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For some local businesses, film productions are lights, camera… extra money
Sterling Cleaners Inc. in the working-class West End of Providence might feel like a world away from the glitz of Hollywood, but it’s closer...
CVS seeks to buy 64 Rite-Aid stores in Pacific Northwest
PROVIDENCE – CVS Health Corp. is seeking to buy 64 Rite-Aid stores in the Pacific Northwest, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
Woonsocket-based CVS,...
Nelipak to expand operations in Costa Rica with new production site
CRANSTON – Nelipak Corp. is expanding its operations in Costa Rica with a new 60,000-square-foot packaging production site.
Nelipak has operated in Costa Rica since 2012,...
SEC filing of the week: Pangaea Logistics reports $2M loss in Q1
NEWPORT – Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. reported a loss of $2 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared with the $12.6 million profit the...
Do you expect Rhode Island to avoid a recession this year?
With stocks recovering from tariff-induced lows and inflation cooling, can the Rhode Island economy avoid a recession this year?
There are economic signs to suggest...
U.S. consumer sentiment slides to 3-year lows as trade war raises inflation anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumer sentiment fell slightly in May for the fifth straight month, surprising economists, as Americans increasingly worry that President Donald Trump's...
Care New England lays off 12 Women & Infants workers
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital has laid off 12 employees.
The layoffs were announced earlier this week, according to Service Employees International Union 119...
Senate allows McKee cabinet pay raises, marking split with House
Eleven members of Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s cabinet will see their salaries increase Sunday, after the R.I. Senate declined to stop the pay bumps...
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Stuck in transit: Is RIPTA’s long hunt for bus hub location...
In 2014, the R.I. Department of Transportation produced a video promising a state-of-the-art transit hub to replace the “overcrowded” Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence, part of a multistage vision to overhaul the state’s public transportation system.
“It’s time for a new era of mobility,” the narrator said. “It’s all on the horizon.”
A decade later, the department that created the video...
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