Should Rhode Island offer Hasbro Inc. financial incentives to keep the...
Hasbro Inc. on Sept. 16 issued a statement acknowledging it is again considering moving its headquarters out of the Ocean State.
The global toy and...
Citizens hires new chief accounting officer
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. has appointed a new chief accounting officer and corporate controller replacing Jack Read, who resigned on Aug. 7...
Five Questions With: Dr. Lisa Rameaka
After serving as interim chief medical officer of Women & Infants Hospital since March, Care New England Health System recently announced that Dr. Lisa...
R.I. monthly unemployment edges upward to 4.6% in August
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in August was 4.6%, an increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from July, the R.I. Department...
Are you oversharing data with AI systems?
(Editor’s note: This is the 25th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Council 94 names McDonald new president
NORTH PROVIDENCE – A month after the death of its longtime president, Rhode Island’s largest public-sector employees union has named a new leader.
Rhode Island...
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates half-point
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years...
U.S. Department of Energy allocates $1.6M to improve R.I. building energy...
PROVIDENCE – Efforts to forward modernized building energy codes in the Ocean State recently received a $1.6 million infusion from the U.S. Department of Energy.
On...
U.S. DOT official visits R.I. to announce national ferry grants; Senesco...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – On a recent visit to Rhode Island, Veronica Vanterpool, acting administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, announced $300...
Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce to launch AI training course
PROVIDENCE – As businesses continue to grapple with the use of artificial intelligence technology, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is set to launch...
