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FUELED UP: Brown University professor Shouheng Sun, forefront, with students, from left: Sen Zhang, Shojun Guo and Liheng Wu. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Brown team studying new fuel-cell catalyst

Imagine a future where almost all cars and houses are powered by a fuel cell, an electrical generator – not a battery – that...
"Nonprofit organizations typically look to donors to raise funds, and they may not manage these funds as effectively as possible." / COURTESY ROCKLAND TRUST

Five Questions With: Ralph Valente

Rockland Trust and the Stonehill College Center for Nonprofit Management recently announced they are teaming again to present their BreakFACTS workshop series for small...

SBA says 2012 ‘banner year’

BOSTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration proclaimed that its fiscal 2012, which ran from Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, was a “banner...

RIMES, GWB strike partnership

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Service has received a $85,000 award from the Governor’s Workforce Board. With the funding, RIMES...

Programs assisting Sandy-struck businesses

WASHINGTON – For those wiped out by Hurricane Sandy, the Small Business Administration stands ready to help by using three of its programs. Businesses...

Free workshops offer help with entrepreneurship

TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. and the Rockland Trust Community Development Corp. will hold two basic-business workshops in Fall River aimed...
GOOD WORK: Andrew V. Posner, executive director of the Capital Good Fund, says that beyond loans, the nonprofit helps clients with a host services, including resume writing and advice on obtaining benefits. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Nonprofit’s loans, services remove barriers to success

Andy Posner is the executive director of the Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit agency in Providence that provides a variety of financial services to...
SLAM DUNK: Khalil Fuller, CEO of NBA Math Hoops, left, and Rocco Carzo, program manager, with game created to help students with math. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Survey: No substitute for in-person networking

It is indisputable that the Internet, with its ever-expanding base and social media platform, is an important aspect of any marketing scheme. But a...
LENDING HANDS: Nick Liuzza, president of Linear Title & Closing, says his company has seen great growth in recent years. Above, Liuzza speaks with software engineer Amanda Carter. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Reversal in mortgage-lending hiring

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in an occasional series of stories that will feature the companies and industries creating jobs in the region.) Many...
TECH SUPPORT: Donald R. Bailey, left, director of Phillips Memorial Library at Providence College, and John Sweeney, senior vice president and chief financial officer at PC, in the library’s TecHub. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Banks are focusing on offering more electronic choices

What will the bank of the future look like? Will it be smaller than today’s branches or employ less people? Will it even exist...
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