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List: Women-run businesses

Lists 05/18/2018

Total number of employees managed by chief women executives listed, including on just-missed list: 24,449 Just missed the list: 1. (tie) A Child’s University | No....

TRADE DISCUSSION: Cris Beswick, director of innovation consulting at Culture Consultancy, strategic adviser on innovation at Wazoku and a visiting fellow at Cranfield School of Management and the Centre for Customised Executive Development in England, speaks during last year’s annual World Trade Day at Bryant University. The university will host the 33rd annual World Trade Day on May 23. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Editor’s Choice: Bryant University to host annual World Trade Day

Education 05/18/2018

EDITOR’S CHOICE Bryant University to host annual World Trade Day BRYANT UNIVERSITY WILL host the 33rd annual World Trade Day: Technology in Global Trade, a daylong...

Who Owns The Block?

Real Estate 05/11/2018

Taunton Avenue | John Street to Ivy Street EAST PROVIDENCE Research: Providence Business News/James Bessette Map: Providence Business News/Lisa Lagreca Photography: PBN photos/James Bessette

United Way honors Capital Good Fund with 2-1-1 Innovation Award

Financial Services 05/11/2018

ANDY POSNER is the founder of Capital Good Fund, a Providence-based social change organization that uses financial services to address America’s poverty problems. The...

Morning rush

Executive Poll 05/11/2018

How often do you encounter traffic going into work? Always: 40% Sometimes: 40% Never: 20% How long is your commute into work? Less than 20 minutes: 60% 20-30 minutes: 40% More...

Lists: Employee Benefits Administrators

Lists 05/11/2018

Total no. of employees providing employee benefit services: 278 Re-ranked by newest administrators: 1. WD & Associates Inc. | Year founded: 1992 2. AmWINS Group Benefits |...

Lists: Rhode Island Health & Dental Insurers

Lists 05/11/2018

Total no. of lives covered by health insurance: 1,217,866 SOURCE: Financial information is for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2017. Lives covered information is...

DEEPWATER WIND is a 'prospective tenant' in setting up an offshore wind hub in Brooklyn, according to the New York City Economic Development Corp. and Red Hook Container Terminal. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

Deepwater Wind interested in having hub in Brooklyn

Natural Resources 05/10/2018

PROVIDENCE – Could Deepwater Wind be setting up shop off the coast of one of New York City’s five boroughs? New York City Economic Development...

CAPITAL GOOD FUND, based in Providence, will offer $230,000 in financial relief, in the form of low-interest loans, made possible by a joint investment from JPMorgan Chase and The Miami Foundation to help evacuees from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who were displaced to Florida by Hurricane Maria in September.

Capital Good Fund to help Hurricane Maria evacuees

Nonprofit 05/08/2018

PROVIDENCE — Hurricane Maria evacuees currently displaced in Florida will be getting much-needed financial assistance from a Rhode Island-based nonprofit starting Tuesday. Capital Good Fund...