Business

What's your job? Really? That's the question Planet Money asked on Twitter yesterday. Here are a few of their favorite answers.

Monopoly has a new token. Fans of the board game say it’s a purr-fect addition to the classic game. (Sorry).

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 Donald Nokes, founder of NetCenergy. He is past vice-chair of the State Health Exchange Board and is currently president of the Rhode Island Business Group on Health.

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation estimated this summer’s America’s Cup sailing event would pump more than $70 million into the state’s economy. But the actual haul was much less.

2012 was a banner year for the Providence hotel industry.  Both occupancy and room rates exceeded the national and regional averages.