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SOUTHERN FLAVOR: Julia Broome started Kin Southern Table + Bar in 2021 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was laid off from her event planning position. She’s returned to that job but still runs the restaurant full time.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

When she lost her job, Kin came to the rescue

Business Women 08/02/2024

Ask Julia Broome to name her favorite dish on her restaurant’s menu, and she thinks for a moment. “It’s the crispy chicken wings in honey...

POSITIVE IMPACT: XBInsight Inc. President Kathi Graham-Leviss developed a database of thousands of jobs that predicts how successful someone will be at work.  PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Having insight in predicting job success

Business Women 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Kathi Graham-Leviss XBInsight Inc. president ANYONE WHO’S WATCHED “Succession,” the addictive saga about the mega-wealthy Roys, knows how it ends:...

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Judy Rametta, president of StarTrak Studios Inc. in Warwick, works with her husband, Jack, assembling audio and visual projects for local businesses, politicians and charity causes. PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Rametta’s job quite the production

Business Women 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Judy Rametta StarTrak Studios Inc. president JUDY RAMETTA ISN’T what you’d call a name dropper, and she wants people to know...

A SOLID FOUNDATION: Angela Conte sits with a selection of granite blocks at Structural Stone LLC, a North Kingstown quarry business owned by Conte and her husband, Donald.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Carving a niche in a rock-hard industry

Business Women 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Angela Conte Structural Stone LLC co-owner EXPLORE MANY East Coast cities, and chances are you’ll see the work of Angela...

ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS: RI Bio Executive Director Carol C. Malysz feels that building relationships within the life sciences sector leads to economic growth and everyone benefits as a result.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Malysz at RI Bio turned collaboration into a science

Business Services 05/24/2024

2024 Business Women Awards INDUSTRY LEADER | NONPROFITS: Carol C. Malysz RI Bio executive director THE LAST SEVEN YEARS leading RI Bio as its executive director have...

NOT SOLD: Lynn Blais, a nurse at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence and president of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals, is skeptical of The Centurion Foundation Inc.’s acquisition plan.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Handle with care: Fate of hospitals in balance as regulators review...

Cover Story 05/10/2024

Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. was seen as a hero a decade ago, swooping in to prop up the struggling Roger Williams Medical Center in...

AARP Rhode Island names Howlett state president

News Story 04/23/2024

PROVIDENCE – Former Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Howlett has been named state president of AARP Rhode Island, the nonprofit organization announced Tuesday. Howlett succeeds Marcus Mitchell,...

Despite FCC ban, AI-powered deep fakes loom over elections

Commentary 02/16/2024

The Federal Communications Commission this month outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence. The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans artificial voices in...

She has the insights to predict job success in terms of...

Business Services 02/02/2024

Anyone who’s watched “Succession,” the addictive saga about the mega-wealthy Roys, knows how it ends (spoiler alert): the family business doesn’t always remain in...