Business costs are rising but owners still confident in growth plans,...
Most Rhode Island businesses are doing well and have positive outlooks for themselves and the economy for 2019, though their confidence is not quite...
By creating a path to success, workforce issues can be solved
Renaud Megard | NFI LLC president and CEO
Throughout my career in various industries, the biggest challenges I have faced have come from finding the...
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post pricing data online
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals’ pricing data to be posted to their websites, billed as the first step toward a...
Raimondo proposes new fee to ensure employers offer health insurance
A powerful disincentive for not offering employees health care insurance is included in the proposed 2020 budget introduced by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo.
If a...
Can fishing, offshore wind coexist?
How much do offshore wind-energy operations disrupt commercial fishing and how much is that worth?
That’s the central question in not only the current talks...
Raimondo budget supports reinsurance program
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s budget includes proposals she says are intended to keep health insurance affordable for thousands of Rhode Islanders, in response to...
Infosys arrives full of optimism
Providence got a glimpse of a potential future recently, with the official opening of Infosys Ltd.’s Providence Design and Innovation Center.
Attended by a full...
Seeing future a difficult feat in good times, much less now
The latest installment of Providence Business News’ biannual Business Survey, like all its predecessors, gives readers a lot to chew on.
First, the survey unequivocally...
Five Questions With Matthew Shenoda
5Q: Matthew Shenoda | Social equity and inclusion vice president, Rhode Island School of Design
1. You’ve held the inaugural position of social equity...
There’s nothing wrong with stronger banks
Must a safer banking system inevitably be less dynamic? Judging from the experience of the U.S. and Europe since the 2008 financial crisis, not...