Tagged: business

Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon for a weekly business segment we're calling "The Bottom Line." Each Friday it looks at business news and themes that affect local business and the public.

This week, Dave and Mark talk with Laurie White, president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.

Rhode Island businesses have a little more than a week left to file their annual reports with the state.    For-profit businesses are required to file by March 31st each year.

This year the last day of the month falls on a Sunday.  However businesses can still file up to midnight on that day if they do so online.  The link for Annual Reports is found on the website of the Secretary of State. 

Businesses can also file by mail or in-person.

The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation has launched Rhode Island’s participation in a regional program—the “Reuse Marketplace.” This online marketplace allows businesses to find homes for extra items in their offices or warehouses that would otherwise be sent to the landfill.

Businesses and organizations from Rhode Island and several other northeastern states can post items they have or need, and anyone can browse these listings. Resource Recovery Recycling Services Director Sarah Kite says the online marketplace will benefit both businesses and the environment.

Congressman David Cicilline thinks public frustration over broad-based federal spending cuts will lead -- eventually -- to more fruitful budget talks in Congress.