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Canadian textile firm buys Quaker Fabric assets

Capital Goods 09/20/2007

FALL RIVER – Textile maker Victor Innovatex Inc. of Saint-Georges, Quebec, today announced it has acquired the majority of the assets of bankrupt Quaker...

Fewer R.I. homes sell in August, more on market

Economic Activity 09/20/2007

WARWICK – Realtors in Rhode Island saw nearly 10 percent fewer home sales close in August than in the same month last year, while...

THE STATE CREDIT for historic preservation has spurred about $2.5 billion in jobs and economic growth across the Ocean State since it took effect in 2002, GrowSmart found. /

Report: Historic tax credit paying off for R.I.

Economic Activity 09/18/2007

PAWTUCKET – Since taking effect in 2002, the R.I. State Historic Preservation Investment Tax Credit has brought about $2.5 billion in growth and jobs...

Little Compton Inn to be refurbished after purchase

Uncategorized 09/16/2007

The Stone House Club, a 15-room, 11,000-square-foot inn built by the architect commissioned for Little Compton’s Sakonnet Point breakwater and rumored to have been...

BELINDA BATON, a 33-year employee of Hope Valley-based Greene Plastics Corp., works on a Victorian Lace bracelet that is one of several new products. After decades of catering to the wholesale trade, the firm has begun selling more items directly to consumers. /

Bead firm shifts model to succeed

Capital Goods 09/16/2007

The jewelry manufacturing business has been shrinking for decades in Rhode Island, but Greene Plastics Corp., which makes more beads than any other company...

Parents going ga-ga over upscale baby products

Uncategorized 09/16/2007

At Infant Interiors in Newport, you can buy a crib for $299 to $1,350, depending on the style. Add a four-piece linen set, a...

AT PROMET MARINE, a worker is dwarfed by vessels at the yard. The company is one of several along the waterfront that are concerned about proposed zoning changes. /

Businesses fighting for the waterfront

Capital Goods 09/15/2007

Eight water-dependent companies last week announced they have formed an alliance to oppose a plan to “gentrify” the Allens Avenue industrial corridor through rezoning. “Providence...

THE FUTURE VIEW of the mixed-use development from street level along Iron Horse Way. /

Details of ALCO affordable-housing plan unveiled

Economic Activity 09/13/2007

PROVIDENCE – A St. Louis-based developer and its local nonprofit partners today announced plans to build 201 mixed-income apartments above a retail center and...

New group aims to defend industrial waterfront

Capital Goods 09/13/2007

PROVIDENCE – Eight water-dependent businesses along the Allens Avenue industrial corridor today announced the formation of an alliance against what they say is an...