Medical industry suppliers warn of ‘med-inflation’
PROVIDENCE – Supply chain woes have hit consumers and businesses, now it’s about to provide some discomfort in the medical industry.
“Med-inflation” is currently on...
R.I. Commerce Corp. program seeks support groups to aid businesses with...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. is seeking proposals for the third installment of the Take It Outside grant program funded this time at $4.5...
Most CVS pharmacies closing for lunch daily to give staff a...
WOONSOCKET – Getting your prescriptions on your lunch break may no longer be an option if you are a CVS Health Corp. customer.
The pharmacy...
Closed coal plant will be transformed into offshore wind hub
SOMERSET (AP) – The site of a former coal-fired power plant will be transformed into the first offshore wind manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, the...
Weekly U.S. jobless claims rise for the first time in a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight weeks of declines.
Jobless claims rose by 23,000 to 248,000 for...
PBN Economic Summit: Inflation, labor woes will endure
PROVIDENCE – Like any good business owner, Craig Pickell documents every cost increase incurred by his Lincoln manufacturing company, Bullard Abrasives Inc.
But the year-end...
U.S. inflation jumped 7.5% in the past year, a 40-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America's consumers, wiping out pay raises and...
PBN Economic Trends Summit to be held Feb. 10
PROVIDENCE – The PBN Economic Trends Summit will be held on Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The virtual summit will discuss the...
Webster Bank completes merger with Sterling Bancorp
STAMFORD, Conn. - Webster Financial Corp. announced Tuesday it has completed its $10.3 billion merger with New York’s Sterling Bancorp. Federal regulators signed off...
R.I. shipyards chosen to build vessels for regional offshore wind projects
PROVIDENCE - Two Rhode Island shipyards have been selected to build the boats that will transport workers out to sea during construction and maintenance...
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