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SBA to open temporary disaster loan outreach center on Block Island

NEW SHOREHAM – To assist businesses affected by the Harborside Inn fire, the U.S. Small Business Administration will be opening a temporary Disaster Loan...

Job vacancies, quits plunge in July

WASHINGTON (AP) – Businesses posted far fewer open jobs in July and the number of Americans quitting their jobs fell sharply for the second...

U.S. consumer confidence wanes with prices still high, signs of a...

Americans are feeling less confident financially as summer comes to a close and high prices and interest rates weigh on their willingness to spend. There...

SBA disaster declaration approved for Block Island businesses, residents

PROVIDENCE – Just over a week after the historic Harborside Inn burned down, Gov. Daniel J McKee announced Monday his request for a disaster...

McKee, Tanner report success on trade mission to Dominican Republic

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Commerce Secretary Elizabeth M. Tanner reported  boosted relations with the Dominican Republic as a result of...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS: In leading the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at the Community College of Rhode ­Island, Karina Holyoak Wood has helped more than 400 small-business owners take their operations to the next level. 
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Karina Holyoak Wood, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at the Community...

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Karina Holyoak Wood Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Executive director HELPING ENTREPRENEURS UNLOCK the next level of success for their business is...

Spending at bars, restaurants surges as Americans shrug off inflation, recession...

NEW YORK (AP) – Americans didn't let persistent inflation and lingering worries about a recession cut into summer spending on eating and drinking out. Retails...

Barbara E. Wolfe, University of Rhode Island provost and executive vice...

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Barbara E. Wolfe University of Rhode Island Provost and executive vice president for academic affairs BARBARA E. WOLFE HAS SPENT her 33-year...

Marianne Raimondo, Rhode Island College School of Business dean

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Marianne Raimondo Rhode Island College School of Business dean THERE WAS A TIME when Marianne Raimondo questioned whether she made the right...
SUNNY SIDE UP: Jeffrey Cascione opened his own restaurant in Miami before returning home to Rhode Island to enter the financial services realm. 
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Jeffery Cascione, Navigant Credit Union senior vice president and director of...

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Jeffrey Cascione Navigant Credit Union Senior vice president and director of commercial banking Jeffrey Cascione graduated with his bachelor’s degree in accounting...
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