Tag: Focus
Should R.I. businesses prep for potential credit crunch?
After a tumultuous first half of 2023 for U.S. banks, many observers fear that a credit crunch is fast approaching, if it hasn’t already...
A lopsided ledger: Jobs plentiful, CPAs not
Edward F. Yazbak has been searching for five years for a younger upstart to take over his North Smithfield practice.
But the chairman of the...
32-hour workweek law? Not much support in R.I.
In an effort to find and retain workers in a tight job market, some companies have toyed with the idea of converting to a...
Westerly center is designed to build on a military background
Though decades ago, T.J. Smith still remembers the camaraderie and sense of purpose he felt during his time as a member of the Rhode...
New SBA loan rules spark debate among politicians, lenders
Impending changes at the U.S. Small Business Administration are stirring up whirlwinds of controversy – in Rhode Island and in Washington, D.C. – as...
Measure would create state-run retirement fund for small businesses
Michelle Rivera, policy director with Progreso Latino Inc., a nonprofit that does not offer retirement benefits to its employees, struggled with the process of...
Higher ed in R.I. grapples with the use of ChatGPT
When Monica Linden, a senior lecturer of neuroscience at Brown University, enlisted ChatGPT to write a portion of a class syllabus, there was some...
From design to contracts, companies embrace AI tools
Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and poems or conjure new images on command, chances are the companies...
‘Overdose hot spot’ to get R.I.’s 1st safe injection center
In Providence’s West End, behavioral health care agency CODAC Inc. serves one of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods in the opioid crisis. From 2016 to...
A piece of the action: Local college athletes trying to make...
During the hockey season, Providence College player Brett Berard was a busy man.
Not only did he power through a grueling 36-game Division I schedule,...
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