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Consumers wary of online banking, report says
How confident are you that if you click on a retailer’s e-mail promo and shop on its Web site, you’ll be safe from identity...
The business of social science
Providence research consultants crunch data, study substance abuse issues
The work is complex, highly technical, but also very sensitive: large-scale surveys, data-gathering and statistical analysis...
Blue Cross gets OK for Plan 65 rate hike
In his first ratemaking decision, Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller has approved a 14.58-percent rate increase for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...
Report: State needs to limit spending, taxes
Medicaid costs are escalating
By 2010, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council estimates, nearly one in five Rhode Islanders will be on Medicaid, and it’s...
Business interruption plans stave off disasters
For many business owners this year, the hypotheticals seem all too real:
What if your street were flooded or destroyed, shutting off access to...
Judge: Mediation required for suits
Starting with cases scheduled for trial next Monday and beyond, all medical malpractice lawsuits in Rhode Island must now go through mandatory mediation first,...
Brown University looks to revamp its bookstore
It’s got a prime location in the heart of Thayer Street, and at 16,000 square feet, it boasts one of the biggest retail space...
Women & Infants CEO leads $64-million expansion
Women & Infants Hospital is abuzz right now: Its research programs are flourishing, bolstered by a federal Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant....
Medicaid reform needs new approach, expert says
With Congress poised to approve $10 billion in cuts to Medicaid, a national health policy expert told community health center leaders in Rhode Island...
Governor sets health care goals
Five years from now, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri wants most Rhode Islanders to have electronic health records. He wants half of today’s smokers to...
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