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  Cross-border differences in sales-tax policy create headaches
  
  January 15, 2021 6:03 am
  
  The rise of interstate e-commerce is magnifying long-standing differences in sales-tax laws among various states, forcing retailers with far-flung customers to adhere to 50...
  
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  List: Newport Restaurants
  
  January 15, 2021 12:08 am
  
  CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. The Mooring | No. of reviews: 1,756 2. The Red Parrot Restaurant | No. of reviews: 969 3. 22 Bowen’s...
  
  Lists
  
  List: Providence Restaurants
  
  January 15, 2021 12:02 am
  
  CLOSER LOOK: Re-ranked by number of reviews: 1. Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar | No. of reviews: 740 2. Gracie’s | No. of reviews: 661 3. Massimo...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Pandemic, progressives, new House leadership could put twist on...
  
  January 8, 2021 4:00 am
  
  The 2021 legislative session is shaping up to be another severe departure from the norm, with a temporary change of venue for both chambers,...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Banks on higher alert for credit weakness
  
  January 8, 2021 3:51 am
  
  In his 50 years as a customer of The Washington Trust Co., John Bellone has never deferred a loan payment. Not through the 2008...
  
  Entrepreneurship
  
  Everybody’s Business: Finding value in shared connections
  
  January 8, 2021 3:20 am
  
  (Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Seize the moment
  
  January 8, 2021 3:10 am
  
  Ross Gittell | Bryant University president More than 4,000 institutions of higher education in the United States serve approximately 20 million students and this year...
  
  Editorial and Op-Ed
  
  Block Island tourism surprises
  
  January 8, 2021 2:38 am
  
  Amid the widespread economic carnage wrought by the pandemic in 2020, somehow tiny Block Island and its tourist-dependent businesses emerged to fight another day. “No...
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  25% of vaccine doses have been received by Rhode...
  
  January 18, 2021 8:18 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders who are anxiously awaiting vaccination against the COVID-19 virus will now have a better idea of who has been getting...
  
  Health Services
  
  Report: Average nurse salary in R.I. 43.8% higher than...
  
  January 18, 2021 3:11 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The average wage of a nurse in Rhode Island was 43.8% higher than the average salary of all occupations in the state,...
  
  Health Services
  
  CNE expands women’s health, addiction and weight loss treatment...
  
  January 17, 2021 10:45 pm
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Care New England Health System is expanding its South County presence by offering more services, including behavioral and women’s health care...
  
  Health Services
  
  Five Questions With: Mark Cooper
  
  January 17, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  In September, Mark Cooper was named vice president of Medicare-Medicaid Product at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island after working for nearly 20 years...
  
  Health Services
  
  Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
  
  January 17, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...
Education
- Coronavirus
  
  URI’s annual Food System Summit to focus on COVID-19...
  
  January 18, 2021 11:17 am
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island’s fifth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit will focus on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food...
  
  Education
  
  RIC $76K-per-week consultant contract terminated
  
  January 14, 2021 10:53 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The state has terminated a $76,000-per-week contract granted to a consulting firm that was providing financial analysis and recommendations to Rhode Island...
  
  Education
  
  Fuller named UMass Dartmouth’s interim chancellor
  
  January 12, 2021 2:25 pm
  
  DARTMOUTH – Mark Fuller, currently the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s vice chancellor for advancement and former dean of the university’s Isenberg School of Management,...
  
  Coronavirus
  
  Rhode Island School of Design cancels 2021 in-person commencement;...
  
  January 11, 2021 3:58 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it is canceling its in-person commencement for the Class of 2021 and will...
  
  Education
  
  Consultant hired for RIC review at the rate of...
  
  January 11, 2021 12:30 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – The state has hired Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services LLC to provide analysis and recommendations related to programmatic, operational and financial improvements...
Real Estate
- Health Services
  
  Lifespan’s third urgent care center opens in Providence
  
  January 17, 2021 10:20 pm
  
  PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s newest urgent care center is now open in the city. The facility, located in the former Benny’s store at 66...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Median price of single-family home in R.I. rises to...
  
  January 15, 2021 10:55 am
  
  PROVIDENCE – The median price of a single family home in Rhode Island in 2020 was $319,900, a rise of 12.3% year over year,...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Brown Medicine expands into Class A space in Smithfield
  
  January 15, 2021 6:28 am
  
  SMITHFIELD – Brown Medicine, a nonprofit primary care and subspecialty medical group practice, will expand this spring into a newly renovated facility in the...
  
  Real Estate
  
  South Kingstown colonial sells for $1.1M
  
  January 15, 2021 6:28 am
  
  SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A historical home on 4.7 acres has sold for $1.1 million, according to Residential Properties Ltd., which represented both buyers and...
  
  Real Estate
  
  Five Questions With: Jennifer Hawkins
  
  January 13, 2021 10:30 pm
  
  Jennifer Hawkins, the executive director of ONE Neighborhood Builders, a community-development organization in Providence, spoke to Providence Business News recently about the Central Providence...
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SLATER TECHNOLOGY FUND has closed on a special purpose vehicle for the company HappyNest Inc., bringing private investment to the company.

Slater fund closes on private investment vehicle for HappyNest

Economic Activity May 19, 2020 1:02 pm

PROVIDENCE – Slater Technology Fund on Monday said it closed on a special-purpose vehicle for HappyNest Inc., a technology-enabled laundry pickup and delivery service. The...

Slater Technology Fund to invest in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals

Health Services May 15, 2020 12:00 am

PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund, along with private angel investors, will invest up to $600,000 in Alcinous Pharmaceuticals, the nonprofit seed fund announced...

Thorne Sparkman joined Slater in 2000 as executive director of what was then known as the Slater Center for Interactive Technologies. He focuses on the earliest stage of company creation, including working with university-based teams commercializing research. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

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Business Services February 14, 2020 2:51 am

Thorne Sparkman | Slater Technology Fund managing director As a seed-stage investor, I spend countless hours discovering and courting entrepreneurs, because the founders of today’s...

Piranha Pond pitch contest set for Nov. 13 at UMassD...

Technology November 5, 2019 10:45 pm

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the South Coast Entrepreneurs Collaborative will host a Piranha Pond pitch...

OPEN HOUSE: Sebastian Sheng, left, a first-year graduate student in PRIME, or program in innovation management and entrepreneurship at Brown University, speaks with, from left, Brown sophomores Isamella Espinosa, international relations major; Olivia Tulkoff, public policy major; and Jack Schaeffer, applied math and economics major, at the university’s Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship during an open house to kick off the fall semester.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. has a robust entrepreneurial community, but can it do more...

Cover Story September 27, 2019 4:00 am

For a small state, Rhode Island punches above its weight when it comes to producing promising startups and organizations that help nurture and fund...

SLATER TECHNOLOGY FUND has invested $250,000 in HappyNest, an East Greenwich-based company providing digital services and consumer-facing offerings in the laundry-as-service market.

Slater funds East Greenwich laundry delivery startup

Entrepreneurship August 21, 2019 9:43 am

EAST GREENWICH – The Slater Technology Fund has invested $250,000 in HappyNest Inc., a laundry-as-service company headquartered in East Greenwich, the fund announced this...

Slater Technology Fund invests in Providence ‘e-learning’ startup

Financial Services August 19, 2019 10:10 pm

PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund, a local nonprofit seed fund for business ventures, has invested $25,000 in GoPeer, a Providence-based “e-learning” startup, as...

Five Questions With: Thorne Sparkman

Financial Services July 8, 2019 10:30 pm

Thorne Sparkman is the managing director of Providence-based Slater Technology Fund, Rhode Island’s largest venture capital fund, where he is responsible for the firm’s...

Slater Technology Fund announces new board members, chair

Technology April 2, 2019 10:20 pm

PROVIDENCE – Slater Technology Fund, the state’s oldest seed-stage investment fund, has added Robert Maccini and Christopher Graham to its board of directors and...

4 R.I. companies chosen for 2018 Cleantech Open Northeast accelerator program

Entrepreneurship June 18, 2018 1:09 pm

PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island companies were selected for the 2018 Cleantech Open Northeast accelerator program and had their application costs and fees underwritten...

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