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ANOTHER OPTION: Manny Rezendes, an investment adviser representative with Euclid Financial Services, says more businesses, particularly small and midsized ones, are offering the Roth 401(k) in their retirement benefits ­packages. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Roth 401(k)s gain popularity at small, midsized businesses

The 401(k), the stalwart of retirement accounts, has a younger sibling that’s starting to become more common in benefits menus in Rhode Island. For many...
STARTING EARLY: Nick Loring, left, principal of Loring Advisory Group in Smithfield, speaks with client service associate Mike Primiani. Loring says the amount of financial advice available online allows millennials to take retirement seriously even though it’s more than three decades away. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Many millennials taking steps to have fat nest egg in retirement

How do millennials stack up when it comes to retirement savings as opposed to members of Generation X? According to a recent national survey, millennials...

The virtues of servant leadership

Kelli J. Armstrong | Salve Regina University president I was drawn to Salve Regina because of its mission, which flows from the inspirational values of...
FRIENDLY FACE: Tom’s Market in Tiverton saw increased sales in the months after an April strike at Stop & Shop. Cashier Elizabeth Pence, right, speaks with a customer. / PBN FILE PHOTO/
MIKE SKORSKI

Consumers win in high-stakes supermarket food fight

Labor unrest at supermarket giant Stop & Shop in April was at least a temporary boon for many of Rhode Island’s independent markets. While they...

Raimondo trip pays dividend

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s leadership of the Democratic Governor’s Association paid a local dividend with the recent signing of an agreement with Ben-Gurion University...
PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE


New Construction November 2019

Hammetts Wharf Hotel 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport The 84-room boutique hotel to be situated along Newport’s waterfront is taking shape. Most of the building’s exterior is...

Tax the wealthy and their charities will suffer

America’s corporate economy has long been divided between a taxed, for-profit sector and a non-taxed, not-for-profit sector. This division has significant implications for tax...

Line between work, life blurs in digital age

Green. Green. Green. Red! Red! Red! If you remember the days of the Blackberry smartphone, you remember its blinking green and red light. Green meant...

Parsons named president of Greater Providence Board of Realtors

DONALD PARSONS, broker and owner of Johnston-based Cullinan Real Estate, was recently appointed the president of the Greater Providence Board of Realtors during the...
CRAFTY FELLOW: Jeffrey Greene, owner of Peter Pots Pottery, displays some of the pottery products he and his craftspeople have made by hand at a converted old mill in South Kingstown. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

At scenic mill, much-desired pottery has been the product for seven...

The tale of Peter Pots Stoneware Inc. in South Kingstown feels like it should be encased in a snow globe or tucked into a...
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