Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Citizens awards $177K toward financial literacy for 10 R.I. nonprofits

CENTRAL FALLS – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is awarding $177,000 to 10 Rhode Island nonprofit organizations as part of the Citizens Helping Citizens Manage...
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE was ranked by Clever Real Estate as being the worst city to start a business out of 50 major U.S. cities the company analyzed. / PBN FILE PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

Clever Real Estate analysis ranks Providence as worst city to start...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's capital city may be nationally known for offering a high quality of life. But being a good place to start a...

East Providence business owners decry state’s response to Washington Bridge closure...

EAST PROVIDENCE – For a group of small-business owners most impacted by the westbound Washington Bridge closure, the response from state and federal officials...
CREDIT ­ISSUES: Spencer Blier, left, CEO and founder of Mammoth Inc., one of Rhode Island’s licensed cannabis cultivators, in his facility with one of the Mammoth technicians. Because the federal government has not legalized cannabis, banking services and credit card processing are difficult to come by for businesses in the industry. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Credit card restrictions curbing cannabis sector

People’s Credit Union CEO and President Sean Daly says major credit card companies and financial institutions remain cautious about entering the legal cannabis industry,...
TEST FLIGHT: Erin Linebarger flies a prototype robotic drone in Newport. The drone was developed by Robotics 88 Inc., the company she co-founded with Tyler Lane to assist with prescribed fire planning, which involves controlled burns to remove dead and harmful vegetation to prevent the spread of wildfires and allow for new growth.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Robotic startup blazing new trail for fire planning

When Erin Linebarger and her partner first entered the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, she was planning on developing robotics that fly just below the rainforest’s...
FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER: Veronica Samos opened Ocean State Shaolin in Coventry in October 2023, where she teaches kung fu, kickboxing and qigong martial arts.
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Samos shares martial arts knowledge with Ocean State Shaolin

Veronica Samos has always loved developing the mind, body and soul connection that comes from practicing martial arts. After years of training and earning her...
JIM OWENS, second from left, Nautilus Defense LLC principal, speaks during one of two panel discussions at Providence Business News' Emerging Industries Summit at the Providence Marriott on Wednesday. Also on the panel is, from left, Anthony Baro, E2SOL LLC managing principal; Jeanine Boyle, Inspire Environmental Inc. CEO; Nishita Roy-Pope, Tribe Academy LLC founder and CEO; Marc Parlange, University of Rhode Island president; Stephen Piper, lead client partner, state of Rhode Island, IBM Consulting. URI Research Foundation Executive Director Christian Cowan, standing at right, was the moderator. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Life sciences, blue economy growth face challenges in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Justin Fallon, a professor of neuroscience, psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, co-founded his company, Bolden Therapeutics Inc., in Rhode Island....

NEMIC names Maey Petrie as first executive director

PROVIDENCE – NEMIC has named Maey Petrie, formerly director of program management at the life sciences nonprofit, as the organization's first executive director. Petrie joined...
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GREENHOUSE on Thursday launched its new GROW Woonsocket initiative to help support local businesses in northern Rhode Island.

Social Enterprise Greenhouse launches GROW Woonsocket to enhance business development

WOONSOCKET – A local business development resource organization is now branching out with a new initiative to help provide support to small businesses closer...
ANOTHER ANCHOR: Market on Broadway co-owners, from left, Hank Whitin, Rich Willis and Joseph Fitzpatrick hope their store becomes an anchor in the neighborhood.
PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

New market brings mix of grocery items to Broadway in Newport

The Market on Broadway is upgrading the bodega concept, replacing the former 7-Eleven at 95 Broadway in Newport and mixing hard-to-find gourmet specialty items...
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