R.I. home prices climb again in August amid slowing sales
WARWICK – The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in August, rising 3.9% year over year, while sales...
Bristol County, Mass., median home sale prices rise 9.4% in August...
PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes in Bristol County, Mass., sold in August was $465,000, a 9.4% increase over the same month...
Many banks consolidating jobs as economy shifts
While restaurants and retailers were laying off their workers at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, banks embarked on a hiring spree in the...
‘Get AMP-ed up!’: Convention Center Authority welcomes new arena name
PROVIDENCE – Amica Mutual Insurance Co., as well as prominent state officials and sports representatives, hope fans and event attendees get “AMP-ed” up as...
Rubius to lay off about 70 R.I. employees, considering sale of...
SMITHFIELD – Rubius Therapeutics plans to lay off 75% of its workforce, including about 70 of its 101 employees in Rhode Island, and is...
Forbes lists Patriots as world’s 2nd most valuable sports franchise
PROVIDENCE – The overall value of the New England Patriots franchise has grown, even though the team's winning ways are getting further in the...
R.I.’s top tech officer leaves job
PROVIDENCE – The state's head information technology and digital services official, Bijay Kumar, has departed his position after five years.
As Rhode Island's chief information...
Should nonprofits actively seek cryptocurrency donations?
Always in search of new donation sources, Rhode Island nonprofits are beginning to dip their toes into cryptocurrency.
Providence Business News recently reported that The...
Gubernatorial candidates talk taxes, blue economy at business forum
WARWICK – A week before the Sept. 13 gubernatorial primaries, a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce survey showed that 70% of those polled already...
Driver’s license restoration program announced in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, along with city and state officials, Wednesday announced a two-year driver’s license restoration program for city residents.
The program...
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