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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...
GETTING A BRIEFING: Dana Evans, left, lab director at Gannon & Scott Inc. in Cranston, discusses business with Chris Jones, the company president. Gannon & Scott is one of the Rhode Island firms that have been honored by the federal government for its hiring of military veterans. Jones also served in the R.I. Army National Guard.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

These R.I. employers rallying the ex-troops

Gannon & Scott Inc. is a longtime Cranston-based company that specializes in recovering valuable metals from torpedo batteries, coatings used for stealth technology, and...

Lists: Intellectual Property Lawyers

Ranked by total lawyers: 1. Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC | Total lawyers: 66 2. Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP | Total lawyers: 52 3. Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP...

Lists: Veteran Employers

Ranked by local employees: 1. Lifespan Corp. | Total no. of local employees: 17,401 2. CVS Health Corp. | Total no. of local employees: 6,255 3. Community College of Rhode...

Lists: Payroll Companies

Total local employees: 151 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call...
CAREER COACH: Charise Wilson opened Workforce Ready Solutions, an employment coaching business, in Lincoln in 2019.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Wilson uses her experience carving her own path to help others...

Charise Wilson knows firsthand how valuable mentors are, especially for a job hunter who’s determined to move up but doesn’t know how to get...
NEW CARETAKER: Susan Quattrocchi has purchased the closed Summit General Store in Coventry and plans to alter the longtime business model. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Something new in store for this rural R.I. landmark

When the Summit General Store announced its permanent closure last fall, the Coventry establishment may have seemed like another casualty among a dying breed...
Jessica Norris Granatiero

To Savor: From the vines near Verona

I recently returned from a trip to Verona, in the north central region of Italy. I spent five days there for the most prominent...
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