Tag: Covid-19
Goldman Sachs survey: Small businesses lack funding to operate in the...
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...
Block Island enacts shelter in place, quarantines and limits local commerce...
NEW SHOREHAM – Block Island is limiting local commerce and travel, while calling for everyone on the island to shelter in place, as a...
Citizens Bank commits $5M to local communities, small businesses for COVID-19...
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank has made available $5 million in commitments to support businesses and communities affected by COVID-19, the bank announced Tuesday.
The funds...
COVID-19-related unemployment rises to 45,669 in R.I.
PROVIDENCE — Unemployment in Rhode Island related to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting business, school and university closures has reached nearly 46,000, according to...
Five Questions With: Michael Ice
Michael Ice is a senior finance lecturer at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Business Administration with more than 30 years of experience...
What bank customers need to know: COVID-19 edition
PROVIDENCE – From reducing branch hours to deferring loan payments, banks across the state and the country are changing practices and policies in response...
PBN Rhode Island COVID-19 Resource Guide
The coronavirus pandemic has spread around the globe, leaving local governments searching for answers and people scrambling for resources. The daily routine of doing...
PBN shifts to digital weekly edition amid COVID-19 threat
PROVIDENCE – Starting this week, Providence Business News is pausing the printing of its physical print product and will publish its weekly paper online...
Gov. Baker orders nonessential businesses closed over virus
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker ordered all nonessential businesses to close by Tuesday afternoon and remain closed until at least April 7...
CVS plans to hire 50K, add benefits for employees during COVID-19...
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. plans to hire 50,000 full-time, part-time and temporary employees in the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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