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UNIQUE COLLABORATION: Viana Newton, left, and Katie Bouchard are co-owners of Providence-based beauty-products manufacturer PotionPVD, which has partnered with mobile coffee company The Nitro Cart to use its coffee beans in their beauty products. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. small businesses expanding reach through local collaborations

Once the hot water streams through, most people toss spent coffee grounds in the trash – but not Audrey ­Finocchiaro. “In my personal life, and...
HEALTHSOURCE RI SAID that 1,484 individuals and families have since open enrollment for health insurance began Nov. 1. Enrollment ends Dec. 15.

HSRI: Newly insured numbers have tripled halfway to enrollment deadline

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state-based Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange, reports a record number of new people – 1,484 individuals and families,...
BRAYTON POINT POWER STATION in Somerset closed in June in 2017. / COURTESY DYNEGY INC.

Missouri company buys Brayton Point, eyes offshore wind industry

SOMERSET – A Missouri company with experience redeveloping retired power plants has agreed to buy the Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset. Commercial Development Company...
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME SALES in Rhode Island grew 8.6 percent in October, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said.

R.I. home prices in October up 12.7 percent

WARWICK – The sale of single-family homes rose in Rhode Island in October, as did the median sales price, but a steep decline in...
A STUDY CALLED The Rhode Island Project concluded that the Rhode Island Public Defender Office is understaffed by an estimated 87 full time equivalent employees. / COURTESY BLUMSHAPIRO

Report: R.I. Public Defender office significantly understaffed

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Public Defender system currently employs 49 public defenders but its workload requires a 136-person, full-time-equivalent workforce, according to The Rhode...
RHODE ISLAND'S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained the same – 4.2 percent – from September to October, / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

October sees R.I. unemployment hold steady

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained the same – 4.2 percent – from September to October, according to a Thursday release...
EAT DRINK RI's new food hall project's Kickstarter fundraising campaign was successfully funded. Above, the interior second floor of the new space at 233 West Park St. in Providence in its current state. / COURTESY EAT DRINK RI

West Park Food Hall Kickstarter campaign hits goal, gets funded

PROVIDENCE -  The Eat Drink RI LLC West Park Food Hall Kickstarter campaign has been funded, surpassing its $119,000 fundraising goal. The campaign ended...
MORTGAGE DELINQUENCY RATES in the Providence metropolitan area in August declined year over year, in line with a national trend. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/DAVID CALVERT

CoreLogic: Mortgage delinquencies in Providence metro decline in August

PROVIDENCE – In August, 5.5 percent of mortgages in the Providence metropolitan area were in 30 days or more delinquency (including foreclosure), a decline...
RHODE ISLAND RANKED No. 20 in the nation for highest total state and local expenditure in fiscal 2015. / COURTESY RIPEC

R.I. ranks No. 20 for highest public expenditures per $1K of...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 20 for the highest total state and local government expenditures per $1,000 of personal income in the “How...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Ronald K. Machtley gave the keynote speech at the 2017 Business Excellence Awards dinner. He emphasized how worthy all this year's winners were for their accomplishments. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

R.I. business community toasts PBN’s 2017 BEA winners

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News and the Rhode Island business community took time out Wednesday evening to celebrate the people and companies chosen to...
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