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CVS HEALTH CORP. HAS REACHED A DEAL to acquire Aetna Inc. for $69 billion. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS Health, Aetna plan to offer lower cost, managed health care

WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp.’s $77 billion merger with Aetna Inc. would combine analytics and community-centered care in the patient-centered health model in 10,000...
DEMING SHERMAN is the court appointed special master managing Rhode Island’s resolution of continuing software and management problems with the Unified Health Infrastructure Project computer system. /PBN FILE PHOTO

Special Master: UHIP backlog ‘substantially eliminated,’ more work remains

PROVIDENCE — Deming Sherman, special master managing Rhode Island’s resolution of continuing software and management problems with the Unified Health Infrastructure Project computer system,...
The Carpionato Group LLC has pledged to redevelop 14 of the Benny's locations in Rhode Island by Christmas 2018./COURTESY CARPIONATO GROUP

Carpionato Group plans $100M redevelopment of Benny’s locations

JOHNSTON – Carpionato Group LLC, which has agreed to purchase 29 Benny’s locations, announced Thursday it will redevelop the sites, giving first priority to...
AIR CANADA is re-establishing a flight between Toronto and T.F. Green Airport starting in May 2018. / COURTESY AIR CANADA

Air Canada returning to T.F. Green with direct flight to Toronto

WARWICK – Air Canada announced Wednesday it would be establishing a daily flight between Toronto and T.F. Green Airport. The company announced several new transborder...
Twin River Tiverton Casino, which has been under construction this year, is now expected to cost $140 million./COURTESY TWIN RIVER MANAGEMENT GROUP

Twin River Tiverton Casino doubles project cost to $140M, economic impact...

TIVERTON – A doubling of the project cost for the Twin River Tiverton Casino has prompted the casino owner to update the anticipated economic...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO announced Monday that information technology giant Infosys has committed to creating a Design and Innovation Hub in Providence, with the expectation that the company will have 500 employees in the Ocean State by 2020. / PBN PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Infosys bringing 500 jobs to R.I.

Updated at Noon, Nov. 27 PROVIDENCE – Infosys Ltd., the India-based technology services and consulting giant, with nearly 200,000 employees across the globe, is building...
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...
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