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At the sixth annual “We Mean Business Expo” on Tuesday, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced his plans to make it easier for small businesses to be successful in Rhode Island.
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By PBN Staff
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R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller announced today that he was lowering the previously approved health insurance average premium increases for Tufts Health Plan subscribers.
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By Richard Asinof |
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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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Defense contractors led by Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co. gained a reprieve from U.S. spending cuts that may prove short-lived.
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By Gopal Ratnam and Nick Taborek |
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The Narragansett Indian Tribe will appeal the Superior Court's decision to include questions regarding casino expansion to table games on the November ballot, reported WPRI-TV CBS 12.
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By PBN Staff
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Britain’s biggest taxpayer-owned lender, said it expects to pay a fine in the coming months to settle regulators’ probes into allegations the lender tried to manipulate Libor.
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By Gavin Finch and Howard Mustoe |
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The R.I. Economic Development Corporation board of directors and Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee have approved new rules and regulations for the Renewable Energy Fund, they announced at a Monday evening press conference.
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By PBN Staff
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In what the city of Providence is called “a case with national significance,” Chief Judge Mary Lisi of U.S. District Court in Rhode Island ruled to uphold the city’s laws banning the sale of tobacco products aimed at children.
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By PBN Staff
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has approved the 15-year power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and NSTAR, Cape Wind announced Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection have announced a partnership to help communities reduce stormwater …
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By PBN Staff
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