Eli Sherman
Eli Sherman is an award-winning journalist. He joined Providence Business News in November 2014 having previously worked as a metro reporter at the Waltham News Tribune. Sherman writes about economics, energy and the environment, entrepreneurship and finance. He's received top awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, The Alliance of Area Business Publishers, the New England Newspaper & Press Association and The Rhode Island Press Association.
BayCoast to relocate New Bedford branch
BayCoast Bank Wednesday announced its plan to relocate its downtown New Bedford branch to the first level of The Standard-Times building.
The bank, pending...
Food bank receives TD grant
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association is one of several east coast food banks to receive funds through a TD Charitable Founding grant...
Washington Trust refinances Conn. office building
Washington Trust’s Commercial Real Estate Group recently provided $8.6 million to Ridgebury Office Investment LLC to refinance a Connecticut Class A office property.
The...
Citizens names Rand SVP, group director
Citizens Financial Group Inc. earlier this month announced Christopher Rand as senior vice president and Institutional Service Group director of Citizens Private Bank &...
Citizens Bank Foundation provides $100K for neighborhood revitalization projects
PROVIDENCE - The Citizens Bank Foundation is awarding seven organizations and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation $100,000 to go toward improving the quality of...
Quirky goodbye sparks Pitch winner
Roger Williams University senior Willem Delventhal last summer decided to say farewell to a friend in a quirky, unconventional way, which turned into an...
Merchandise changes at Benny’s but not customer focus
Arnold Bromberg knew from an early age he would enter into the family business. His grandfather, Benjamin Bromberg, founded the first Benny’s in 1924...
Cherrystone portfolio company loaned $1M through Mass. program
(Updated 10:19 a.m.)
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – A Cherrystone Angel Group portfolio company, Windgap Medical Inc., was awarded nearly $1 million through a Massachusetts Life Sciences...
Uber giving away free ‘study break’ packages to R.I. college students
PROVIDENCE - The app-based taxi service Uber is giving away free “study break” packages Tuesday to students of Rhode Island colleges and universities.
The promotion,...
Five Questions With: Margaret Brooks
Margaret Brooks is president of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition. The organization was founded in 2004 and is a nonprofit organization that works to...
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