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FUNDMAKER: Jessica David has helped lead the creation of Local Return, the state’s first Diversified Community Investment Fund. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A new R.I. investment fund that pays dividends for investors, community

Looking around the Broad Street neighborhood of Central Falls, Jessica David sees more than just a diverse mix of small businesses. There is public...
NEW PLAYERS: Bally’s Corp., which operates the Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort pictured above, has agreed to a buyout by its largest shareholder, a hedge fund. Its lottery partner, International Game Technology PLC, is selling its gaming and digital business to a private equity firm. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Trust, but verify gaming industry jobs, revenue

Rhode Island long ago made its bet on gaming revenue flowing indefinitely into state coffers. That leaves state leaders with little choice but to...
Karina Holyoak Wood founded the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at the Community College of Rhode Island in 2016. More than 500 Rhode Island small-business owners have graduated from the program. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Confidence keys success

Karina Holyoak Wood | Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at CCRI executive director Confidence is the word I hear most from local business leaders...
CHANGES AHEAD? Carolyn Leslie, tax director for CBIZ Accounting, Tax & Advisory of New England LLC, says that if the 2017 tax cut provisions sunset at the end of 2025, it could create more incentive for taxpayers to make charitable contributions as a write-off. 
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If the 2017 tax cut sunsets, it could boost charitable giving

With the clock ticking down on the $1.5 trillion tax cut approved by Republicans in 2017, America’s wealthiest donors and their advisers are beginning...
EMPOWERING YOUTHS: Sarah McNeill, pictured at her North Kingstown location, launched McNeill Children’s Institute in Middletown in July 2020 to help children and young adults with ADHD, dyslexia, autism and other conditions.  
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Helping kids with disabilities reach their full potential

The direction of Sarah McNeill’s life emerged like a blueprint early on. “When I was growing up, we didn’t have technology like cellphones. I played...
STAYING POWER: Armand Toscano, owner of security system supplier Communications Systems Inc. in Lincoln, founded the business in 1974 as Atlantic Antenna Systems with Gerald Neylon, who has since retired. The business has expanded to offer additional services and rebranding as Communications Systems in the early 1980s. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Keeping customers in contact for decades

For years, Armand Toscano would approach fellow employees asking if they’d want to start a business together. Toscano, who worked for commercial antenna companies, wasn’t...

‘Auto-IRA’ comes to R.I., but is it necessary?

As if managing the state’s $11 billion public pension fund were not enough, R.I. General Treasurer James A. Diossa will have one more money-managing...
THE WAITING GAME: Anthony Mangiarelli, partner and director in the enterprise solutions group for Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., says many of its business clients have been waiting as long as two years for their Employee Retention Credit claims. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Accountants: ERC woes still plague businesses

Many business owners have had to make sacrifices while waiting for Employee Retention Credit funds. And it’s likely they’ll be waiting many more months,...
MAKING HIS POINT: John Fernandez, far left, CEO and president of Brown University Health, speaks during Providence Business News’ Fall Health Care Summit on Oct. 24. Also participating in one of the panel discussions are, from left, Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, who is also a nurse practitioner; R.I Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King; Dr. Raj Hazarika, chief medical officer for commercial products at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32Health company; and Dr. Michael Wagner, CEO and president of Care New England Health System. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit panel: Weaknesses exposed in R.I.’s primary care system

Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, D-Barrington, says she could easily make the drive from her home in Barrington to Massachusetts and make much more money...
Christina Rouse

Rouse named 2024 Realtor of the Year

CHRISTINA ROUSE, a broker associate for Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal in Providence, was recently named the 2024 Realtor of the Year by the...
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