Providence Business News

BEELINE HOLDINGS INC reported a $4 million loss for the second quarter of 2026, narrowing the $4.1 million deficit from a year earlier, according to the company’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 14. PROVIDENCE – Beeline Holdings Inc. reported a $4 million loss for the second quarter of 2026, narrowing the $4.1 million deficit from a year earlier, according to the company’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 14.

PROVIDENCE – Sixty-one units of mixed-income housing have come to market in the city’s Fox Point neighborhood, following the completion of Parcel 9, a 1 acre property that the I-195 Redevelopment District began transforming in 2023. Known as Tandem, the housing complex is the sister building to Tempo, a 66-unit mixed-income building opened on the

A JOB SEEKER waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. Rhode Island’s July unemployment rate of 3.9% was the third highest in New England but below the national rate of 4.1%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO/MARTA LAVANDIER PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s July unemployment rate of 3.9% was the third highest in New England but below the national rate of 4.1%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Energy customers will receive more than $170 million in bill credits beginning in October. The credits, approved by the Public Utilities Commission and announced by the governor’s office Friday, will be distributed over 12 months to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Rhode Island Energy is expected to finalize the monthly credit

WARWICK – Gina Helm believes that to succeed, the environment can be just as important as the individual. “Find a company that values you,” said Helm, vice president and residential lending sales manager at Centreville Bank. “I was at another institution for 26 years; I’ve only been at Centreville four years but from day one

THE RHODE Island Public Transit Authority’s board of directors on Thursday voted 6-0 to direct contractor Next Wave Partners to move ahead with drafting bid specs and cost estimates for the proposed bus hub that will eventually replace operations at Kennedy Plaza. / PBN FILE PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA A 4.4-acre plot of land used to host Providence’s World Cup festivities next to the city’s Amtrak station is the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s choice for its state-of-the-art transit center.

(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what they can do about them. See previous installments here.) I just got back from what those of us in the industry fondly call “Hacker Summer Camp,” the back-to-back scheduling of cybersecurity conferences

Tourism leaders in Rhode Island’s destination spots say summer 2026 has been solid, but some say they’ll have to wait for the final economic numbers before they’ll feel comfortable declaring it a complete success. The 2026 World Cup brought international visitors to New England in numbers not seen in years, according to Discover New England.

A LAWSUIT recently filed in R.I. Superior Court on behalf of more than 40 Rhode Island homeowners challenges the constitutionality of the state’s new tax on high-value second homes. /PBN FILE PHOTO A lawsuit was recently filed in R.I. Superior Court on behalf of more than 40 Rhode Island homeowners challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new tax on high-value second homes.

PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health ended its third quarter of fiscal year 2026 in the black, reporting $23.4 million in operating income compared with the $3.7 million loss it recorded in the same period a year ago, according to unaudited financial statements released Wednesday. Brown Health, the state’s largest health system, attributed the improved financial