Friday, November 7, 2025

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FROM THE GUT: University of Rhode Island student Sean Coyne, a researcher in the Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence program, describes his team’s research on gut bacterial enzymes. 
COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/MICHAEL SALERNO

New pilot program provides workforce training for biomedical students

Like most primarily undergraduate institutions, Rhode Island College can fly under the radar when it comes to academic biomedical research in the Ocean State. More...

Business Bestsellers

The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security by Scott Galloway. Galloway lays bare the rules of financial success in today’s economy....

Lists: Workforce Development Resources

Number of nonprofit resources: 10 Number of government resources: 4 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make...

Lists: Staffing Firms

Total average weekly workers: 805 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...

Lists: Executive Recruiters

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Lists: IT Services Companies

Total local employees: 1,563 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: Regional Information Technology Employers

Total local IT workers: 3,756 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...
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. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
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