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EMPTY FEELING: Kristen Adamo, CEO and president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, stands in a barren lobby at the Crown Plaza Providence-Warwick in Warwick. Cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic have dealt the hospitality sector a severe blow. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Many R.I. hotels have checked out for now

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

It’s early spring, a time when people normally are planning their summer vacations. But 2020 isn’t normal, for reasons that have become distressingly obvious to...

PRIME LOCATION: The Newport Country Club is scheduled to host the U.S. Senior Open golf championship from June 25-28. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

For Senior Open, organizers trying to take right course of action

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

Planning for the 2020 U.S. Senior Open started at least 2½ years ago, when the U.S. Golf Association announced that it would hold the...

IDLE EQUIPMENT: Joan Sousa, XRA Medical Imaging director of operations, stands near one of the imaging machines at the company’s Cranston location. XRA Medical Imaging has seen a big decline in patient volume, which has led to layoffs. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Once healthy R.I. companies suddenly facing painful choices

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

On March 13, XRA Medical Imaging was recruiting radiologists, secretaries and technicians to fill job openings at its Rhode Island locations. Seven days later, things...

CREATIVE WORKOUT: Trey Evans takes part in an online yoga class using his laptop and headphones at Eleanor Tinsley Park near downtown Houston on March 24. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID J. PHILLIP

Thinking outside the gym during coronavirus

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

Steve LaTart in Minnesota is thinking of installing a space heater in his basement to re-create the atmosphere of his hot yoga classes now...

Global solution the best way to end crisis

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

Policymakers in countries where there are severe outbreaks of COVID-19 are doing what they can to slow the spread and “flatten the curve.” But...

Goldman Sachs survey: Small businesses lack funding to operate in the...

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

PROVIDENCE – Half of U.S. small-business owners don’t have enough money to operate for more than three months in the current economic climate caused...

Legislators eyeing short-term borrowing to cover delayed revenues

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

PROVIDENCE – The closure of restaurants, bars, hotels, casinos and other businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic will result in less sales tax and income...

Job Lot buys $250K worth of cleaning supplies for health, government...

Coronavirus 03/27/2020

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot has donated $250,000 to buy masks, gloves, eye protection and cleaning supplies for health care and government...

Managing the pandemic

Executive Poll 03/27/2020

Does your company allow its employees to work remotely? Yes: 100% No: 0% What percentage of your employees are working from home during the height of the...