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Japanese market coming to downtown Providence this spring

PROVIDENCE – Downtown residents and visitors who have longed for more grocery stores in the area will soon have a new option as owners...
THE FATE of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, pictured above, and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence is at stake as state regulators consider Centurion Foundation’s proposal to buy the company that operates the two hospitals. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER

Not everybody sold on the proposed Centurion hospital transaction in R.I.

Some view the Centurion Foundation’s proposal to buy Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings as a...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: There are complexities to data democratization

(Editor’s note: This is the 19th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...

Convention bureau in midst of winning season with sports bookings

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is reporting a banner year for sports bookings in 2024, having already secured 14 events...

To Savor: Expand your wine horizon

I just returned home from a trip to Piedmont, Italy, a northern region that borders France and Switzerland. Piedmont is also renowned for its red...
WITH POTENTIAL BUDGET DEFICITS looming in the coming years, business leaders say they understand why Gov. Daniel J. McKee's $13.7 billion budget proposal doesn't contain grand plans to provide relief for businesses in the state but instead chips away at certain areas. / PBN PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

McKee’s budget proposal not ‘sweeping’ but seen as helping business

As the General Assembly prepares to consider Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget, observers say his proposals to help small businesses may...
R.I. COMMERCE SECRETARY Elizabeth M. Tanner, second from left, discusses the state's economic picture at Providence Business News' Economic Trends Summit on Wednesday morning at the Providence Marriott. Also participating in the panel discussion is, from left, William C. Tsonos, Bank Rhode Island CEO and president; Thomas Sweeney, owner and principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal; Marianne Raimondo, dean of the Rhode Island College School of Business; and Kristen Adamo, president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. The discussion was moderated by PBN Editor Michael Mello, far right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: A soft landing for economy that’s still ‘fragile underneath’

PROVIDENCE – The likelihood of a recession, once thought inevitable, will be forestalled or fail to materialize, at least within the next 12 to...

Case before R.I. Supreme Court has high stakes for businesses seeking...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could set the precedent for how courts will handle the mountain...
Bruce Newbury

Enlisting for wine knowledge at boot camp

A new year is a great opportunity to gain new knowledge. The idea of a clean slate can be very appealing. Just as appealing...
CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL in Providence had six of its seven performance metrics receive between four and five stars in 2023. But the lone low score for English language proficiency netted the school the overall 2-star rating. / COURTESY CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL

‘It’s a numbers game’: Teacher unions say R.I. star ratings paint...

PROVIDENCE – Purple Pride and commitment to students run deep at Classical High School, and the overall analysis by the R.I. Department of Education...
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