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SWEET SPOT: Jeff Sweenor, owner of Bomb Squad Baseball Co. in South Kingstown, founded the company in 2011. He says he didn’t open the business to make money, but rather to help kids develop as athletes and individuals. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Bomb Squad is swinging for fences

Baseball wasn’t in the original career plans for Jeff Sweenor, but on the business side of the sport he has found a true calling....
THANKS TO INCREASES in mortgage originations and wealth management income, The Washington Trust Co. posted record earnings for 2012.

Wash Trust expansion leads to record profit

Rhode Island’s weak economy and sluggish housing market are not keeping Westerly-based Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. from continuing its momentum of increased earnings, as...
NO PLACE LIKE HOME? GoGo Cast President David Paolo, a Rhode Island native, helped bring the company to the state despite policies he thinks do little to foster business growth. However, the digital-media company has managed to thrive since that time. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Creating a climate for job growth

GoGo Cast Inc. President David Paolo says Rhode Island deserves its national reputation for being unfriendly to business. Unlike some others who felt the...
CLEANING UP: Formed in 2011, Purifad is quickly garnering recognition, including work for a national financial institution with facilities in R.I. From left: Vice President of Sales John Palazzo, President Jordan Amaral, CEO Manuel Martins Jr., owner Manuel Martins Sr. and robotics-operations employee Jason Ead. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Robot tackles tough corporate jobs

The story of Purifad typifies the American entrepreneurial dream of starting a family business, recognizing opportunity and embracing change. “It’s amazing that a little family...
ACTING OUT: David M. Wax, managing director of the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, describe the organization’s work as “contemporary theater that’s thought-provoking and stimulating, plus some classics.” / COURTESY GAMM THEATRE

Arts has key role to play in bolstering state economy

When the board of directors of the Gamm Theatre looked for someone to replace former Executive Director Yvonne Seggerman, who went on a sabbatical...

Firms jump to lock in tax rates

(Corrected, Dec. 19, 9 a.m.) When East Providence-based Capital Properties Inc. announced a fat dividend of $2.25 per share to be paid on Dec. 27,...
CHANGING TIMES: Brown University professor John R. Logan said he was attracted to sociology in part because he came of age during the 1960s. / COURTESY JOHN R. LOGAN

History proves education investments get best return

Brown University sociology professor John R. Logan came of age in the mid-1960s during a time when the country was undergoing tremendous social, political...
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