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HOLIDAY LIGHTS: Stanley Tree Service Inc. staffers participate in a Good Night Lights event for Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence. 
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Stanley Tree Services Inc.

PBN Best Places To Work Awards 2023 MIDSIZE COMPANIES #26: Stanley Tree Service Inc. Employees in R.I. 95 Founder and CEO Stanley Zuba Questions answered by Stanley Zuba What...

U.S. applications for jobless benefits highest since October 2021

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level since October 2021, but the labor market remains one...
PARISEAULT BUILDERS INC. employees dressed in construction attire pose for a photo Wednesday during Providence Business News' Best Places to Work Awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Companies honored at PBN’s Best Places to Work Awards

WARWICK – A nonprofit, a construction company, an insurance provider and a longtime banking institution were recognized among 67 honorees in Providence Business News’...

Navigant announces proposed merger with Postal Government Employees FCU

SMITHFIELD – Navigant Credit Union announced on Tuesday it intends to merge with the Providence-headquartered Postal Government Employees Federal Credit Union. Navigant will subsume...
THE UNADJUSTED unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 2.6% in April, a decrease from 3.9% one month prior and down from 3.1% in April 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Providence-Warwick metro unemployment falls in April

PROVIDENCE – The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 2.6% in April, a decrease from 3.9% one month ago and down...

U.S. consumer confidence declines again in May 

Consumer confidence fell in May as Americans became more pessimistic about the labor market, on top of elevated anxiety over inflation.  The Conference Board reported...
PAULA IACONO, executive director of the Chartercare Foundation who was named the 2023 Career Achiever in Providence Business News’ 2023 Business Women Awards program, delivers her speech during Thursday's awards luncheon at the Providence Marriott Downtown. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN honors top Business Women for 2023

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono at first didn’t set out to be a fundraiser. But, she said, “it happened.” Iacono, the executive director of the Chartercare...
SITE VISIT: Justin Kordas, left, and William Porter, co-owners of structural engineering consulting firm Stone Fleet Inc. in Providence, visit the construction site of one of their clients. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Engineering firm hopes new veteran-owned certification will bring in more clients

It is never easy readjusting to life after the military. Justin Kordas, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps never thinking he’d one day have to...
CHANGE OF PACE: Paula Iacono, executive director of the Chartercare Foundation, originally wanted to be a journalist, but her career path changed when she began helping the alumni council at Bryant University.
 PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

CharterCARE Foundation’s Iacono’s relationship building lays strong foundation to help communities

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards CAREER ACHIEVER: Paula Iacono | Chartercare Foundation executive director WITH 40 YEARS of experience in developing community partnerships and organizations,...
EMPHASIZING INCLUSION: Over the last eight years, Shawmut Design and Construction Chief People and Administration Officer Marianne Monte has played a lead role in helping the company retain a workforce that is more than 30% female, higher than the industry average. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Creating opportunities for all drives Monte at Shawmut Design and Construction

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards OUTSTANDING MENTOR: Marianne Monte | Shawmut Design and Construction chief people and administration officer WHEN A HEADHUNTER first approached her...
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