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HITTING THE MAT: Om Kids Yoga Center owner Elyse Rotondo instructs daughters Scarlet Rotondo, left, and Lola Rotondo in her Pawtucket studio. Elyse Rotondo is a former fashion executive who switched to teaching, eventually opening the studio last year. / PBN PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

Flexibility helps in business, yoga

In the true spirit of entrepreneurship, Elyse Rotondo has taken a calculated risk with her lifelong passion for yoga and has opened her own...
PERSON OF INTEREST: Patrick J. Murray, executive vice president, treasurer and chief operating officer at Bristol County Savings Bank, says the financial institution has put more focus on noninterest income recently. / COURTESY BRISTOL COUNTY SAVINGS

Taunton bank finding new clients, revenue in insurance

When its board of corporators meets on March 13, Patrick J. Murray will be named the new president and CEO of Bristol County Savings...

Planned sale raising hopes in Galilee

The planned return of fish processing to what long has been known locally as the Point Judith Fishermen’s Cooperative in Narragansett is more than...
ENTREPRENEURS listen to George Simmons, of Derby Management Consultants in Boston, describe how to write a business plan at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Providence during an event Wednesday organized by the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition 2012. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Biz Plan workshop attendance near 100

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s entrepreneurs were in good – and robust – company Wednesday night, as the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition 2012 co-hosted...
CAPTAIN John Betz, a port pilot for the Port of Los Angeles, right, checks for other ship traffic on the bridge of the "Yang Ming Plum" container ship as it approaches its berth in San Pedro, Calif.  / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO TIM RUE

Report: Davisville, Newport, Providence ports can grow

PROVIDENCE – A three-year study by a special legislative commission recommends the state create a marketing program to grow the economy of its seaports...

Rockland parent makes Forbes’ ‘healthiest’ banks list

ROCKLAND, Mass. – For the second consecutive year, Independent Bank Corp., the parent company of Rockland Trust, has been named by Forbes as one...

Five Questions With: Michael Young

Michael Young is a manager at the CPA firm of Sullivan & Co., where he focuses on audits of employee pensions plans. He holds...

BankFive supports tax program

FALL RIVER – BankFive announced a $2,500 donation to Citizens for Citizens Inc.’s Volunteer Tax Return Preparation Program on Feb. 2. Through this program, income...

TD Bank supports ACCION

NEW YORK – TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation, has made a three-year pledge totaling $500,000 to support ACCION USA’s microlending programs from...
"NOCTURNE" by Timorthy Hiebert. / CORUTESY WASHINGTON TRUST

Washington Trust, R.I. Monthly announce photo winner

WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. and Rhode Island Monthly announced that Timothy Hiebert of Providence has been selected as the second winner of...
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