In the midst of crisis remember to invest
With 22,900 people working for United States subsidiaries of foreign companies, Rhode Island ranks 11th in the nation in the percentage of its work...
Newcomers’ growth means growth for all
The creation of a Rhode Island chapter for the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) is an encouraging sign of the...
In tourism, serving customers comes first
As China’s unique brand of communism continues to create millionaires by the scores, it’s not surprising that Chinese citizens would be interested in seeing...
Metro cores are what drive our future
One strong message from the recent Power of Place Summit is the need to invest in the nation’s crumbling metropolitan infrastructure. The reason is...
Leaders: Concentrate on future’s potential
For the past eight weeks, Providence Business News has run Newsmaker interviews with some of Rhode Island’s most influential business leaders. We wanted to...
For many businesses it’s about health care
Two stories in this week’s edition speak to the relevance of health care reform to business owners.
Aside from the economy, there is no...
State’s schools need finance education
The painful financial crisis that we are facing is due, at least in part, to the lack of oversight of a financial-services sector too...
Some URI faculty should stay in school
The University of Rhode Island is offering incentives to encourage senior faculty to retire. The bonuses of up to $20,000 and the promise of...
More budget-deficit action needed, now
Negotiating decline is never an easy or palatable task. But that is the reality confronting the state’s public employee unions at this point, as...
Needed help for firms displaced by growth
When Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline signed into law a measure to protect small businesses displaced by redevelopment, it was a welcome signal that...
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