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Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., the investment bank run by Albert “Bud” Lowenthal, reached a client-referral agreement with RBS Citizens Financial Group Inc. to share middle-market clients for some services.
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By Laura Marcinek |
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For Rockland Trust Co. President and CEO Christopher Oddleifson, these are the best of times. The bank has done extremely well lately, and he expects Rockland’s size will double over the next five to seven years to approach $10 billion in assets, including an increase in its loan portfolio in the Ocean State. The bank currently has $5.1 billion in assets.
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By Michael Souza |
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Some of Spectra Systems Corp.’s products will literally be out of this world this summer, on Mars to be exact. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s next Mars rover, Curiosity, which landed on the Red Planet Aug. 6.
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By Michael Souza |
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Four banks with local operations – Bank of America Corp., Brookline Bancorp., Rockland Trust parent company Independent Bancorp and Webster Bank – made Forbes magazine’s 2013 list of the “Best Banks in America.”
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By PBN Staff
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Ten of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers will pay a combined $8.5 billion under an agreement that will end case-by-case reviews of foreclosure-abuse claims stemming from a 2011 deal with regulators
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By Jesse Hamilton |
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Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are scaling back financial assistance to students, adding to the burden of families already coping with climbing college costs.
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By Janet Lorin |
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(Updated, 4 p.m.) CVS Caremark Corp. has commenced cash tender offers for any and all 6.6 percent senior notes due 2019 as well as for 6.125 percent senior notes due 2016 and 5.75 percent senior notes due 2017.
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By PBN Staff
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At a business-community outreach forum on June 5, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee made it clear that despite the dark cloud of 38 Studios LLC’s implosion hanging over Rhode Island, the state remains ever-ready to help small-business development.
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By Michael Souza |
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Bank of America Corp.’s record $53 billion reduction of of long-term debt in the second quarter will help the lender go three years without needing to tap the bond market, the biggest cushion in its history.
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By Mary Childs and Hugh Son |
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Customer satisfaction at the Bank of America is at a 10-year low, The Boston Globe reported.
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By PBN Staff
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