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NO COUCH POTATOES: From left, Alec Babala, Jonah Willcox-Healey, Myung Chul "Bruce" Kim and John Humphrey are co-founders of Greycork, a startup with a home base in downtown Providence. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Greycork eyes brand recognition

Launched by four co-founders, Greycork makes and sells sturdy, easy-to-assemble furniture. Founded in January 2014, the Providence firm discontinued its first product, a prototype of...
SHOPPERS take advantage of Black Friday deals at the Providence Place mall last year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN

Black Friday: Some retailers reporting strong turnout

A few Rhode Island retailers reported strong turnout this Black Friday, though whether the state will keep up with national projections of a 3.7...

Centreville Bank aids Meals on Wheels with emergency program

WEST WARWICK – The Centreville Bank Emergency Meal Program at Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island officially launched in mid-November. This program, established by the...

Hasbro Children’s Hospital among beneficiaries for Balise Subaru sales event

PROVIDENCE – Selling cars at Balise Subaru will directly benefit Hasbro Children’s Hospital this holiday season. The dealership has named the hospital a beneficiary of...

Sojourner House Masquerade Ball raises $50K

PROVIDENCE – The Sojourner House Masquerade Ball has raised more than $50,000 to support survivors of domestic violence in Rhode Island. Sojourner House, a comprehensive...

Pawtucket Credit Union donates $10K to food pantries

PAWTUCKET – Pawtucket Credit Union has donated $10,000 to several local food pantries to ease the hardship for many in putting food on the...

Five Questions With: Jean Johnson

Jean Johnson, executive director and founder of House of Hope Community Development Corp. since 1989, advocates for Rhode Island’s homeless. The nonprofit serves more...
UP CLOSE: Prototype material for electronic dice is displayed in a lab at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Fall River. The dice have digital displays on all sides for use in games ranging from Dungeons and Dragons to War Hammer and Monopoly. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Can schools help keep startups from leaving?

Five years ago, Durval Tavares, president and CEO of Aquabotix Technology Corp., moved his company into an incubator run by the University of Massachusetts...
FIVE FINALISTS have been named in the 2015 InnovateHER-RI business competition.

Five finalists named for 2015 InnovateHER-RI business competition

PROVIDENCE – LeveragedSolutions, a division of LGC+D LLP, has named five finalists in the 2015 InnovateHER-RI business competition. From a field of 25 applicants, the...

Champlin Foundations awards CCRI $324,180 to establish simulation center

The Champlin Foundations has awarded the Community College of Rhode Island $324,180 to establish a high-fidelity allied simulation center at the college’s Flanagan Campus...
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