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ROE helps WashTrust stand out from rest
In a shifting banking landscape, with its kaleidoscope of mergers and acquisitions, name changes and ever-evolving strategies to increase market share and earnings, Washington...
Art passion fuels jewelry designs
If there were ever a business that grew naturally from the seeds of inborn talent, a passion for design and seizing life’s opportunities, Loren...
Customer-service model drives WashTrust profits
As competition for commercial business among banks in the region intensifies, Washington Trust Bancorp, parent of The Washington Trust Co., is sticking to a...
R.I. firm pushes to close contracting ‘loophole’
Middletown-based Rite Solutions has an issue with companies that are no longer small being “grandfathered” in when it comes to competing for U.S. Department...
Grants seeding growing agriculture industry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $205,000 in grants to Rhode Island projects that promote “specialty crops” last October. This month the department concluded...
The Dean a product, reflection of city
There’s an inscription in stone on the front of The Dean hotel in Providence that reads: “Church house erected AD 1912 to the Glory...
Waterborne roots grow into a career
When working on the water begins at 14 years old with standing watch for Safe/ Sea, a marine-assistance and boat-towing company, there’s a good...
URI professor looks to unmask fake reviews
TripAdvisor, an online site for all things travel, has 132 reviews posted for Nick’s on Broadway in Providence. The comments range from “exquisite and...
Crowd funding could be new avenue for angel investing
Startups are a spark on Rhode Island’s business landscape, and angel capital is critical in getting these often innovative ventures launched.
Jennifer Schwall is...
Citizens: Fed concerns not impacting IPO plans
Providence-based RBS Citizens Financial Group’s failure to meet some requirements of the Federal Reserve’s “stress test” for financial institutions has been downplayed by the...
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