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...
Karina Holyoak Wood, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at the Community...
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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...
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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
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Marianne Raimondo
Rhode Island College
School of Business dean
THERE WAS A TIME when Marianne Raimondo questioned whether she made the right...
Jeffery Cascione, Navigant Credit Union senior vice president and director of...
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Jeffrey Cascione
Navigant Credit Union
Senior vice president and director of commercial banking
Jeffrey Cascione graduated with his bachelor’s degree in accounting...


















