Tag: Pandemic
Leading with values
Les Hiscoe | Shawmut Design and Construction CEO
COVID-19 has created challenges few of us could have imagined. While the circumstances are new, Shawmut is...
A women’s summit to remember
Bryant University’s 2020 Women’s Summit will be remembered as much for persevering in the midst of a pandemic, as for the inspirational speakers and...
Lifespan, CNE will try again
Can anything positive come out of a pandemic? Leaders of Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System are willing to find out.
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Responses to pandemic, rioting fuel hope for R.I. businesses
Broken glass was strewn along downtown Providence sidewalks outside ransacked businesses. Inside and out, weary-looking owners and staff were scrambling to clean up while...
Crush COVID app raises caution flags for some
More than 35,000 people have downloaded the Crush COVID RI phone app that’s designed to make contact tracing easier during the pandemic, but critics...
State’s contact-tracing app not a serious threat to privacy rights
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo says she’s been thrilled with the early response to the state’s Crush COVID RI phone app, despite the specter of...
Embrace pandemic challenges
We’ve all heard the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” In business rarely does it ring truer than in a financial crisis.
The COVID-19...
A bright spot in the pandemic numbers
The daily COVID-19 pandemic story is one of numbers and people. The crushing daily toll is told in deaths, hospitalizations, tests, unemployment claims and...
COVID-19 deaths increase by 26 in R.I.; Raimondo unveils tracking app
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on May 19 announced the rollout of a state COVID-19 phone application that will digitally track users’ locations.
The...
Eased funeral restriction a little comfort
After nearly two months of restrictions on the size of public gatherings, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has relented somewhat for one type of gathering:...