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HOT ITEM: José Nunez Pichardo pours a bucket of salsa into a container at the Plants to Food LLC manufacturing facility in Lincoln, one of the company’s most popular products.
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Meet the Makers: Manufacturer helps companies turn plants into food

(Editor’s note: This is the 21st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
OPEN-­ENDED: Kristen Regine, right, a real estate agent and professor of marketing at Johnson & Wales University, holds an open house for a client in Richmond. Regine says changes to the broker commission system will have ripple effects on the real estate industry, but just what effects remains to be seen. 
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Settled lawsuits may have impact on house sales

It’s long been the case that when a homeowner in Rhode Island is ready to sell and hires a Realtor, it’s taken for granted...

Taco CEO emphasizes partnerships, ethical sourcing at Bryant’s 38th World Trade...

SMITHFIELD – Over her four decades in the manufacturing industry, Cheryl Merchant, CEO of Taco Comfort Solutions, has seen supply chains disrupted by forces...

Life sciences distributor The Claflin Co. to lay off 30 employees

WARWICK – Life sciences distributor company The Claflin Co. will lay off 30 employees, the company recently reported to the state, or about one-fifth...

National Marker Co. to lay off 36 employees

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Long-established manufacturer National Marker Co. has notified the state that it will lay off 36 employees. The green manufacturing company, which specializes...

OZZI scores manufacturing, tech investments for reusable food packaging

NORTH KINGSTOWN – A Rhode Island company seeking to reimagine food storage and packaging for sustainability goals has secured new manufacturing and technology partnerships...

RICCA to retain employees under new management, despite 1K-plus layoff notices

PROVIDENCE – Despite the owner and operator of the R.I. Convention Center Authority venues filing a notice for more than 1,000 layoffs earlier this...

Five Questions With: Daniel M. Mittleman

Daniel M. Mittleman is a professor of engineering at Brown University. Mittleman is leading a research team that’s working to develop a high-frequency wireless...

Verizon launches first of its kind ‘EV Fios garage’ in Smithfield

SMITHFIELD – In a first for the communication company's U.S. operations, Verizon this week unveiled a fleet of electric vehicles and charging stations in...

R.I. DLT renews funding for university biotech programming

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – As the Ocean State seeks to raise its profile in the regional and national life sciences sector, the R.I. Department of...
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