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CHUGGING ALONG: Matt Bosgraaf, right, owner of the Kayak Centre in North Kingstown, adjusts the pedal drive system on a fishing kayak in the store’s showroom. With him is John Van Ness, the store’s product specialist. Bosgraaf says the business is growing, helped by the recent acquisition of a kayak rental business. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

AT WHAT COSTS? PBN survey: Businesses haven’t lost all hope despite...

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Rhode Island business owners and executives are feeling better about their companies than they did a year ago, but that does not mean they...
BETTER THAN MOST: Matt ­Bosgraaf, right, owner of the Kayak Centre in North Kingstown, says inflation and other economic challenges have not stopped his business from growing. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Business costs weighing heavily on resilient R.I. businesses

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For all the public recession talk among economists and state leaders in recent months, it’s the cost of doing business weighing most heavily on...
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