Tag: Amazon
Crossroads Rhode Island awarded $5M from Bezos Day One Fund to...
KAREN A. SANTILLI is the president and CEO of Crossroads Rhode Island, which recently received a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day One...
Amazon awards Durfee High School $15K for STEM education, robotics
FALL RIVER – Students at Durfee High School recently received a $15,000 grant from Amazon.com Inc., for education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,...
Are you happy or sad that Amazon.com bypassed Providence for its...
The news that Amazon.com is splitting its HQ2 program among two cities, Arlington, Va., and New York City, is big news. But will the...
Don’t charge employers for workers on welfare
Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., is all set to propose legislation that proposes to put a tax on large businesses with employees who receive benefits...
Most read stories on PBN.com, June 2018
1. 2018 40 under Forty winners chosen
POSTED ONLINE: JUNE 8. Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 14th 40 Under Forty program,...
Pinnacle Logistics to leave T.F. Green, ceasing Amazon-related shipping business at...
WARWICK – Pinnacle Logistics LLC will cease operations at T.F. Green Airport on July 31, the R.I. Airport Corp. confirmed Friday, laying off 149...
Amazon effect works in reverse as CVS investors get over fears
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp., along with rival drugstores and drug distributors, rallied after a report that Amazon.com Inc. had shelved plans to...
R.I. releases most details of Amazon HQ2 pitch
PROVIDENCE -The R.I. Commerce Corp. released its Amazon HQ2 Request For Proposals response Friday on its website, Rhode Island for Amazon.
Commerce RI redacted the amount...
Cities need more workers, not jobs
A funny thing happened after Amazon invited cities to compete for its second North American headquarters. Somehow other corporations got the idea that they...
Five Questions With: Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson, the vice president of U.S. tax policy and government relations for tax automation software company Avalara, based in Seattle, discusses a recent...
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