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Good service will serve you well

Comedy writer Robert Orben had an interesting take on customer service: “You go to a coin-operated store and wash and dry your clothes. Then...

Think before you quit your job

Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs in recent months. Millions more may be preparing to follow them to the exits. One survey...

Cellphone bans in the workplace reexamined

Cellphones in the workplace can be a distraction – but they could also save your life. In the aftermath of a devastating tornado ripping through an Amazon.com...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION will present three options for a Providence bus hub in a series of public hearings. Pictured is RIDOT Director Peter Alviti Jr. in Kennedy Plaza, where the bus depot is currently located. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Did the R.I. Department of Transportation make the right decision to...

The R.I. Department of Transportation and the R.I. Public Transit Authority have agreed to seek public feedback on three options to overhaul Providence’s downtown...
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Personality put to the test in recruiting process

As the labor market becomes more competitive, the pressure to hire the right people and engage them within the company’s culture has amped up....

Five Questions With: Paul W. Cutler

Considered one of the fastest-growing national real estate brokerages in the country, eXp Realty now has more than 65,000 agents, according to financial experts...

Five Questions With: Roxann Cooke

Roxann Cooke is the consumer bank and wealth management regional director for JPMorgan Chase & Co., the holding company for JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.,...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE, right, announces new actions that the state of Rhode Island is taking to slow a surge in COVID-19 cases, at a news briefing at the Statehouse on Wednesday. At left is a sign language interpreter. / SCREENSHOT OF WPRI-TV CBS 12 LIVE STREAM

Do you support Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s partial indoor mask mandate?

Gov. Daniel J. McKee is reinstituting a partial indoor mask mandate that makes them mandatory in large venues but optional for small businesses, which...

Five Questions With: Hamza Chaudary

Hamza Chaudary is a real estate analyst turned business, land use and real estate attorney who is now both a shareholder and lawyer for...

Five Questions With: Brian Carillon

Brian Carillon was recently promoted to vice president and head of consumer and business banking for Centreville Bank. He has more than 20 years...
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