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Home sales rise, prices fall in Bristol County, Mass., in Feb.
Single-family home sales in Bristol County, Mass. rose 13 percent in February compared with the same period the previous year, The Warren Group said Tuesday. more
U.S. stock futures climb before durable-goods, house-price data
U.S. stock futures rose, signaling the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will rebound from yesterday’s decline, before reports that may show an increase in durable- goods orders and a jump in house prices. more
Consumers will keep spending as U.S. hurdles fade
American consumers, who kept shopping through rising fuel costs and delayed tax refunds, will probably continue buoying the world’s largest economy as these hurdles dissipate. more
April 1 deadline looms for biz plan applicants
The deadline to apply to the 2013 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition is one week away and all applications are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 1. more
| 3/25/13
Foreclosure rates in Providence metro rise slightly in January
The Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area foreclosure rate rose 0.01 percentage points in January compared with the same period in 2012, CoreLogic said Monday. more
| 3/25/13
Boehner declaring no debt crisis revealed in household loans
The bear market in bonds is being delayed by Americans socking away money at 50 times the rate at which they take on debt to buy houses, cars and other items. more
Shadow economy seen boosting U.S. retail sales
When Kevin Kalmes received a foreclosure notice on her home after being unemployed for more than two years, she said she started selling the contents of her basement, figuring that “I can’t fit all this stuff in a Wal-Mart shopping cart.” more
Bloomberg News | 3/25/13
T.F. Green sees traffic drop in February
(Updated, March 22, 4:22 p.m.) Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport fell 6.1 percent in February compared with February 2012 to 249,554, the second-lowest number since the beginning of 2009, according to numbers released by the R.I. Airport Corporation on Thursday. more
| 3/21/13
R.I. jobless rate falls to 9.4%
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent for February, as the number of employed Rhode Island residents rose by 1,300 from January, representing a fairly good-news month for the state as it still struggles to recover from the economic downturn, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training announced Thursday. more
Report: R.I. flunks out of economic prosperity, twice
Rhode Island has seen little to no improvement in economic opportunity indexes from 2011, the R.I. Center for Freedom and Prosperity announced Thursday following the release of its 2012 Report Card On RI Competitiveness. more
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