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McKee: R.I. small-business owners need to stay the course amid federal...

Business Services 02/10/2025

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday urged Rhode Island's small-business owners to stay the course and strategize amid the current federal funding...

ALEX GORSKY, the former chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, was named lead director of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Cumberland. / COURTESY OF NEUROTECH PHARAACEUTICALS INC.

Ex-J&J CEO named lead director of R.I.-based Neurotech Pharmaceuticals

Economic Activity 09/13/2023

CUMBERLAND – Alex Gorsky, the former chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, was named lead director of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., the biotech company...

DESPITE RELEASING A STATEMENT in August about the need of corporations to redefine their purposes from only delivering value to shareholders to taking into account all stakeholders, members of the Business Roundtable who signed the pledge who were contacted by Bloomberg News said that they were already operating in the new way, so they did not really see a need to change how they do business. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRIS RATCLIFFE

The new capitalism is looking a lot like the old capitalism

People 09/20/2019

NEW YORK – The Business Roundtable caused a stir last month by declaring the purpose of a corporation isn’t merely to generate returns for shareholders...

JPMorgan’s Dimon among CEOs rejecting investor-centric model

Economic Activity 08/19/2019

NEW YORK – Jamie Dimon and other leaders at some of the world’s largest companies said they plan to abandon the long-held view that...

TRADE SUPPORTED 128,100 jobs in Rhode Island in 2017, according to a new report from The Business Roundtable. / COURTESY BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Report: Trade supports 128K jobs in R.I.

Economic Activity 04/30/2019

PROVIDENCE – International trade in Rhode Island supported 128,100 jobs in 2017, according to a Business Roundtable report released this week. The report said that...

BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE'S CEO Economic Outlook Index fell 9.2 points to 95.2 in the first quarter, the lowest since the third quarter of 2017. / COURTESY BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

U.S. CEO optimism cools as global uncertainty dims outlook

Economic Activity 03/20/2019

NEW YORK - Optimism among CEOs of large United States companies cooled for a fourth straight quarter amid greater uncertainty about global economic growth,...

Business community sees many positives in R.I., but needs persist

Economy 12/28/2018

If only the business community were able to spend more time on Smith Hill doing what it did for the cover story of this...

ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE and Trade Partnership Worldwide, the elimination of NAFTA without a trade agreement replacement would impact the local and U.S. economy severely. / COURTESY BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Report: Ending NAFTA would hurt R.I. economy

Economic Activity 01/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – Eliminating the North American Free Trade agreement without a replacement would have a significant negative impact on the Rhode Island economy, according...