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Lists: Rhode Island Office Buildings

Total rentable building space in square feet: 4,407,485 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make...
CHILLING: Robert Swift, owner and president of East Bay Ice Co. in East Providence, is pictured with some of the ice blocks the company produces. Swift says his company is unique, as it’s one of about four or five block ice plants left in the United States.
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Meet the Makers: An ice factory that refuses to melt away

(Editor’s note: This is the 39th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
DEALING WITH IT: Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, says market forces have driven wages higher at his eateries in recent years, so the Rhode Island minimum wage hike going into effect on Jan. 1 will have a limited impact on his business. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

New minimum wage has some bracing for impact

Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, remembers only a few years back when he paid his line cooks $15 an hour. “And...
SOLVING PROBLEMS: Theresa Raimondo, an assistant professor of engineering at Brown University, will be one of the faculty members taking advantage of an $11.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to research RNA for health care. 
COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY/­CHERIE DANIEL

Brown aims to become epicenter for RNA research

Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, has emerged as one of the more puzzling mysteries of modern medicine and one that Brown University researchers are untangling. RNA...

Lists: Family-Owned Businesses

Ranked by year founded: 1. Gilbane Inc. | Year founded: 1870 2. Admiral Packaging Inc. | Year founded: 1898 3. Paolino Properties LP | Year founded: 1900 SUBSCRIBERS: Click...

Lists: Women-Run Businesses

Total number of regional employees: 31,810 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or...

Lists: Indoor Recreation Facilities

Total square footage: 1,107,985 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call...

Lists: Foreign-Owned Companies

Total regional employees: 4,998 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...
A TAXING MATTER: Katie McIntosh, partner at Warwick-based DiSanto, Priest & Co., says many people dealing in cryptocurrency need a better understanding of the tax implications, or it could prove to be costly. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Crypto tax implications are often a costly surprise

Rhode Islanders who own cryptocurrency may be sitting on a tax surprise waiting to surface. That’s because the IRS treats digital assets not as cash...

Is AG cold-case unit worth the cost?

It’s been more than two years since state lawmakers granted Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s request for a $300,000 budget appropriation to create a...
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