Don’t base your perception on deceptions
A young man starting out in his career had to scrimp and save to buy his girlfriend a dozen white roses for her birthday....
Holiday sales are up, but retailers aren’t exactly feeling confident
With this year’s holiday shopping season already surging despite economic uncertainty, local businesses are looking to personalized customer service and an online presence that...
Cyber Sessions: Focus on wrong metrics can lead executives astray
(Editor’s note: This is the 40th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Pryor: Targeted investments can help companies ‘expand and land’ in R.I.
R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor has once again taken a prominent role in the state's economic development.
The first to hold the commerce...
DAIP, future of equity at risk
For more than 15 years, Diversity & Inclusion Professionals Inc. has been Rhode Island’s statewide anchor for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We’ve been...
Money isn’t everything in gubernatorial race
A recent poll examining the race for the Democratic nomination for governor next year found that 29% of likely primary voters would vote for...
Rhode Island Energy seeks first distribution rate hike since 2017
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Energy is seeking to raise distribution rates for the first time since 2017, the state’s main utility announced Wednesday.
The company...
McKee’s popularity suffers in latest UNH poll
PROVIDENCE – The polls aren’t showing much momentum for Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s reelection campaign.
A new University of New Hampshire Ocean State Poll found...
Dress for success: High-performance outwear that doesn’t cramp style
With the drop in temperatures this time of year, we’d like to take a moment to focus on outerwear – specifically luxury-performance Italian outerwear.
Sporty...
Police say street takeovers a ‘sporadic’ problem for residents, businesses
Following a large-scale street altercation in the Elmhurst section of Providence over the Halloween weekend, city and police officials say that similar "street takeovers”...



















