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2 R.I. residents arrested in Pa. for allegedly selling forged Jason...

PROVIDENCE – A pair of Rhode Islanders were arrested recently in Montgomery County, Pa., and charged with multiple felonies related to forging and selling...
LOCAL BUSINESS OFFICIALS gather Thursday at the Graduate by Hilton Providence in Providence for Providence Business News' 2025 Book of Lists Premier. / PBN PHOTO / MIKE SKORSKI

PBN unveils 2025 Book of Lists

PROVIDENCE – Approximately 240 business and nonprofit representatives spent Thursday evening at the Graduate by Hilton Providence networking and conversing, while obtaining copies of...
Chris Whitten founded Smithfield’s Premeer Real Estate in 2013 and the Premeer Gives Back Foundation in 
2023. He began serving as the Realtors association’s 2025 president in November. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Giving culture starts at top

Chris Whitten | Premeer Real Estate Inc. broker/founder; Rhode Island Association of Realtors president A culture of giving back in business always starts at the...
CHECKING UP: Michael Cahill, left, who owns BCX Energy Inc. and leads its air quality business unit, looks at the regenerative thermal oxidizer control panel installed at uniform service company Clean Uniforms and More! in New Bedford, one of BCX Energy’s clients. At right is Nino Valez, production supervisor at Clean Uniforms.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

BCX Energy bringing companies sustainability solutions

As sustainability has come to the forefront of customers’ and business owners’ minds, many need help ensuring they are meeting their environmental goals. That’s what...
A NEW REPORT from the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and Salve Regina University students notes that the state's hospitality industry took a $114 million economic hit in the 12 months after the Washington Bridge partially closed. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Study shows R.I. hospitality industry took $114M hit after Washington Bridge...

PROVIDENCE – A new joint report from the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and Salve Regina University econometrics students projects the state has taken a...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2024

From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...
WHILE MANY PEOPLE are pointing the finger at Deloitte Consulting LLP over the cyber breach of the state's RIBridges program, Kaustubh Medhe, vice president of research and cyber threat intelligence for California-based Cyble Inc., feels the state should bear some responsibility for what happened. / PBN FILE PHOTO / WILLIAM HAMILTON

Public blame over RIBridges cyber breach points to Deloitte. But what...

PROVIDENCE – For the second year in a row, an infrastructure breakdown has made it a long December for Rhode Islanders. Oddly enough, it involves...
WPRI-TV CBS 12 has reportedly laid off multiple employees as part of parent company Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s 2% companywide workforce reduction plan.

Report: Nexstar’s layoffs include some WPRI-TV employees

EAST PROVIDENCE – Multiple employees at WPRI-TV CBS 12 have reportedly been laid off as part of Nexstar Media Group Inc.’s 2% companywide workforce...
APPLICANTS are being sought for the state's new "Rhode Map to Success" pilot program to assist underrepresented local businesses.

R.I. launches program aimed at helping ‘historically disadvantaged’ businesses

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. and the R.I. Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – part of the R.I. Department of Administration – are...
MARY GIFFORD, a Providence College senior, opened back in April "Friartown's Closet," a student-run thrift store on the college's campus that is separate from PC's main business operations. / COURTESY MARY GIFFORD VIA INSTAGRAM

Providence College student keeps community clothed with ‘Friartown’s Closet’

PROVIDENCE – Fast fashion has become quite the trend with students at Providence College, and Mary Gifford picked up on that right away when...
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