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Nine Rhode Island hospitals will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are re-admitted soon after discharge. The Rhode Island institutions will lose a total of $1.6 million in Medicare funds, with Rhode Island Hospital losing the most at $699,765.
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Maternova Inc., a women-owned startup founded by Meg Wirth and focused on solutions for dealing with maternal mortality, has acquired Impact Review, the company announced Monday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Hannoush Jewelers will feature products from Alex and Ani Inc. in all of the company’s 57 locations across 13 states, Camile Hannoush announced Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated, 5:00 p.m.) The state and R.I. Economic Development Corporation sued 38 Studios LLC founder Curt Schilling and 13 other institutions or individuals connected with the failed $75 million loan guarantee to the video company for allegedly misleading state officials about the deal’s risks.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Leaders of the largest U.S. union of public-sector workers are vowing to fight efforts by state and local governments to balance their budgets with cuts to employee benefits even as voters have sided with that strategy.
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By William McQuillen |
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Ellen Alemany, chairman and CEO of RBS Citizens Financial Group Inc., has been recognized as one of the 25 most powerful women in banking by American Banker.
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By PBN Staff
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Capital Good Fund, a Providence-based nonprofit financial services organization, will receive an $81,273 Community Development Financial Institutions Technical Assistance grant.
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Thomas A. Mann Jr. has resigned as executive director of the Pawtucket Foundation, effective Oct. 12, the organization announced Tuesday.
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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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Rhode Island was ranked the worst state for business in the U.S. for the second year in a row on CNBC’s America’s Top State for Business 2012 report.
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