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PBN takes 9 awards in R.I. Press annual contest for 2018...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Nine pieces of Providence Business News’ work in 2018 were recognized in the annual Rhode Island Press Association journalism contest, held...
Sampson humble in accepting top C-Suite Award
PROVIDENCE – Arthur Sampson started working at a hospital when he was a teenager, and he has never left. The member of Lifespan’s CEO’s...
I-195 commission considers 5 proposals for Parcel 28
PROVIDENCE — Five developers are competing for a single property in the I-195 Redevelopment District, and their concepts of what a new building could...
Lifespan announces opposition campaign aimed at Partners’ CNE acquisition
Updated, 10:50 a.m., April 25 and 8:40 p.m., April 24
PROVIDENCE - Citing a list of worries ranging from higher health care costs to patients,...
Hasbro reports $26.7M profit in Q1
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. reported a profit of $26.7 million in the first quarter of 2019, a reversal from a $112.5 million loss in...
WashTrust reports 8% profit growth
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co.’s parent company reported Monday a 7.9% increase in net income in the first quarter from a year earlier....
PBN announces 2019 Business Women Awards honorees
PROVIDENCE – Molly Donohue Magee, executive director of Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance, has been named the 2019 Career Achiever, and Kimberly Silvestri,...
Unemployment ticks down in March, along with jobs
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 3.8% in March, a 0.4 percentage-point decline year over year and level with the...
R.I. ranks in middle of the pack in Bloomberg Innovation Index
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 23 on the Bloomberg 2019 U.S. Innovation Index released this week. The organization said that Rhode Island had...
CVS pays $535K in civil penalties over alleged filling of invalid...
PROVIDENCE – CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $535,000 to resolve federal allegations that the company’s retail stores violated...
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