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Rhode Island received more than one failing grade in the 2012 Manufacturing and Logistics National Report from Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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U.S. mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans declined to a record low, reducing borrowing costs amid an uneven recovery in the housing market.
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By Noah Rayman
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Bristol County, Mass. foreclosure starts surged 119 percent in May compared with the same period last year as lenders across the state initiated a wave of new petitions on struggling borrowers, The Warren Group said Thursday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The R.I. Department of Transportation landed $10 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s transportation investment generating economic recovery grant program to accelerate the rehabilitation of the Providence Viaduct and begin work late this year.
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By PBN Staff
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The heat that may topple temperature records in New York City and the East Coast for a second day isn’t expected to last much longer.
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By Brian K. Sullivan
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Christine C. Ferguson will be appointed by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee as the new director of the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange at a news conference at the Statehouse, state officials annouced Thursday.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Rhode Island single-family home sales rose 15 percent in May compared with the same period last year, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Thursday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have signed an affiliation agreement that establishes Home & Hospice Care as the major teaching affiliate for hospice and palliative medicine for the school.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee signed into law legislation that would give the state 18 percent of revenue from proposed table games at Twin River Casino and Newport Grand if voters approve the measure this November.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Worcester, Mass.-based Veterans Inc. was awarded $225,000 to help homeless veterans in Southeastern Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island find work, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced Tuesday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |