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A strength test for gym contracts

The COVID-19 pandemic is fraying relations between fitness clubs, many of which are suffering financially, and some members who are enduring struggles of their...
AT THE READY: Julia Tiberi, CVS pharmacy manager in Cumberland, prepares a dose of the flu vaccine. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Flu season made more complex by COVID-19

State health officials and health care providers are bracing for a flu season that may further test a Rhode Island health care system already...
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What’s your plan for 2021?

While the short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the business world are unquestionable, it is still unclear how the adjustments implemented in recent months will...
RAW SHORTAGE? A worker at Outdoor Research in Seattle handles filter material for face masks the company produces. A key challenge for N95 mask manufacturers racing to meet spiking demand is scarcity of meltblown textile. / OUTDOOR RESEARCH VIA AP/GERARDO VILLALOBOS

Scarcity of raw material squeezes N95 mask makers

FRESNO, Calif. – White House officials say U.S. hospitals have all the medical supplies needed to battle the deadly virus, but front-line workers, hospital...

Changing places

Has the pandemic caused your company to move any of its operation outside of its normal workspace? Yes: 70% No: 30% What part of your company has...
PLENTY OF ROOM: Tucker Quinn, a political science major from Warwick, studies alone at the Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick recently. Not many students are attending in-person classes in the fall semester. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Online classes don’t mean smaller tuition bill

The cost of a college education is going up through COVID-19, and the bills paid by parents or students this fall will likely reflect...

Eviction stay fails to appease many

An eviction moratorium is available through the end of the year for residential tenants who file a simple declaration with their landlord, thanks to...

Lifespan, CNE must prove merger’s worth

If persistence were always rewarded, then Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System would see their planned merger win quick approval by the...

Fixes possible for U.S. manufacturing sector

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed deficiencies in the U.S. manufacturing sector’s ability to provide necessary products. With heavy reliance on global supply chains and foreign...
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: PB Bistro & Bar had been setting up tables on the sidewalk on Main Street in East Greenwich, but on Labor Day weekend the restaurant and others were allowed to move the tables to the closed street. / COURTESY PB BISTRO & BAR

Restaurants are weathering the worst

This summer was like no other. Across the country, sections of cities and towns were transformed into terraces and piazzas where restaurant tables migrated...
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