Business

By DAVE FALLON

PROVIDENCE, RI – 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 Jeffrey Grybowski, chief administrative officer of Providence-based Deepwater Wind.

By DAVE FALLON

PROVIDENCE, RI – As the 38 Studios situation goes viral, how do people stay on top of this story and other complex financial news?

Joining Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon on The Bottom Line is Providence Business news editor Mark Murphy, and our guest is Edward Mazze, a professor at the College of Business Administration at the University of Rhode Island.

By DAVE FALLON

PROVIDENCE, RI – 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 Mark and Dave mull over the steps that lead to the state's $75 million guaranteed loan to video game developer 38 Studios. The company is having serious money troubles and has asked the state for more help.

By DAVE FALLON

PROVIDENCE, RI – 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.

For this first edition, Dave and Mark sit down with Thomas Dougherty, VP at Nortek Holdings, Inc.

By FLO JONIC

Providence, RI – Rhode Island continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country and is one of only a handful of states with a jobless rate still in the double digits.

By FLO JONIC

Providence, RI – Rhode Island's unemployment rate edged down slightly in April. As WRNI's Flo Jonic reports it's currently the lowest it's been in almost two years.

Rhode Island's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April was 10.9% - down one tenth of a percentage point from March. It's the first time in 21 months the rate has been below 11%. But it is still two percent higher than the national jobless rate.