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Banks don’t need lower rates

It’s generally accepted that one of the keys to a healthy economy is a robust banking system. For some reason, though, central banks seem...
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Five Questions With Heather Evans

Heather Evans | Chief marketing officer, R.I. Commerce Corp. 1. What is your first priority in your new job? To listen and learn. ...
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Signature volunteer programs keep Hasbro employees giving back

LENDING A HAND: Team Hasbro members Hannah Petrie, foreground, senior coordinator on the employee experience team at Hasbro Inc., and project engineer Bethany Whalen,...
SPECIALIZED FOCUS: Dr. Valerie Tokarz, a board-certified dermatologist, opened her own practice, Tokarz Dermatology in East Greenwich, in May because she wanted to focus more on specialty laser work.
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Tokarz has laser focus on skin care

Dr. Valerie Tokarz, a dermatologist and U.S. Navy veteran, has a practice focused on laser treatments for cosmetic and medical conditions, including disfiguring scars. The...
RETAIL BOUTIQUES: Natalie Swift, left, and Dakota Whitworth are the co-founders of Harper & Tucker, a business that operates retail boutiques: one on Bellevue Avenue in Newport and another in the Wayland Square neighborhood of Providence.
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Harper & Tucker clothing stands out

Dakota Whitworth and Natalie Swift launched a boutique in Newport in 2017 that had what every woman wants in her clothing – something unique...
RI ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter Neronha says he intends to go back to the General Assembly next winter and try again to get additional state funds so his office can beef up its Antitrust Division and concentrate more on multistate litigation against companies. / COURTESY/RI ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE

Spend more, collect more from AG’s office?

R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha wants to be more aggressive in pursuing consumer protection and antitrust cases against big business, but says he...
NEW LAW: Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity CEO Mike Stenhouse believes a new law – requiring a 100% reimbursement rate for property taken by eminent domain within three opportunity zones in Pawtucket – is directed at the redevelopment of the former Apex department store.
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Pawtucket wants ‘square deal’ under eminent domain

The legislator behind a new law that matches tax-increment financing authority with federal opportunity zones in Pawtucket says the change it makes to existing...
ALL THE DIFFERENCE: Chris Carlozzi, Rhode Island state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, said making it less expensive for small companies to reorganize under bankruptcy protection can “make all the difference” between survival and going out of business. 
 / COURTESY NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS

New bill would simplify bankruptcy process for small businesses

Advocates for small businesses may finally get the legislation they’ve been seeking. Congress passed a bill in July to make it simpler and less expensive...

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New Construction August 2019

The Nightingale | 78 Fountain St., Providence Construction on a new six-story, mixed-use building commenced in October 2018 and the building is expected to be...
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