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Providence's 32-year-old civic center is in need of repairs.

City eyes private investors for Dunkin’ Donuts Center

Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline has turned to private investors to save the deteriorating Dunkin’ Donuts Center after a partnership between the city...

Companies going on the defensive

Custom Molded Products, a manufacturer of rubber moldings for copy machines and truck hitches, wanted to diversify its client base and increase...
Gus Campopiano, president of Custom Molded Products in Providence, says his company has diversified its customer base and boosted company revenue by going after defense contracts.

Companies going on the defensive

Custom Molded Products, a manufacturer of rubber moldings for copy machines and truck hitches, wanted to diversify its client base and increase...

Low-cost training valued for its quality

In the months following the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association October merger with TrainRI, formerly the Manufacturers’ Partnership, the program has ...
Engineer Steven W. Allen of Odeh Engineers in North Providence at the Royal Mills in West Warwick. The mill's restoration relies heavily on tax credits.

Attack on historic tax credit repelled

Two-year-old incentive produced $460M return Developers and municipal officials are breathing a sigh of relief after legislators decided not to impose a one-year...
An artist's rendering of the proposed Marriott Renaissance Hotel at the current site of the Masonic Temple.

Masonic Temple proves to be ‘complex project’

Before the transformation begins on the Masonic Temple into a Marriott Renaissance Hotel, workers must erect a $1.5 million bracing system to...

Job losses up 10 percent in first quarter

Manufacturing layoffs, foreign competition cited as cause The number of jobs lost in Rhode Island during the first three months of 2004 ...

Local Stop & Shop expansion leaves vacant buildings

Stop & Shop’s decision to open supermarkets in the last year has left two 50,000-square-foot vacant buildings within a 12-mile stretch of...
Workers at the Barker Steel Company's Pawtucket facility manufacture rebar and prepare it for shipping.

Barker reinforces place in industry

Barker Steel Company Inc. Owners: William H. Brack, president and CEO Type of Business: reinforcing steel fabricator and distributor of concrete building products...
Workers at the Barker Steel Company's Pawtucket facility manufacture rebar and prepare it for shipping.

Barker reinforces place in industry

Barker Steel Company Inc. Owners: William H. Brack, president and CEO Type of Business: reinforcing steel fabricator and distributor of concrete building products...
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