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U.S. consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines

Economic Activity 05/27/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans' views of the economy improved in May after five straight months of declines sent consumer confidence to the lowest level...

SAVING ST. MARY’S: Under Beth Bixby’s leadership, Tides Family Services began supporting the St. Mary’s Home for Children in North Providence after details from a December 2023 investigation by the R.I. Office of the Child Advocate found “significant safety concerns and abusive living conditions,” which led to leadership changes there.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Bixby rising Tides to help area children and families

Business Services 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER SOCIAL SERVICES/NONPROFIT: Beth Bixby, Tides Family Services CEO WINDS OF CHANGE have been swirling around children’s behavioral health, particularly...

GIVING BACK: Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, CEO and president at Collette Travel Services Inc. in Pawtucket, established the Collette Foundation, a nonprofit that supports communities in need worldwide through hunger and education initiatives.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Collette’s Leibl-Cote navigates through a world of wonder, and uncertainty

Business Services 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 INDUSTRY LEADER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, Collette Travel Service Inc. CEO STAYING IN BUSINESS for more than a century in any...

SOUTHERN FLAVOR: Julia Broome started Kin Southern Table + Bar in 2021 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was laid off from her event planning position.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Kin came to her rescue

Business Women 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Julia Broome, Kin Southern Table + Bar owner ASK JULIA BROOME to name her favorite dish on her restaurant’s...

BY THE BOOK: Polaris MEP Director of Marketing Erin Read helped create a “playbook” in 2020 to assist manufacturers on how to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Polaris MEP’s Read a manufacturer’s helping hand

Business Services 05/23/2025

Business Women Awards 2025 WOMAN TO WATCH TECHNICAL SERVICES Erin Read, Polaris MEP director of marketing WHILE ATTENDING COLGATE UNIVERSITY in Hamilton, N.Y., pursuing a double major,...

Trump administration blocked from cutting billions in federal health money

Government 05/16/2025

PROVIDENCE – A U.S. District Court judge in Rhode Island granted a preliminary injunction halting the slashing of $11 billion in federal money for...

U.S. consumer confidence plummets to COVID-era low as trade war stokes...

Economic Activity 04/29/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans' confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19...

FINANCIALLY SOUND: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Chief Financial Officer Jack Blatchford oversees the organization’s annual budget of more than $4 million.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Focused on the mission and the bottom line

Industries 04/25/2025

2025 C-Suite Awards NONPROFITS/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES: Jack Blatchford Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island | Chief financial officer FOR JACK BLATCHFORD, regularly overseeing Big Brothers Big...

GOING GREEN: University Orthopedics Inc. Chief Operating Officer Michelle DeRoche recently helped create a sustainability task force at the company to help reduce its carbon footprint in various ways.  PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

University Orthopedics’ DeRoche goes above and beyond to keep community healthy

Health Services 04/25/2025

2025 C-Suite Awards ENTERPRISE PRIVATE COMPANY: Michelle DeRoche University Orthopedics Inc. | Chief operating officer IF YOU WANT to know a little something about Michelle DeRoche, just...