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Breaking from tradition Techstyle
The Techstyle Haus, which is, literally, a textile house with a flexible exterior using high-performance material with solar cells laminated to the fabric, is...
Building pipeline to food bank
At a food pantry in North Kingstown in February, a husband and wife arrived with their two young children, in hopes of picking up...
Bull market rivaling ’90s at half the valuation
The American equity rally that just turned 5 years old is starting to match the 1990s Internet bubble when it comes to its speed.
That’s...
Global reach, local connections Santander strategy
As Santander Bank’s new commercial markets director for New England, Ken Martin is at the epicenter of intense competition in the financial marketplace. He...
Five years in, fund still trying to dent poverty
As Rhode Islanders continue to wrestle with the highest unemployment rate in the nation – 9.1 percent in December – and a sluggish economy,...
Brokers key to growing FM Global’s overseas business
FM Global named Randy Schreitmueller to the position of manager of broker relations with responsibility for “championing the voice of the broker” and maximizing...
![AIR OF IMPORTANCE: Artist Janice Lee Kelly is a sculptor who works in the medium of balloons. “Most people look at balloons and see children’s parties and twisty balloon animals, but I [see] building blocks for larger sculptures,” she said. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS](https://assets.pbn.com/uploads/2014/03/1393611676_9699-150x150.jpg "Interest ballooning in Kelly’s unique sculptures")
Interest ballooning in Kelly’s unique sculptures
When people ask her about her work, Janice Lee Kelly usually tells them, “I’m in the event-transformation business.” That’s because what she designs and...
New SBDC eyes spring opening
A job posted on the University of Rhode Island website pays $57,000 to $122,000 and among the functions is “to work with key stakeholders...
Navigant loan growth defies trend
Navigant Credit Union’s 21 percent spike in total loans in 2013 over the previous year spotlights the Smithfield-based financial institution’s notable growth in two...
Recurring memories haunt veterans
(Updated, Feb. 25, 10:38 a.m.)
Woonsocket native Mark Braden remembers being a 130-pound “string bean” in high school when he signed up with the Rhode...
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