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Executive Poll
My space
What kind of decorations do you have at your workspace? (Select multiple)
Family pictures: 100%
Plants: 62.5%
Sports memorabilia: 37.5%
Other: 25%
Desk fans: 6.3%
Plush items: 0%
I don’t decorate...
The Week’s Poll
Focus
![2018 average tuition and fees for
New England colleges and universities
[prices do not include room and board] / Source: Collegetuitioncompare.com](https://assets.pbn.com/uploads/2018/09/0914tuitionchart-1-150x150.jpg "Schools boost fundraising to slow rising student costs")
Schools boost fundraising to slow rising student costs
Each year, college gets more expensive. Tuition and other costs have continued to escalate, reports show, prompting ever-higher levels of governmental and institutional financial...
One Last Thing
Expand your business with purpose
Michael Nula | Elite Physical Therapy founder and CEOSince our founding, we have stuck to five key commitments that have kept our balance, focus...
Something New
At GoPeer, students do the teaching
An educational technology business that launched recently in Providence follows a simple premise: students learn best from other students.GoPeer LLC provides the platform that...
Editorial & Op Ed
It's Personal
A retirement plan pitfall
As competition for employees increases in our tightening labor market, companies are looking harder for ways to attract and retain workers. Providing a retirement...
Solares-Hand named director of operations for Providence
SABRINA SOLARES-HAND recently became Providence’s new director of operations. Prior to working for the city as its associate director for purchasing beginning in July...
Strategies for getting unstuck
Three men were in a pickup truck driving in the woods when they got stuck in the mud. The driver became angry and began...
Government work out of fashion
While overall U.S. nonfarm payroll employment went up by 201,000 in August, according to the Sept. 7 jobs report from the Bureau of Labor...
News Briefs
Business Best-sellers
Business Best-Sellers Sept. 14, 2018
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas. Giridharadas, a former New York Times columnist, shows readers how the...
What's Happening
Editor’s Choice: Community Connections fundraiser to benefit individuals with disabilities
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Walk-a-thon to benefit individuals with disabilities COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC. will hold its 11th annual Walk-a-thon & Family Fun Day to bring awareness...
People on the Move
BankNewport Announces Business Banking Group Appointment
BankNewport has expanded its Business Banking Group with the hiring of a new vice president, business development officer, Antonio DeSimone. He will be responsible...
BankNewport Names Branch Sales Manager
BankNewport President and CEO, Sandra J. Pattie recently announced the appointment of Ronald P. Greenwood to vice president, branch sales manager of the Bank’s...
BankNewport Announces Business Banking Group Appointment
BankNewport has expanded its Business Banking Group with the hiring of a new vice president, business development officer, Steven Carneiro. He will be responsible...
Press Releases
Bryant Garners Top Rankings for Exceptional Teaching, Student Success, and Outcomes
SMITHFIELD, RI – Bryant University’s academic excellence and transformative education excel in a number of recently released national rankings that highlight teaching excellence and...
PowerDocks LLC participates in Teledyne Marine Systems of Systems Approach to Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures...
NEWPORT, R.I., September 7th, 2018 — Rhode Island based Marine Technology firm PowerDocks joined Teledyne Marine Systems of Systems Approach to Underwater Mine Countermeasures...
Coming Soon to RI!
WINGSTOP
What began as a small buffalo-style chicken wing restaurant in Garland, Texas, continues to soar to great heights. Today there are more than 1,000...
