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Services stressed for mental care in the state

Due in part to unemployment and the stress created by dismal economic conditions, demand for mental-health services is on the increase among those...
HOUSE FINANCE Commitee Chairman Steven M. Costantino says that Rhode island must take steps to compete with Massachusetts. /

Costantino: ‘We’re going to have to re-engineer government’

In recent years, state leaders have been struggling to reduce the size of Rhode Island’s gaping structural deficit. But while they made headway on...
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Tourism strength in ’07 could be hard to match

Last year was a good year for tourism in Rhode Island – with spending in 2007 jumping 9.3 percent from 2006 – but it’s...

Citizens CEO: Businesses <br>should get back to basics

Citizens Financial Group’s top executive said last week that the turmoil in the financial markets has exposed the need for stronger regulators, a reworked...

Ten ways to boost your sales in 2009

No one in sales can escape the hurricane force of the current business environment. It reminds me of some of the old war movies...
BY DESIGN: Kyla Coburn, an interior and graphic designer, poses in front of a mural she designed at Loie Fuller’s in Providence. /

Artistic sensibility drives business for Kyla Coburn

When it comes to running a business and making money, Kyla Coburn admits that her artistic side often gets the better of her. Coburn, who...

Patrick looking for more ‘green’ <br> at malls and big-box stores

BOSTON – Looking to promote “green” development at malls and big-box retail stores, Gov. Deval L. Patrick last month directed his energy secretary to...

Boston Sports Clubs to open two R.I. centers

PROVIDENCE – Boston Sports Clubs, part of an international company that operates 161 U.S. fitness clubs and three in Switzerland, is expanding to Rhode...

DOT to open next major Iway segment this week

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Island Department of Transportation (DOT) is planning to open the next major segment of the Iway to traffic on...

When being ‘bad’ tastes oh so good

“You shouldn’t sin all the time, but when you do, it should be really good,” said Jennifer Luxmoore, explaining the philosophy behind Sin, a...
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