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MEDIA-SAVVY G-FORM A YOUTUBE HIT
Providence Business News, December 31, 2011 By Patrick Anderson, PROVIDENCE -- Be careful where you leave your iPad at G-Form’s Davol Square Providence office.The maker of “extreme” athletic and electronic, protective equipment, known for pounding the delicate tablets with bowling balls and dropping them from planes, is always looking for novel and ever-more-elaborate ways to prove how much punishment its products can take.
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EDC Chamber Team Up to Lure Knowledge Businesses
Providence Business News, December 20, 2011, by Patrick Anderson, PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Monday agreed to team up with the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce to lure knowledge-based businesses from other states to Providence.The new partnership, authorized in a unanimous vote by the R.I. EDC Board of Directors, will hire a “chief business attraction officer” charged with marketing Providence’s former Jewelry District and enticing new companies to move to Rhode Island.
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EDC Votes on Partnership with Chamber
Providence Journal, December 16, 2011, by Kate Bramson  PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The board of directors for the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation is expected to vote Monday on creating a private-public partnership with the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce. Both entities would pay $250,000 in the first year to create a nonprofit entity that would hire a "chief business attraction officer" who would work to lure businesses to Rhode Island. EDC Executive Director Keith W.
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