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PBN’s 2023 Economic Trends Summit slated for Jan. 26

PROVIDENCE – Inflation, labor shortages, a looming recession and a host of other issues affecting Rhode Island's economy will be discussed during Providence Business...
BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT leaders meet and talk with one another Thursday during Providence Business News' 2023 Book of Lists Premier Event at the Graduate Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN debuts 2023 Book of Lists at Graduate Providence

PROVIDENCE – Nearly 250 local business and nonprofit representatives gathered Thursday at the Graduate Providence to network with one another during Providence Business News’...

Meet the Makers: After 110 years, Goodwin-Bradley still perfecting a pattern...

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

3 ways supply chains changes will affect everybody

The global supply chains that modern companies depend on were turned upside down three years ago after COVID-19 emerged in China. The spread of...
RHODE ISLAND'S unemployment rate dipped to 3.5% in December, down by one-tenth of a percentage from November, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. /AP FILE PHOTO/NAM Y. HUH

R.I. unemployment rate dips to 3.5% in December

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in December was 3.5%, one-tenth of a percentage point lower from November, the R.I. Department of Labor...

Two more locations added to RI Ready industrial site program

PROVIDENCE – Two additional sites have been selected for the Rhode Island Ready pre-permitted industrial site readiness program, the Quonset Development Corp. recently announced. The...

U.S. consumer inflation eased again to 6.5% in December 

WASHINGTON (AP) – Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation's grip on the economy will continue to ease this...

Study: Providence businesses received more than national average in PPP loans

PROVIDENCE – City businesses received more than the national average of Paycheck Protection Program funds per capita, according to a study by Smartest Dollar. The...
RHODE ISLAND'S economy continued to slow in November despite marking 17 months of consecutive expansion, according to University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Lardaro: R.I.’s economic expansion continued to slow in November

PROVIDENCE – While Rhode Island marked its 17th consecutive month of economic expansion in November, the state's economy continued to show signs of slowing,...

Five Questions With: Richard Soule

Richard Soule is the vice president of business development at the R.I. Commerce Corp. Soule believes that the state’s Real Jobs RI initiative, which...
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