Tag: Covid-19
Overdue rent growing into pandemic problem
How can a business pay its rent when the state orders it to close its doors in a pandemic?
The reality is many can’t in...
Five Questions With: Joshua Giraldo, Central Falls state representative
Joshua Giraldo | Democratic state representative, Central Falls
1. What role do you think state leaders and elected officials should play in addressing COVID-19?...
PBN coronavirus summit panel: Many do’s and don’ts in using stimulus...
Planning is crucial in business, and it has never been as difficult as it is now that the coronavirus pandemic has hammered the national...
Pandemic could alter way companies view their offices
Within a few weeks after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Rhode Island, working from home became the norm.
Suddenly, many commutes consisted of...
State must keep public updated on COVID-19 death projections
Do we really need to see more shifting projections of potential death tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic? The answer, sadly in Rhode Island’s case,...
A summer to remember or forget on Block Island?
Empty streets and boarded up businesses are common sights on Block Island during the cold winter months. That’s when the 1,000 year-round residents have...
McKay’s Furniture offering comfort in a crisis
At one time, five generations of McKays were working at McKay’s Furniture Inc.
Kerry McKay, the furniture retailer’s vice president, remembers another instance when five...
R.I.’s jobless numbers standing out
Early indicators suggest the economic shutdown created by the new coronavirus may be hitting the labor force in Rhode Island harder than in most...
Pandemic Diary: Perseverance, agility… and a bit of whiplash
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...
Back to work? Companies finding easier said than done
NEW YORK – As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some...
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