Lloyd Ocean
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LLOYD OCEAN | 36
Senior adviser, R.I. Executive Office of Commerce
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Marc Boyd
PBN 40 UNDER FORTY 2026 AWARDS
MARC BOYD | 34
Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, Rhode Island Air National Guard
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Christopher Durand
PBN 40 UNDER FORTY 2026 AWARDS
CHRISTOPHER DURAND | 36
CEO, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
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Pawtucket records highest-priced home sale at $1.31M
PAWTUCKET – A single-family home at 144 Marbury Ave. sold for a record $1.31 million, the highest-priced home sale in Pawtucket's history, according to...
Providence retinal disease treatment firm publicly launches
PROVIDENCE – Lyora Therapeutics, a Providence-based biotech company specializing in the treatment of hereditary retinal diseases, has officially launched publicly after operating in stealth for the past year.
Lyora’s portfolio...
Lardaro: R.I. appears to be headed out of economic recession
PROVIDENCE – The recession may be ending in Rhode Island, University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro said Thursday in his monthly Current Conditions...
R.I. federal judge denies Trump’s emergency stay request in asylum application...
A Rhode Island federal judge on Wednesday left intact his ruling from last month blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on processing asylum applications from...
Citizens’ 2Q profit increases 34.6%
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. on Thursday posted a $587 million profit for the second quarter of 2026, up 34.6% year over year. The increase was...
R.I. monthly unemployment falls to 4.1% in June
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was 4.1%, down from 4.3% in May, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
Retail sales up a modest 0.2% in June
NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers slowed their spending in June from May amid continuing economic uncertainty and fading benefits from generous government tax refunds.
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