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Lists: Software Development Companies

Total local employees: 1,101 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: Estate Planners

Total estate planners: 83 Total employees: 504 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 CIOs

Total local IT workers: 3,583 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...

Lists: Defense Contractors

Total local employees: 11,925 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...
BIG DEAL: Numerous states have introduced incentives to attract data center projects like this Amazon Web Services data center in Boardman, Ore. 
AP FILE PHOTO/JENNY KANE

Data center incentive bill stalls after tax administrator raises red flags

Efforts to get more data centers built in Rhode Island were put on hold in May when legislation offering tax breaks to developers was...
Edward T. Broderick / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Edward T. Broderick 


Edward T. Broderick | CEO, Gilbane Inc. 1. You started at Gilbane as a laborer more than four decades ago. What lessons from those early...
Bruce Newbury

Seafood and sustainability

The Fishes at the Fort Fundraiser Dinner and Auction may only be in its third year, but the annual event is taking its place...

Lists: Highway Projects in Rhode Island

Total cost of listed projects: $2.4 billion SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions...

Lists: Cannabis Dispensaries

Total retail sales to date as of June 30, 2025: $58.2 million SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top...
IN DEMAND: Courtney A. Murphy, director of talent acquisition, workforce development and compensation at General Dynamics Electric Boat, says there will always be a strong demand for nuclear submarines, which Electric Boat builds, but the manufacturer is having trouble finding qualified engineers.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Workforce shortages are plaguing defense industries

In the shadow of Rhode Island’s prominent defense sector, General Dynamics Electric Boat and other companies are facing a persistent challenge: There aren’t enough...
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