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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: Bob DiPietro, founder and co-owner of the RI Mushroom Co., shows off a bag of Golden Oyster mushrooms. In the background, farm worker Colton Mackenzie unloads a shipment of mushrooms into the company’s cooler. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Farm’s success mushrooms in S.K.

Entrepreneurship 06/14/2014

It’s mushroom season in South County. Not wild mushrooms, which in New England emerge when the weather chills in autumn, but the cultivated oysters,...

GROWING TREND: Timothy J. Brown, president of Jamie Oliver at Home North America, says the company has its biggest presence in New England and California. / COURTESY JAMIE OLIVER AT HOME

Direct sales evolving to ‘hi-touch, hi-tech’ approach

Business Services 05/31/2014

Direct selling may never totally shed the image of Tupperware and restless housewives that make it seem stuck in the 1960s. But the loosely...

In search of a job revival

Capital Goods 05/31/2014

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles focused on the 2014 gubernatorial candidates and their plans for economic development. The experience...

BREAK CHAINS: Dynamic Bicycles Inc. makes shaft-drive systems that propel bicycles without a chain, potentially a major advantage for riders, such as tourists, not dressed in clothes designed for cycling. Pictured above, from left, are Dynamic employees Justin Plamondon and Jaime Raposa, with owners Devin Kelly and Perugini. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Firm sees future in chainless bikes

Capital Goods 05/24/2014

Crouched by the curb with grease-stained hands and furrowed brows, cyclists know all too well the frustration of a slipped chain or malfunctioning derailer. An...

R.I. lags in solar incentives

Government 05/24/2014

(Updated, May 28, 12:41 p.m.) Rhode Island is still waiting to experience the growth in residential solar-energy adoption that’s taken place elsewhere in the country. For...

INTO THE FUTURE: Astro-Med CEO Greg Woods says the company’s business is currently 70 percent domestic, 30 percent international. / COURTESY ASTRO-MED

Astro-Med expansion bringing new jobs to Ocean State

Entrepreneurship 05/10/2014

Greg Woods has been the heir apparent at West Warwick electronics manufacturer Astro-Med since being hired as chief operating officer in the fall of...

Candidates weigh in on The Link

Capital Goods 05/10/2014

It’s a moment Providence, the state and especially the seven members of the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission have been waiting for. After two-and-a-half years...

NEW TO THE PARTY: Previously best known as the Moderate Party founder, Ken Block is running for Rhode Island governor as a Republican in 2014. His economic plan focuses on several taxes he says are stifling business growth. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

The hunt for wasteful spending

Economic Activity 05/10/2014

If elected governor, Ken Block promises to do for Rhode Island on a large scale what his company, Simpatico Software Systems Inc., tries to...

GOING UP? Robert Houllahan, a Providence filmmaker, stands in front of the Monohasset Mill, where he owns a condominium. Houllahan estimates his taxes will go up from approximately $500 per year to as much as $4,000 per year without the stabilization. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Expiring tax deals pose challenges

Economic Activity 05/03/2014

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Providence’s use of tax-stabilization incentives. Armory Revival Co., owner of the Olneyville mixed-use complex...