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Famed jewelry maker Speidel files for bankruptcy

5:50 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

Speidel, a 105-year-old Providence jeweler, filed for bankruptcy late Friday. The case will be heard on July 16 by Judge Michael A. Silverstein in Superior Court, Providence. Speidel has had several owners in its long history. The most recent was......

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RI to boost staffing at career centers

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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Tina Baker searches for a job at the netWORKri career center in Pawtucket in December 2008. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state is growing the staff at the public career centers, where unemployed Rhode......

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Firefighters protest scuttles high-level government meeting

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The U.S. Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke, has canceled a meeting with Colombian President Álvaro Uribe that had been scheduled to take place Thursday in Providence. Colombia The meeting is included on an agenda posted on Uribe's official Web page. But......

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 Tags  free trade   politics   Providence RI  

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Mayors' gathering, high profile, average size

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Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski RVs are set up at the Rhode Island Convention Center for the 2009 car show. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting that starts Friday in Providence is certainly high profile.......

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Mass. sales tax hike could help R.I. businesses

10:42 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | | Write a comment
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A proposed increase in the Massachusetts sales tax could help Rhode Island retailers that have lost business to stores across the state's northern border. The Boston Globe has reported that many Massachusetts "business advocates and Republican lawmakers say they are......

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More Rhode Islanders struggling to keep homes

5:42 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
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More than 28 months into a recession linked to a collapse in Ocean State real estate values, Rhode Islanders are still struggling to keep their homes. In a report released Monday, the real estate research firm First American CoreLogic said......

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Senate committee hears Economic Development Corp. bill

4:04 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
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The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday debated legislation aimed at overhauling the state Economic Development Corporation. The legislation is based on the findings of a study commission that released a critical report in April about the effectiveness of the job-creation......

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