New Majority Capital launches with focus on business acquisition for women, people of color
PROVIDENCE – The word "entrepreneurship" may call to mind a recently opened business or a new product. But a sometimes overlooked, and often lower-risk,...
Brown University team works with dark matter detector
PROVIDENCE – Though it composes an estimated 85% of all mass in the universe, much of humanity's understanding of dark matter remains hazy. In...
HarborOne donates $220K to 26 organizations across Massachusetts
PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Bank through its charitable foundation recently announced $220,000 in grants to 26 organizations across southeastern Massachusetts and Greater Boston.
Recipients in Bristol...
N.K. Chamber gets $375K for new high school offshore wind certification program
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island high school students will soon be able to earn a certificate proving their ability to work in the offshore...
CCRI’s new degree program to help support state’s growing land, sea industries
WARWICK – A new federally funded associate degree program at the Community College of Rhode Island has been created to help prepare students for...
Will Rhode Island’s legal protections for abortion be good for the state’s economy?
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on July 5 signed an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care in Rhode Island. The move followed the...
Five Questions With: Neil D. Steinberg
Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg recently announced that he plans to retire next May. During his tenure, the nonprofit funder’s...
PBN announces 2022 Leaders & Achievers honorees
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has announced 21 honorees for its 2022 Leaders & Achievers Awards program.
The individuals were selected for this year’s program...
Business travel is set to take flight
FUELED BY VACCINATIONS and a population looking to break away from government-imposed restrictions, corporate travel is on the upswing, thanks to what American Express...
Could Roe decision prompt workforce shift to R.I.?
With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, some observers say the contentious decision could make Rhode Island and other states in the...
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