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RHODE ISLAND FAST FERRY AND NEW SHOREHAM each filed post-hearing memoranda with the R.I. Division of Public Utilities and Carriers over the proposed docking matter in Old Harbor on Block Island./ COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FAST FERRY

R.I. Fast Ferry, New Shoreham file post-hearing memoranda over docking issue

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Fast Ferry argues it does have a “realistic expectation” to obtain a docking facility in Old Harbor on Block Island...

Who Owns The Block?

Pleasant Street Fish Island to Union Street NEW BEDFORD Research: Providence Business News/James Bessette Photography: James Bessette Map: Providence Business News/Lisa Lagreca  
HONORARY DEGREE: Neil D. Steinberg, right, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, receives the honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from New England Institute of Technology President Richard I. Gouse. / COURTESY NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Steinberg receives doctorate of humane letters from New England Tech

NEIL D. STEINBERG, president and CEO of the Rhode ­Island Foundation, recently received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the New England Institute...

Most-read stories on PBN.com, May 2018

1. PBN names 2018 Best Places To Work honorees. POSTED ONLINE: MAY 4. Providence Business News has announced the awardees of its 2018 edition...

Calling it a career

Are you or any of your employees slated to retire within the next five years? Yes: 100% No: 0% How many of your employees are enrolled in...
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Metcalf Institute will hold a five-day lecture series on the impacts of climate change June 11-15 at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Editor’s Choice: Learn impacts of climate change

EDITOR’S CHOICE Learn impacts of climate change METCALF INSTITUTE will hold a five-day lecture series on the impacts of climate change, how to adapt...

Lists: Intellectual property lawyers

Total no. of intellectual property lawyers: 48 Re-ranked by firms with the most lawyers: 1. Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP | No. of lawyers: 60 2. Adler...

Lawrence receives UMass Civic Leadership Award

THE REV. ROBERT P. LAWRENCE, who had previously served churches in Little Compton, Fall River and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was recently presented...

Who’s on the Board?

The Providence Foundation Mission: To create an environment that is conducive to growth and sustained investment, making Providence the premier midsized city in the country....
Beyond the average
A piece of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law required for the first time that companies disclose the ratio of their CEO’s pay to the median salary of its employees, although the employers were allowed to exclude some workers from the calculation. / Sources: Company filings (Some companies excluded non-U.S. employees and others.)

Pay ratio disclosures show wide gaps between CEOs, employees

Out of the 19 public companies that are based in or have significant ­operations within Rhode Island and have filed proxy statements recently, 14...
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