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A GOOD YARN TO TELL: Katy Westcott started her company on a shoestring in 2012, and now Katrinkles Inc., a maker of tools and other items for crafters, is a substantial manufacturing business in Providence. 
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Fabric of her company crafted from a hobby

Katy Westcott is a designing woman. She knits socks and crochets sweaters. She spins yarn and even sews her own clothes. So her life...

Consumer sentiment rises for 1st time this year as inflation remains...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans' views of the economy...
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A tariff strategy that revives a classic warning

Feeling tariff whiplash? You’re not alone. On April 2, President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs – a 10% levy on nearly all U.S....

Dow plunges 2,200 after another day of Trump tariff chaos

NEW YORK (AP) – Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher, scarier gear Friday.  The S&P 500 lost 6% after China matched President Donald...

U.S. inflation cooled last month, though trade war threatens to lift...

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September and a measure of underlying inflation fell to a four-year...

Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America's two...

UN predicts world economic growth at subdued 2.8% in 2025 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The world economy resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year and is expected to grow a subdued 2.8% in 2025,...

Projo parent company sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly...

Gannett Co., The parent company of the Providence Journal, has filed a civil lawsuit against Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they...

U.S. inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still...

Trump slaps steel tariffs on closest allies as tensions rise

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced it’s imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, in a move...
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