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CHRISTOPHER F. YOUNG voices his deficit concerns to passers-by in the rotunda of the Statehouse last week, likening Ocean State citizenship to "indentured servitude." /

Tax-expansion plan aired at crowded House hearing

Rhode Island business leaders turned out in force for a Statehouse hearing on a sweeping proposal that would hike the state’s personal income tax...

Business partners usually split after a divorce

It is an unfortunate American reality that half of all first marriages and nearly 60 percent of second marriages end in divorce. When business...
DAVID AND MARIE SCHALLER have been making fine chocolates for both retail and wholesale customers for 15 years at their East Greenwich shop, The Chocolate Delicacy. Easter is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year for them. /

Chocolate with a personal touch

When The Chocolate Delicacy sells gift baskets to corporate customers and other clients, the owners still insist on designing and assembling them themselves for...
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2008 sees great new Web tools

Dear Dan: What are some of the best new Web-based tools and technologies you’ve seen lately for small business? – Keeping Up Dear...
PHONE APPLICATION GyPSii aims to make it easier for users to find information about a specific place. /

Networking finds home on phones

Imagine going on vacation and sharing the experience, in real time, with friends and family, sending pictures, audio and video, complete with a GPS...

RhodeOne offers hosted business e-mail service

PAWTUCKET – RhodeOne Technology Solutions, a technology solutions provider to small and mid-sized businesses, recently introduced Hosted Exchange, its hosted business e-mail service. Designed to...

Angie’s List adds health care service ratings

INDIANAPOLIS – When consumers in more than 120 major U.S. cities want to find a good plumber, a good carpenter or a good landscaper,...

Hasbro expands high-level pediatric cardiac services

PROVIDENCE – Hasbro Children’s Hospital announced last week that it has expanded the scope of high-level cardiac services available at its Pediatric Heart Center...

Drugs approved on deadline likelier to have problems

BOSTON – A study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine found that prescription drugs approved by the U.S. Food and...

Fairness Act stories spur flood of comments

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News’ online coverage of the R.I. “Economic Growth and Fairness Act of 2008,” a controversial tax-policy bill that was...
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