Cassius Shuman, Author at Providence Business News

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Advice 02/14/2020

Arguing with Zombies by Paul Krugman. Krugman explores misunderstandings of public policy that won’t die, becoming zombie economics, taking stock of where the U.S....

Who Owns The Block?

Real Estate 02/14/2020

Atwells Avenue (Bradford Street to Dean Street), Providence PBN RESEARCH AND PHOTOS/CASSIUS SHUMAN PBN GRAPHIC/LISA LAGRECA

Ruth wins $500K music grant award

Art & Culture 02/14/2020

SEBASTIAN RUTH is the recipient of the $500,000 Lewis Prize for Music, which provides multiyear support to enable leaders and organizations to make sustained...

The art of being resourceful

Executive Poll 02/14/2020

Are resources the lifeblood of your company’s operation? Yes: 67% No: 17% Somewhat: 17% What resources do you utilize for your business? (Select any that apply) Information and/or data:...

PILOT PREMIERE:  Up-Hill Productions will host a screening of its pilot episode of “Made in Rhode Island” at the Greenwich Odeum on Feb. 22. / COURTESY UP-HILL PRODUCTIONS

Editor’s Choice: ‘Made in Rhode Island’ premieres at Greenwich Odeum Feb....

Subscriber Only 02/14/2020

Editor’s Choice ‘Made in Rhode Island’ premieres at Greenwich Odeum Feb. 22 UP-HILL PRODUCTIONS WILL host the red-carpet premiere of its pilot episode of “Made...

Lists: Health Care Educators

Lists 02/14/2020

Total health care students enrolled: 11,505 FOOTNOTE 1. Ronald K. Machtley will retire after the university’s commencement on May 16, 2020. Bryant University is currently searching...

Lists: College Technology programs

Lists 02/14/2020

Total tech undergrads: 8,269 FOOTNOTES 1. The out-of-state tuition rate represents Rhode Island College’s Metropolitan Tuition Policy, offered to students who reside in Massachusetts and Connecticut...

PRIME REAL ESTATE: The oceanfront mansion at 10 Bluff Ave., bottom left, in Westerly’s Watch Hill is located a short distance from the iconic beach hotel Ocean House, top left, and pop singer Taylor Swift’s vacation home, not pictured. / COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY/PEARL MACEK

R.I.’s height of luxury: Demand remains as volume of high-priced home...

Cover Story 02/07/2020

The appetite for luxury homes along the Rhode Island coast doesn’t seem to be waning, as evidenced by two transactions above the $10 million...

THROWING DOWN: Bryan and Kim Besse, owners of Stumpy’s Hatchet House in Fall River, toss hatchets in one of the business’s eight throwing pits. Kim Besse says the hatchet-throwing entertainment business hosts single participants, parties and corporate events. /PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Franchisee: Kim and Bryan Besse

Entrepreneurship 02/07/2020

Kim and Bryan Besse | Stumpy’s Hatchet House | 75 Ferry St., Fall River The pitch: Stumpy’s Hatchet House is a hatchet-throwing entertainment business...