine line between boosting employee morale and sapping it – between fostering teamwork...
Company on road to harnessing power of sun for truckers
ENow Inc. CEO Jeff Flath was introduced to solar technology while working at the Cooley Group, the Pawtucket manufacturer of engineered fabrics, which was...
For most, progress too slow to see
Rhode Island’s economic recovery is now moving at a pace too slow for many local business leaders to perceive it.
By most measures, the state,...
Short-sale rule changes drive sales
More than four years after the foreclosure crisis familiarized Americans with short sales – selling properties for less than the outstanding balances on their...
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