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Former office manager, son charged in scheme to defraud Pawtucket dermatologist

Government 12/15/2022

PAWTUCKET – A former office manager for a dermatologist’s office and her son face federal charges in connection of defrauding the practice of $490,000,...

A PANEL DISCUSSION at Providence Business News’ Diversity and Inclusion Summit and Awards event on Wednesday is led by Kevin Matta, center, human resources chief and diversity officer with the Amos House in Providence and board vice president of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals. With him, from left, is Angela B. Ankoma, vice president of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative; Shameen Awan, vice president of talent management and DE&I assistant vice president at Amica Insurance Co.; Doris De Los Santos, manager of the supplier diversity program at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Ken Gladney, executive director and manager of diversity, assets and wealth management at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Shaweta Pandey, executive director of strategic diversity management at CVS Health Corp.; and Monika Soban, director of manufacturing and diversity, inclusion and belonging site lead at Amgen Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Summit: Diversity, equity and inclusion talk needs to lead to...

Leadership 12/01/2022

WARWICK – Business and nonprofit leaders in Rhode Island and beyond realize that targeted efforts to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in culture and...

AT HER EXPENSE: It’s been three years since Barbara Baker was diagnosed with colon cancer. While her treatment was successful, it has cost her thousands of dollars and counting. / PBN PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

Cancer patients finding costs are overwhelming

Health Matters 11/20/2020

Barbara Baker went to Rhode Island Hospital in 2017 for a routine colonoscopy and was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer. “I had to put...

BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD of Rhode Island CEO and President Kim Keck has announced $11 million in additional relief for members and commerial customers due to economic uncertainty during COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Blue Cross announces $11M additional relief for commercial customers, members

Coronavirus 08/20/2020

PROVIDENCE - Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced on Thursday that it will provide an additional $11 million in medical and...

SIX ORGANIZATIONS and one individual were honored at the PBN Diversity & Inclusion Summit & Awards Program in Warwick on Thursday. The program included a panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in the workplace. / PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

PBN summit: Diversity, inclusion go far beyond hiring practices

PBN Award Winners 12/05/2019

WARWICK – In the business world, diversity and inclusion mean more than simply hiring more people of color and women. It’s about creating pathways...

City, retirees projected to save $700K by switching drug plan to...

Government 10/12/2018

FALL RIVER – The city and its retirees are projected to save approximately $700,000 over the next two years by switching a drug insurance...

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SEEKING CLIENTS: Robert Wheeler, co-owner of Friends of Toto Inc., a dog day care and grooming business in Pawtucket, spent $400,000 to double his business space to accommodate growing customer demand but now he must find additional customers to cover the construction costs of expansion. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Preppin’ for RECESSION. PBN survey: Talk of a coming downturn is...

02/03/2023

FAMILY MEETING: Andrew Torrado, left, and Luis C. Torrado, second from left, speak with their father, Luis A. Torrado, president of L. A. Torrado Architects Inc. in Providence. Torrado’s sons are project managers at the company. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

An architect with designs on boosting minority firms

02/03/2023

MORE EFFORT NEEDED: Rhode Island needs better infrastructure, more housing and more effort to foster emerging industries, according to panelists at Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit on Jan. 26, which included from left: keynote speaker Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at New York City-based Strategas Research Partners; Karl Wadensten, CEO and president of VIBCO Inc.; Peter Phillips, chief investment officer at Washington Trust Wealth Management; Julietta Georgakis, chief of staff for the R.I. Executive Office of Commerce; and Kevin Casey, vice president of sales at Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: With recession looming, R.I. economy faces big test

02/03/2023

JOB MARKET SHIFTS: The ratio of job openings to unemployed people stood at nearly 2 to 1 near the end of 2022, a big difference from the ratio two years earlier at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.  COURTESY STRATEGAS RESEARCH PARTNERS

Economist at PBN summit: Job market remains crucial question mark

02/03/2023

Many ignore R.I.’s Airbnb registry, at least in Newport

02/03/2023

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MARC B. PARLANGE, center, president of the University of Rhode Island, answers questions from Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce President Laurie White, left, and URI Provost Barbara Wolfe during Wednesday's State of the University event. / SCREENSHOT VIA YOUTUBE

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