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...
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...
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...


















