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SEC filing of the week: TYTL near full subscription on $4.55M...

PROVIDENCE – TYTL Corp., a Delaware-based real estate technology firm set to be acquired by Beeline Holdings Inc., is near full subscription on its exempt $4.55 million securities offering.  According...

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,...

U.S. inflation picked up as gas prices marched higher due to...

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gas prices spiked in the wake of renewed fighting in the Middle East, underscoring the affordability...
FIXER UPPER: Kate Dyl, Newport Heights property manager, stands on a townhouse porch in the affordable housing development in the North End of the city that’s about to undergo a phased-in renovation. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

As R.I. races to build new housing, existing affordable units are...

Newport Heights was quite a different place years ago, when the 11-acre public housing complex in the north end of the city – then...
FEDERAL CHANGE: Citizens Bank, the state’s largest nationally chartered bank, and other national banks could see some benefit from a new rule issued by federal regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on mortgage escrow accounts. 
COURTESY CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC.

New federal escrow rule could cloud mortgage market


For thousands of Rhode Island homeowners, the outcome of a legal fight over mortgage escrow accounts could determine whether money they set aside for...
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...
NEXT PHASE: Kate Dyl, Newport Heights property manager, stands on the porch of a townhouse that’s about to undergo a phased renovation. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Boosting R.I. housing includes saving what’s already here

Rhode Island leaders and voters have tried to put money where their mouths have been in support of more affordable housing. Since 2006, voters...
PRICE IS RIGHT: Jay Almeida, second from left, owner of Curio Estate Sales & Cleanouts LLC, haggles prices with the crowd at one of the estate sales his business organized in Cranston.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Curio sees steady sales since launching in 2020

Jay Almeida is in the estate sale business, which means he’s in the business of getting people to like him. “If they don’t like you,...

After soccer, Tidewater’s real test?

The soccer stadium has been open for nearly a year and a half. Now comes the test of whether the long-promised housing, retail, public...
DOULA ­DETAILS: Melissa Bowley, founder and CEO of doula service Flourish Collective Inc., doing business as Flourish Care, in her Newport office.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Bowley is connecting mothers with doulas to have successful births

Melissa Bowley took a roundabout journey to become the founder and CEO of doula service Flourish Collective Inc., doing business as Flourish Care, which...
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