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Five Questions With: Joshua McGinn

Joshua McGinn is the new director of professional development for the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. The Putnam, Conn., resident became director of professional...

Five Questions With: Dr. Judson A. Brewer

In August, Brown University received a three-year, $900,000 award from the Los Angeles-based Tiny Blue Dot Foundation to create a game that teaches people to...

Do you support the Federal Reserve’s first benchmark interest rate hike...

Amid rising prices for gas, food and housing, the Federal Reserve on Sept. 16 raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since...

Cyber Sessions: Time to replace ‘security theater’ with security appreciation

(Editor’s note: This is the 49th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...

Five Questions With: William Sherry

William Sherry is a sales associate with Compass Inc., where he has worked since November 2023. He previously spent more than four years with...

The public side of trust

(Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series, When did confidentiality become optional? The first can be found here.) Previously, I wrote about...

Five Questions With: Jacob Tonseth

August marked the opening of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile medical van in Hopkinton. Located at Wood River Health in the town’s Hope Valley...

Do Rhode Island communities spend more than they should for police...

Rhode Island spends the most in the nation on fire protection and is among the top 10 states for police protection spending per capita,...
NETWORKING PLATFORM: Contessa Brown wanted a place where adults could socialize without the typical nightlife atmosphere after she become a Christian and quit going to bars and nightclubs in 2008. Unable to find many spots to her liking, in 2009 she launched Café S.O.U.L., a community platform providing a networking space for artists, entrepreneurs and wellness advocates.
COURTESY CAFE S.O.U.L.

Everybody’s Business: Cafe S.O.U.L. nourishes creative spirit, community

(Editor’s note: This is the 73rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
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Five Questions With: Jason Kelly

Jason Kelly | Director, Bryant University Chafee Center for International Business 1. What does the Chafee Center’s new World Trade Center designation mean for Rhode...
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