Tag: Covid-19
Tiffany & Co. reports $64.6M loss in Q1
PROVIDENCE – Tiffany & Co. reported a loss of $64.6 million in its fiscal first quarter, ended April 30, or 53 cents per diluted...
Supplement to fiscal 2020 state budget could be considered next week
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. General Assembly may consider a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year next week, according to a press statement. The...
R.I. to test asymptomatic residents for COVID-19; state sees smallest increase...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will be looking to test 900 asymptomatic residents per day in the next rollout of testing, announced Gov. Gina M. Raimondo...
COVID-19 UI filings show signs of slowing
PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-related unemployment insurance filings increased by 223 on Sunday, to 167,904, the R.I. Department of Labor said Monday. The increase was the...
Five Questions With: Brian Mackintosh
Brian Mackintosh was appointed chief actuary at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island in early May. He returns to the company, where...
Thundermist’s respiratory clinics now offer COVID-19 testing
WOONSOCKET – Thundermist Health Center has expanded its respiratory clinics outside its Woonsocket clinics to include COVID-19 testing.
Appointments are required for testing walk-up and...
Raimondo extends COVID-19 executive orders; R.I. sees 16 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – While the state of Rhode Island wraps up its first work week of Phase II of reopening the economy, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo...
COVID-19 UI filings rise by 532
PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-related unemployment insurance claims increased by 532 on Thursday, to 166,535, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.
Pandemic unemployment assistance...
Should newspapers be rescued by the government?
Newspaper publisher John Howell didn’t think he would ever have to lay himself off.
But when COVID-19 hit the United States, that’s exactly what he...
Office alterations: Pandemic reshaping the workplace as employees begin returning
The community candy dish in the office is gone. So is the team lunch, the over-the-desk conversation and people rushing into a crowded elevator.
As...
