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R.I. August unemployment rate 3rd lowest in New England

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the third-lowest unemployment rate in New England in August at 2.8%, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of...

U.S. wholesale inflation declines in August to still-high 8.7% 

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation at the wholesale level jumped 8.7% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown from July yet still a painfully...

Markets shudder on dashed inflation hopes; Dow falls 1,250

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled to their worst day in more than two years Tuesday, knocking the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more...
A FEW RHODE ISLAND-BASED nonprofits have either begun, or are beginning to, accept cryptocurrency as a donation option. / AP FILE/KIN CHEUNG

Should nonprofits actively seek cryptocurrency donations?

Always in search of new donation sources, Rhode Island nonprofits are beginning to dip their toes into cryptocurrency. Providence Business News recently reported that The...
THE JOHN H. CHAFEE Center for International Business has received a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help support small business export growth within Rhode Island.

Chafee Center receives $200K from SBA to support small-business export growth

SMITHFIELD – The John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University became the beneficiary of a six-figure federal grant from the U.S....

CVS to buy home health-care provider Signify for $8 billion

DALLAS (AP) – Drugstore operator CVS Health Corp. said Monday that it will buy home-health provider Signify Health for $8 billion. CVS said Signify has...

R.I. misses out on $1B in federal funding for economic projects

WASHINGTON (AP) – Ambitions to jump-start the state’s biotech and blue economies with multi-millions in federal funding were dashed on Friday after neither Rhode...

U.S. hiring slowed in August as employers add 315,000 jobs 

WASHINGTON (AP) – America's employers slowed their hiring in August in the face of rising interest rates, high inflation and sluggish consumer spending, all...
April Williams created SalesAmp in 2017 in response to the disconnect her clients were seeing between marketing and sales. In 2021, the company became a standalone business unit of Providence-based Figmints. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Recession-proof your revenue

April Williams | SalesAmp founder and president The ups and downs of the markets can impact revenue. You can minimize that impact by focusing on two of...
FULFILLING WORK: Justin Gontarek, owner of Simplicity Print Studio in Warwick, says running his own screen printing and embroidery business may not be as profitable as the work he did previously with larger corporations but it’s more rewarding.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Keeping it simple paying off for Warwick screen printing and embroidery...

Justin Gontarek’s motto these days is to “keep it simple.” This is also the mentality behind Simplicity Print Studio, his Warwick-based screen printing and embroidery...
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