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­Christopher Niezreck

$2B buyoff to cancel offshore wind is bad deal

The U.S. is in a bizarre situation in 2026: It’s facing a looming energy shortage, yet the Trump administration is making deals to pay...
Ted Williams was named president of North Kingstown-based Senesco Marine LLC in 2021. He previously served as construction manager for General Dynamics Electric Boat. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

To lead, adapt

Ted Williams | Senesco Marine LLC president The evolution of any business is both exciting and daunting. Leaders are often faced with a fundamental...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: We’ve entered the AI era of ‘Great Acceleration’

(Editor’s note: This is the 44th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...

U.S. adds surprising 13K jobs last month yet revisions cut hundreds...

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. The unemployment...

Retail sales unchanged in December from November, closing out year on...

NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers pulled back the pace of their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the...

Some companies tie AI to layoffs, but the reality is more...

The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn’t a failure to...
SIGNS OF THE TIMES? People opposed to a data center proposal at the former Pennhurst state hospital grounds in Spring City, Pa., brought signs to express their opposition to the plan at an East Vincent Township supervisors meeting on Dec. 17.  
AP FILE PHOTO/MARC LEVY

Opposition is building against expanding plans for data centers

Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly losing...

Mid-course corrections can pay off

Scottie Scheffler struggled on the front nine of the final round of the PGA Championship. His three-shot lead after 54 holes was gone, and...
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The entrance of the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Johnston. The 3.8 million-square-foot building has left its mark on the town. 
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AMAZON.COM INC.

THE ‘AMAZON EFFECT’: Warehouse looms over Johnston, but will it fulfill...

Making way for Amazon.com Inc. has been no easy feat for the town of Johnston since the e-commerce giant opened a 3.8 million-square-foot fulfillment...

Amazon spends $1B to increase pay and lower health care costs...

NEW YORK (AP) – Amazon says it's making a $1 billion investment to raise wages and lower the cost of health care plans for...
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