Providence announces microbusiness online training program
PROVIDENCE – The city is teaming up with local business service groups and a national web hosting company to help its smallest businesses start...
Social Enterprise Greenhouse names Owens interim CEO
PROVIDENCE – A manager with more than 25 years of experience working with various organizations around the country will lead, at least temporarily, Social...
Dow drops 1,008 after Fed’s Powell says rates will stay high
NEW YORK (AP) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve dashed Wall...
Inflation eases as consumer prices rise 6.3% in July
WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, raising hopes that a surge in prices increases may have peaked.
According to Commerce...
Fewer Americans filed for jobless benefits last week
NEW YORK (AP) – Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to stand out as one of the...
Government revision shows economy shrank 0.6% last quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade...
R.I. July unemployment rate 3rd lowest in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the third-lowest unemployment rate in New England in July at 2.7%, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau...
Toby Ayers, Rhode Island for Community and Justice executive director
Leaders & Achievers 2022
TOBY AYERS
Executive director, Rhode Island for Community and Justice
WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE, Toby Ayers won a fellowship to study in...
Stuart Benton, Bradford Soap Works Inc. CEO and president
Leaders & Achievers 2022
STUART BENTON
CEO and president, Bradford Soap Works Inc.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, Stuart Benton has been raising the bar.
As Bradford Soap...
David Currie, Province Mortgage Associates Inc. president
Leaders & Achievers 2022
DAVID CURRIE
President, Province Mortgage Associates Inc.
SINCE DAVID CURRIE FOUNDED East Providence-based Province Mortgage Associates Inc. in 2005, his business...


















