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Startup action must improve for R.I. growth

Last week, the Kauffman Foundation released its 2015 Kauffman Index: Startup Activity, and the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River metro area ranked No. 34 out of...

PawSox make right choice to take more time to make the...

In the wake of James J. Skeffington's death and signals from elected officials that action on the proposed Providence baseball stadium is not likely...

Turn FIFA into a public company to salvage soccer

Executives arrested amid allegations of corruption and bribery; a chief executive who appears tone deaf to the damage being done to one of the...
Since buying The Claflin Co. in 1976, Ted Almon has taken it from near closing to a $200 million medical-products supplier that employs more than 200. This week, however, it isn't growth that he's focused on. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Securing the future

Like many of my baby boomer peers, I have been thinking lately about my eventual retirement and hoping that the company I have been...
Thomas A. Lawson took over from Chairman and CEO Shivan S. Subramaniam at the beginning of 2015. Here Lawson sets out to break the myth that the only way to succeed in business is to change jobs every few years. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

People are best investment

Recently, a newly hired 23-year-old employee said to me, "in college we're taught if you don't get promoted within two years of taking a...

Work flow

Does your office have an open layout, cubicles or offices? Offices – 61.5% Open layout – 46.2% Cubicles ...

City officials must create standard rules

Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is quoted in this issue of PBN saying that developers should invest in the city even if there is...
BUILDING A  BETTER BRIDGE: The Providence Viaduct before the replacement currently underway. The project began only after the structure was in very bad repair. / COURTESY  R.I. DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION

Tolling trucks needed for repairs but more work needs to be...

With their announcement last week of a plan to start tolling large commercial vehicles traveling through Rhode Island to pay for $700 million in...

Bring your own tech

Does your company require employees to bring their own device? Yes – 10.5% No – 73.7% Only for...

Govs. show common agenda

Bryant University held its 30th World Trade Day last week, and in addition to attracting more than 600 participants (making it the nation's largest...
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