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America 250-Enduring Success: Scialo Bros. Bakery

(Editor’s note: This is the 30th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...

Former Santander Bank employee jailed 30 months for stealing $125K from...

PROVIDENCE – A former Santander Bank employee has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing more than $125,000 from the account of...

SEC filing of the week: Babbel CEO joins USA Today Co.’s...

PROVIDENCE – Tim Allen, CEO of Babbel, has been named to USA Today Co.’s board of directors.  In the company’s filing with the U.S. Securities...
S.W. COLE Engineering Inc. CEO and President Robert E. Chaput Jr. is stepping down from that role in January. He will remain with the company as board chairman and remain on staff as a senior advisor and principal geotechnical engineer until his retirement in June 2027. / COURTESY S.W. COLE ENGINEERING INC.

S.W. Cole Engineering CEO and president stepping down in January

PROVIDENCE – S.W. Cole Engineering Inc. CEO and President Robert E. Chaput Jr. is handing over the role on Jan. 1 as part of...

Ricciardi named president of Vitacorps

WARWICK – Vitacorps, a wellness-services company for military personnel, has named retired Maj. Gen. Joseph Ricciardi as president.  Ricciardi will succeed Robert Bellmar, who led...

South County Health begins collaborative relationship with Mayo Clinic Care Network

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – South County Health has officially become part of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, with Thursday marking the first day the Rhode...
CHRISTOPHER PARISI, standing at right, founder and CEO of Trailblaze Marketing and vice chair of the Rhode Island AI Task Force, moderates a panel discussion during Providence Business News' 2026 Cybersecurity & AI Tech Summit on Thursday morning at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick. Also on the panel, from right, are Seth Kolker, interim director of Rhode Island’s AI Hub; Arnell Milhouse, co-founder and CEO of yconic AI; and Robert Paradise, founder and CEO of Attain Technology. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Summit: R.I. businesses embracing AI but struggling to determine the...

WARWICK – Rhode Island businesses are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, but many still cannot point to specific numbers showing the technology has improved...

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate at highest level in nearly 3...

Mortgage rates marched higher for the seventh week in a row, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in...

Novakovic stepping down as General Dynamics CEO on Jan. 1

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Phebe Novakovic, who has been General Dynamics Corp.’s CEO since 2013, is stepping down on Jan. 1, the company announced Thursday.  She...

R.I. gubernatorial candidates talk housing, energy and education in first general...

The first gubernatorial debate of the 2026 general election cycle began cordially enough. Moderator Gene Valicenti asked the three candidates if their opponents had the...
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