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Oil dropped in New York as rising Spanish borrowing costs pushed the dollar higher, adding to concern that Europe’s debt crisis will curb crude demand.
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Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Friday afternoon that he would allow the legislation changing the Hospital Conversions Act to become law without his signature.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Rhode Island showed the third steepest decline in construction jobs for May, a month during which more states lost such jobs since June 2011, according to an Associated General Contractors of America analysis of Labor Department data released Friday.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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New England’s unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged in May, dropping to 6.8 percent compared with 6.9 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday.
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The U.S. Labor Department awarded the R.I. Department of Labor and Training a $1.7 million grant from the Workforce Innovation Fund, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island was awarded $500,000 from the Allette Morris McBean Charitable Foundation and a $250,000 matching grant from the Stratus Foundation.
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By PBN Staff
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Chrysler Group LLC, the U.S. automaker majority owned by Fiat SpA, named Brown University President Ruth Simmons to serve on its board, and the United Auto Workers replaced its director.
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By Craig Trudell
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There are four important lessons to learn from Rhode Island’s 38 Studios disaster, according to Fortune Magazine Senior Editor Dan Primack.
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U.S. stock futures rose, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will complete a second straight weekly advance, on speculation central banks will act to boost economies as Europe’s debt crisis threatens growth.
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By Rita Nazareth
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Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped for the first time in three months to 11 percent in May, a two-tenths of a percentage point decrease from April, the R.I. Department of Labor reported Friday.
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By Rebecca Keister |