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PBN recognizes 40 Under Forty honorees

WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’ 21st annual 40...
PRODUCT ASSESSMENT: Alice Nichols, left, founder and owner, and Donna Bodell, vice president and designer, look over some of the products on the factory floor at pet supply manufacturer Up Country in East Providence.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Determination pays off for pet apparel designer, with...

(Editor’s note: This is the 35th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

DLT: R.I.-based jobs fall by 2,400 in June; unemployment still dips...

CRANSTON – Rhode Island-based jobs fell by 2,400 between May and June – the largest monthly decline since April 2023 – but the state's...

Texas company inks multiyear deal to run Johnston power station

JOHNSTON – Texas-based EthosEnergy has signed a multiyear agreement to run the Rhode Island State Energy Center on Shun Pike.  EthosEnergy will provide operation and...

Polaris MEP enters strategic partnership with CAEDENCE Consulting

PROVIDENCE – Polaris MEP has entered a new strategic partnership with CAEDENCE Consulting. Though formally announced on Tuesday, the partnership became official in mid-May. CAEDENCE, a...

U.S. inflation accelerated in June as Trump’s tariffs start to bite

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are pushing up the cost of...

R.I. manufacturers feeling bite of tariffs

PAWTUCKET – U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., recently hosted a roundtable discussion featuring six small manufacturers from Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District to examine the...

Wise Mouth Tea to open Fall River manufacturing facility

FALL RIVER – While working as a high school language teacher in Massachusetts, Lei Nichols noticed that her students tended toward highly processed drinks...

Alan G. Hassenfeld, former Hasbro CEO and philanthropist, dies at 76

PAWTUCKET – Alan G. Hassenfeld, the former longtime chairman and CEO of Hasbro Inc. – the global toymaker his family founded more than a...
GENERAL DYNAMICS Electric Boat Corp. has been awarded a $1.85 billion contract modification to support construction efforts of two new "Block V" Virginia-class submarines. / COURTESY GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT CORP.

Electric Boat awarded $1.85B contract modification for Virginia-class submarine construction

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. has been awarded a $1.85 billion contract modification to support the construction of two Virginia-class submarines.  The...
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