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...
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...
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...
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...
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...


















