Tag: Covid-19
Blue Cross launches COVID-19 risk dashboard
PROVIDENCE – A new public health dashboard created by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is helping the insurer and health care...
R.I. COVID cases rise by 119, with 1 more death
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 119 on Thursday, according to the R.I. Department of Health Friday afternoon.
Cases have totaled 24,181 to date,...
PBN survey: Most R.I. businesses foresee recovery from pandemic within a...
Despite the economic devastation inflicted by COVID-19, Rhode Island businesspeople remain optimistic that the worst is over and their businesses can only improve in...
Positive outlook needed for small-business recovery
Throughout the 13-year history of PBN’s biannual business survey, owners have tended to be more positive about the future of their own companies than...
Housing gap widens in R.I.
Every down economy has winners, and right now luxury homebuilders in Rhode Island have all the work they can handle.
It was not that way...
Luxury projects keeping homebuilders busy
Homebuilder Mark Horan has never seen it so good.
Limited inventory of existing homes, low interest rates and new trends that have grown out of...
Five Questions With Nina Pande
Nina Pande | Executive director, Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
1. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is partnering with the state on its new workforce-training...
Dining Out: The hurdles keep coming
Restaurants are complex places. There are legal and fire codes, health and safety requirements, municipal and state inspections, regulations and licensing, year in and...
Newfound appreciation for pianos fuels sales surge at Avery amid pandemic
Avery Piano Co. has been a fixture in Richard Hundley’s life since childhood.
After his family immigrated to Rhode Island from Burma, Hundley made frequent...
4 basic business survival skills
No one in business was prepared for what happened when the coronavirus invaded the U.S. Overnight, it literally upended the nation’s economy, leaving American...
















