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Central Falls, the first city in Rhode Island’s 222-year history to go bankrupt, is preparing to exit court protection after 13 months by keeping bondholders whole while raising taxes and cutting workers and pensions.
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By Michael McDonald and Steven Church |
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Rhode Island will receive $2.19 million in federal U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds to help improve early detection and treatment of cancer, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Summer Infant Inc. is issuing a voluntary recall on its Mother’s Touch/Deluxe baby bathers due to the risk of serious head injury to infants.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island will receive $2.67 million as part of a $200 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Thursday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin has charged a Lowell man with “crowd-funding fraud,” his office said.
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By Michael Souza |
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Rhode Island will receive a $330,000 federal grant to help improve the state’s short-time compensation/layoff prevention program known as “WorkShare,” Rhode Island lawmakers announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated, Sept. 7, 9 a.m.) Central Falls took its first steps away from bankruptcy Thursday as Judge Frank Bailey affirmed the city’s Chapter 9 debt adjustment plan.
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By Steven Church and Steve Ludsin |
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Calls by former Citigroup Inc. CEO Sanford Weill and others to break up the big banks reflect lingering public fear and anger toward financial institutions that seem too big to fail.
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Guest Column: Phillip Swagel
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9/10/12
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Moody’s Investors Service said it may join Standard & Poor’s in downgrading the U.S.’s credit rating unless Congress next year reduces the percentage of debt-to-gross-domestic-product during budget negotiations.
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By John Detrixhe |
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Rhode Island could lose up to $82 million and more than 3,000 jobs due to sequestration in defense and Medicare spending, respectively, according to reports released by the Center for Security Policy and the Hospital Association of Rhode Island.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |