R.I. business applications up 30% over pre-pandemic levels
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has seen a nearly 30% increase in new business applications since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Chamber of...
Preppin’ for RECESSION. PBN survey: Talk of a coming downturn is...
If and when the country will slip into a recession depends on who you ask, but the gloom is already settling over Rhode Island...
PBN summit panel: Economic indicators say recession coming in 2023
PROVIDENCE – In many ways, the party is over.
At least that's the way the panelists at Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit on Thursday...
PBN named ‘Newspaper of the Year,’ honored for minority business series
PROVIDENCE – For the third year in a row, Providence Business News has been recognized as “Newspaper of the Year” among specialty publications by...
R.I. shopping centers feeling merry about December despite economic challenges
Crowded stores and stronger-than-expected sales have analysts predicting that the rest of the holiday shopping season will be a banner one despite higher prices,...
Mother Earth Wellness set to begin cannabis sales in Pawtucket
PAWTUCKET – On Wednesday dozens of employees of what will be the state’s largest retail marijuana center were still putting the final touches inside...
Cyber Sessions: Meeting the ‘reasonable’ security standard
(Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Cyber Sessions: Stay in your lane? Not on cyberthreats
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Do you support Providence’s evolving racial reparations plan?
The Providence City Council will soon take up spending recommendations for the city’s still-evolving racial reparations program designed for Black and Indigenous residents.
The proposals...
DBR issues stay of Ballard’s liquor license suspension
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Business Regulation sided with Ballard's Beach Resort Wednesday, issuing a stay of New Shoreham Board of License Commissioners'...
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