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PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community

PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...
FULL HOUSE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee, third from the left, leads a June meeting of the R.I. Commerce Corp. board, whose 12 members are appointed by the governor. 
COURTESY R.I. ­COMMERCE CORP.

Give business leaders more say on economic development

Every gubernatorial election year seems to be a referendum on the state’s economic-development policy and the agency primarily responsible for carrying it out, R.I....
Tom Bastianelli founded Warwick-based Signal Solutions in 2016.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Hire problem-solvers

Tom Bastianelli | Signal Solutions founder, lead engineer When I founded Signal Solutions, I was the entire company. Today, my business partner Matt Vincent and...

State launches new CPA licensing pathway amid accountant shortage

CRANSTON – Rhode Island has created a new pathway for individuals seeking to become certified public accountants, giving prospective CPAs an alternative route into the...

PBN recognizes 40 Under Forty honorees

WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’ 22nd annual 40...

R.I. becomes first state to limit grocery self-checkout lanes

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has become the first state in the country to impose a statewide staffing requirement on grocery store self-checkout lanes after...
NEW WORKSPACE: Peter Gillespie, senior vice president and branch manager for Cross Insurance Inc., stands at the entrance of the company’s new offices at The Foundry in Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’

On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...
Dawn Apajee founded 
Providence-based staffing firm 
City Personnel Inc. in 2006. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Build a business that lasts

Dawn Apajee | City Personnel Inc. founder and president Over the past 20 years, City Personnel has partnered with organizations across Rhode Island and southern...

Longtime Rhode Island Credit Union CEO David Suvall to retire

WARWICK – Rhode Island Credit Union CEO and President David B. Suvall will retire on July 1 after 45 years with the organization, the...
Stacey C. Liakos founded DDL Advertising in East Providence in 2017.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Build trust with follow-through

Stacey C. Liakos | DDL Advertising CEO and founder One of the biggest lessons I have learned as a business owner is that strong relationships...
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