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PART OF THE FAMILY: Eddi Alcantar, left, with his mother, Maria Alcantar, in Tuxpan Taqueria in Central Falls. They are just some of the members of the Alcantar family who run the Broad Street eatery. 
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Everybody’s Business: Sweet taste of success came quick at Tuxpan Taqueria

(Editor’s note: This is the 46th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
CASH-ONLY CROP: Some of the products for sale at the cannabis retail store called Mother Earth Wellness in Pawtucket. Despite the Biden administration’s move to recategorize cannabis as a less-dangerous controlled drug on the federal level, it won’t do much to persuade banks to enter the sector. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pot regulation proposal leaves banking problem

The Biden administration’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it...

Stores divided on pot shop zoning

A proposal to allow retail cannabis shops to open in more parts of Providence has business owners split over whether they’d welcome those businesses...

Lists: Chief Financial Officers

Total 2023 revenue: $686.9 billion SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...

Lists: Regional Banks

Total regional deposits: $58.1 billion SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...

Lists: Rhode Island Credit Unions

Total assets: $10.3 billion 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: Commercial & Industrial Services Companies

Ranked by oldest companies: 1. Gilbane Inc. | Year founded: 1870 2. CBRE Inc. | Year founded: 1906 3. Ruggieri Brothers Inc. | Year founded: 1949 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view...

Lists: Rhode Island Business and Industrial Parks

  Total acreage: 8,507 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call (401)...
OPEN-­ENDED: Kristen Regine, right, a real estate agent and professor of marketing at Johnson & Wales University, holds an open house for a client in Richmond. Regine says changes to the broker commission system will have ripple effects on the real estate industry, but just what effects remains to be seen. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Settled lawsuits may have impact on house sales

It’s long been the case that when a homeowner in Rhode Island is ready to sell and hires a Realtor, it’s taken for granted...
GONE TOO FAR? Matthew H. Parker, a partner at Whelan Corrente & Flanders LLP in Providence, says while noncompete agreements have been overused, the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to ban most noncompetes was an administrative “overreach.”
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Noncompete pacts banned by FTC, but for how long?

The Federal Trade Commission may have banned most forms of noncompete agreements between employers and employees, but it’s unclear whether the ruling will survive...
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