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THE CURRENT CONDISTION INDEX, compiled by URI economist Leonard Lardaro, reflected a value of 67 in September. A value above 50 reflects growth. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

September CCI holds at 67

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Calling the third quarter of 2018 “disappointing at best,” University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro’s Current Conditions Index report measured...
The aerial view of the proposed Fane Organization's Hope Point Tower./COURTESY THE FANE ORGANIZATION.

Hope Point Tower moves forward to Providence City Council

PROVIDENCE — The Fane Organization’s proposed residential tower in Providence moved forward to City Council consideration Thursday with a recommendation for approval. The vote by...
BROWN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Christina H. Paxson addresses the crowd at PBN's 18th Business Excellence Awards program, held Wednesday evening at the Omni Hotel Providence. Paxson received the program's top honor for Business Leadership. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Paxson, Babineau lead honorees at PBN 2018 Business Excellence Awards

PROVIDENCE – With more than 225 of the region’s business leaders in attendance, Brown University President Christina H. Paxson and Lifespan President and CEO...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO has won reelection in the gubernatorial race in Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO


Raimondo and Elorza re-elected by wide margins, R.I. voters approve all...

PROVIDENCE – Voters returned both Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza to second terms on Tuesday by wide margins, according to preliminary...
CVS HEALTH reported a net income of $1.4 billion in the third quarter of 2018 and noted that it expected the Aetna acquisition to be completed by Thanksgiving. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS reports $1.4B Q3 profit, expects to close Aetna deal by...

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. posted net income of $1.4 billion in the third quarter of 2018, an 8.2 percent increase year over year,...
PROVANT HEALTH filed a notice with the R.I. Department of Labor and Training that it was laying off 94 workers and closing, following a previous announcement that the Kansas-based company had declared bankruptcy and had been acquired by a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Provant Health to lay off 92 workers, close following acquisition

WARWICK – Hooper Holmes Inc., doing business as Provant Health, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice, or WARN, with the R.I. Department of...
WORK IS SET to advance on the 6-10 Connector Interchange project starting Nov. 9, resulting in multiple traffic pattern shifts that will last from months to years, with the entire project expected to be complete by the fall of 2023. In a photo taken in the summer of 2015, on one of the bridges of the interchange, just south of Westminster Street, temporary braces put in by the R.I. Department of Transportation 15 years ago were showing signs of deterioration. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

6-10 Connector Interchange work advances on Nov. 9; RIDOT sees delays

PROVIDENCE – Work on the 6-10 Connector Interchange reconstruction will advance starting Friday Nov. 9, which will result in traffic pattern changes, the R.I....
THE FORMER carriage house for the Wildacre estate has sold for $7 million. / COURTESY TERI DEGNAN REAL ESTATE & CONSULTING LTD.

Newport carriage house sold for $7M

NEWPORT – A former carriage house for a grand estate in Newport has sold for $6.99 million, according to Teri Degnan Real Estate &...
RHODE ISLAND SINGLE-FAMILY home sales declined 6.7 percent in the third quarter while the median price increased 3.8 percent year over year. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

R.I. Q3 single-family home prices increase 3.8% even as sales drop

PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single-family home in the third quarter increased 3.8 percent year over year in Rhode Island to $275,000,...
ATTENDEES LISTEN to the first of two PBN Health Care Summit Panels Tuesday. / PBN PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

PBN Health Care Summit: Waste remains, ACA stability threatened

WARWICK — Health care waste remains a challenge and opioid overdose care needs long-term direction, while federally induced instability continues to threaten Affordable Care...
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