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Rhode Island’s capital city successfully sold its $39.3 million general obligation road bond issue at lower than expected rates, Mayor Angel Taveras announced.
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By PBN Staff
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Global private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has acquired Reno, Nev.-based Miller Heiman, Miller announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. has made $1 million in loans to three small businesses that will create 19 new jobs, according to a press release from the nonprofit.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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The senior financial consultant with Bank Rhode Island’s investment services department looks ahead to 2013.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, an independent public charity with a donor-advised fund program, saw record grants and contributions in 2012, the organization announced Tuesday.
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By PBN Staff
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Investors are the most optimistic on banks since the top of the bull market in 2007, bolstered by record-low interest rates and an improving outlook for global growth and profits, a Bank of America Corp. survey showed.
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By Sarah Jones |
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Brian Moynihan was impatient. It was August 2011, and the Bank of America Corp. chief executive officer was reviewing plans to impose a $5 monthly fee on debit-card users.
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By Hugh Son |
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Nautic Partners LLC, a middle-market private equity firm based in Providence, has completed the sale of Big Train Inc. to Kerry Group PLC, the company announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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The advance that pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a record left companies trading closer to analyst price estimates than any time in at least seven years.
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By Whitney Kisling |
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Bank of America Corp.’s traders posted gains every business day during the first quarter as Morgan Stanley’s lost money in eight sessions, double the rate a year earlier.
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By Michael J. Moore and Hugh Son |