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Washington Trust announces photo winner

Financial Services 05/15/2012

WESTERLY – Washington Trust and Rhode Island Monthly announced today that “Water Ballet,” a photo taken by Ingrid Matthews of Richmond, is the recent...

Webster to hold fraud-awareness seminar

Financial Services 05/15/2012

PROVIDENCE – Webster Bank will hold a complimentary seminar on fraud awareness designed specifically for small businesses. Experts in the field will show how...

BCC center announces awards

Financial Services 05/15/2012

FALL RIVER – The Bristol Community College Academic Center for Entrepreneurship has named the annual winners of their entrepreneurship competition: DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEUR: Lisa and Randy...

NOW HIRING: Narragansett Chamber Executive Director Deborah Kelso says most restaurants and hotels can fulfill their staffing by hiring from the local area. / PBN PHOTO/CHRIS SHORES

H-2B visa program gets few takers

Business Services 05/12/2012

The Hotel Viking used to fill its many summer job openings with foreign workers temporarily performing labor through the federal government’s H-2B work-visa program....

NO RED HERRING: Richard L. Fuka, president of the Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance, says that ships from New Hampshire often come into Rhode Island waters and catch herring. / PBN PHOTO/CHRIS SHORES

Independent fishermen squeezed by catch restrictions

Capital Goods 05/12/2012

Richard L. Fuka is the president of the Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance, an organization he started in 2008 in response to tightening state fishing...

EQUITABLE SOLUTION: Bristol resident Nancy E. Dobie took out her first reverse mortgage in 2005. She says it wasn't to pay off debt. Rather, it was to stay in her home with cash to spare. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Age of these borrowers in reverse

Economic Activity 05/12/2012

It used to be that taking out a reverse mortgage was a means for a person past retirement age to stay home, collect enough...

FORTUNE MAGAINZE and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City have selected (add)ventures as part of its 2012 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing inner city companies in the country. / COURTESY (ADD)VENTURES

Local marketing company makes Fortune’s Inner City 100 list

Business Services 05/11/2012

PROVIDENCE – Fortune Magazine and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City have selected (add)ventures as part of its 2012 Inner City 100, a...

THE CITY OF Providence and the U.S. Small Business Administration have signed a two year memorandum of understanding with the purpose of growing jobs and businesses. / PBN FILE PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Providence and SBA join forces for job creation

Education 05/08/2012

PROVIDENCE – The city of Providence and the U.S. Small Business Administration have signed a two year memorandum of understanding with the purpose of...

"THE BEST entrepreneurs are those who understand their strengths and weaknesses." said David Barbash, a partner and co-chairman of the corporate department at Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP . / COURTESY POSTERNAK BLANKSTEIN & LUND

Five Questions With: David M. Barbash

In Their Own Words 05/08/2012

David M. Barbash is a partner and co-chairman of the corporate department at Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP of Boston. His practice includes representing...