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LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT: Lovely R. Suanino, a respiratory therapist at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N.J., demonstrates setting up a ventilator in the intensive care unit of the hospital in this 2005 file photo. / AP FILE PHOTO/MIKE DERER

Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for coronavirus patients

U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators...
SHOWING OFF: Blake Banky, center, president of Newport Biodiesel, gives a tour of the company’s facility in Newport for Dennis Deziel, left, the EPA administrator for the New England region, and Karen McGuire, EPA director of enforcement and compliance assurance for New England. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

EPA lauds R.I. companies for cutting toxic releases

It takes just under 2 ounces of methanol to kill a person, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Newport Biodiesel Inc., a company...
THE FABRICATOR: Deb Semple established Teddy Bearskins Inc. after she started sewing outfits for her twins. The independent retailer has been in business for nearly 40 years. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Independent retailer Teddy Bearskins shows no signs of wear and tear

When Deb Semple created Teddy Bearskins Inc. in 1983, her first store in the North Kingstown village of Wickford sold handmade clothes. The tiny space,...
RUBIUS THERAPEUTICS spent $163.5 million in 2019. The company does not yet generate revenue.

Rubius Therapeutics reports $163.5M loss in 2019; focuses on oncology and...

PROVIDENCE – Rubius Therapeutics Inc. reported a year-end loss of $163.5 million in 2019, an increase from $89.2 million in 2018. Loss per diluted share...

UPDATED: R.I. Congressional Manufacturing Summit Postponed

UPDATED March 12: The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association has postponed its congressional summit, due to the increased risk of the virus associated with COVID-19. The...

PBN reschedules manufacturing awards program to May 7

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News on Tuesday announced that it is rescheduling its 2020 Manufacturing Awards Program to May 7. The event originally planned for...
CANNABIS CONVERSATION: PBN editor Michael Mello, right, moderates a panel discussion at PBN’s The Business of Cannabis Summit at the Omni Providence Hotel on Feb. 26, featuring from left: Karyn Rhodes, of Complete HR Solutions; Mitzi Hollenbeck, of Citrin Cooperman; Benjamin L. Rackliffe, an attorney at Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara; and Kristyn Glennon, of BayCoast Bank. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PBN panel: R.I. will legalize recreational pot eventually

Even though the General Assembly leadership is attempting to put brakes on the legalization of recreational marijuana in Rhode Island, it’s just a matter...
CONSTRUCTION DISCUSSION: Dave Caldwell, left, co-owner of Caldwell & Johnson Inc., talks with employee Rob Ball about the progress on a home rebuild in Cranston recently. In the background, standing, is company co-founder Dave Caldwell Sr.  / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Caldwell & Johnson Inc. a homegrown family enterprise

For more than a half-century, Caldwell & Johnson Inc. has followed where the house building has gone in Rhode Island. Founded in the late 1960s,...
HURDLES AHEAD: Steven J. Hoffman, chairman of the Cannabis Control Commission in Massachusetts and keynote speaker at PBN’s The Business of Cannabis Summit at the Omni Providence Hotel on Feb. 26, says there are formidable obstacles for anyone considering a cannabis enterprise, partly because the federal government still considers it an illegal drug, which has negative implications for banking and taxes. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Mass. cannabis chief offers guidance for Ocean State

When Massachusetts voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016, many felt that Rhode Island would shortly follow suit. But that hasn’t happened yet. And the...
ARCONE has been acquired by Walter Surface Technologies. / COURTESY WALTER SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES

ArcOne acquired by Walter Surface Technologies

TAUNTON – ArcOne has been acquired by Walter Surface Technologies, the buyer announced on Monday. Walter Surface is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and Windsor, Conn. ArcOne,...
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