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Businesses are more confident but economy still a wild card

TRY THIS: Kelley McShane, right, co-owner of The Granny Squibb Co. LLC, and Tony Melo, who approves brands sold at Eastside Marketplace in Providence. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI
TRY THIS: Kelley McShane, right, co-owner of The Granny Squibb Co. LLC, and Tony Melo, who approves brands sold at Eastside Marketplace in Providence. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

With recession fears fading, business owners are again feeling more hopeful, at least about their own prospects. That’s one of the biggest takeaways from this week’s cover story on the results of PBN’s 2023 Summer Business Survey. Optimism is in the DNA of most business owners. That’s reflected in consistently high levels of self-confidence through

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