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CVS HEALTH CORP. CEO and President David Joyner has been named chairman of the company’s board of directors. / AP FILE PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER

SEC filing of the week: CVS names Joyner board chairman

Economic Activity 11/21/2025

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. CEO and President David Joyner has been named chairman of the company’s board of directors. In its filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 21, Joyner will...

SOLVING PROBLEMS: Theresa Raimondo, an assistant professor of engineering at Brown University, will be one of the faculty members taking advantage of an $11.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to research RNA for health care.  COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY/CHERIE DANIEL

Brown aims to become epicenter for RNA research

Education 11/21/2025

Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, has emerged as one of the more puzzling mysteries of modern medicine and one that Brown University researchers are untangling. RNA...

Singleton stepping down as PPAC CEO and president at end of...

Art & Culture 11/18/2025

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Performing Arts Center will have a new CEO and president next year. J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, who first joined PPAC in 1983 as its executive...

‘JUST A TOOL’: Donovan Brady, seated at far right, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit on Oct. 9. Brady and other panelists say artificial intelligence is creating opportunities for business. Also on the panel are, from left, Joyce Ofili, Amgen Inc. information systems specialist and business systems analyst; Arnell Milhouse, yconic co-founder and CEO; and Tim Henry, professor in Rhode Island College’s Computer Science and Information Technology Department. Moderating is Christopher Parisi, standing, founder of the marketing firm Trailblaze Inc.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Summit: Businesses should ‘create a sandbox’ for AI experimentation

PBN Summit 10/24/2025

When yconic co-founder and CEO Arnell Milhouse talks to companies about leveraging artificial intelligence, he commonly encounters at least some anxiety. The technology exploded in popularity...

THRIVE BEHAVIORAL Health’s board of directors on Wednesday approved Dawn Allen as permanent CEO and president, effective immediately. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Allen named permanent CEO and president of Thrive Behavioral Health

Health Services 10/15/2025

WARWICK – After seven months of leading Thrive Behavioral Health on an interim basis, Dawn Allen now has the job permanently. The community behavioral health...

SEC filing of the week: Filanowski to retire as Pangaea Solutions...

Industries 09/19/2025

NEWPORT – CEO Mark Filanowski, who has been with Pangaea Solutions Ltd. for 11 years, will retire on Jan. 1. According to the company's regulatory...

Market Basket appoints Mulligan as interim CEO

Economic Activity 09/16/2025

PROVIDENCE – Market Basket has promoted Chief Financial Officer Donald T. Mulligan to interim CEO following the firing of longtime leader Arthur T. Demoulas...

Report: Market Basket board fires CEO after mediation efforts fail

Economic Activity 09/10/2025

PROVIDENCE – Arthur T. Demoulas is out as Market Basket’s CEO and president. The supermarket company's board of directors unanimously voted Tuesday to remove Demoulas...