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Growing businesses still find capital hard to access

Some owners of midsized businesses – those in the $1 million-to-$10-milion range that are a few years beyond the startup phase, but not quite...
WHAT LIES BENEATH: Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, center, surveys a tunnel that captures sewage overflow, with Narragansett Bay Commission Executive Director Ray Marshall, left, and Scott Early lead inspector at Gilbane-Jacobs. / COURTESY PETER GOLDBERG

$1B city sewer project reaches halfway point

Deep under the streets of Providence, a three-phase, $1 billion tunnel has reached the halfway point in a massive construction project to capture sewage...
A MAP OF PHASE II construction of the Narragansett Bay Commission's Combined Sewer Overflow Project shows an overlay of the Woonasquatucket River tunnel currently under construction. / COURTESY NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION

Chafee to inspect sewer project, now halfway through Phase II

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee is scheduled to go underground in a small cage elevator Tuesday to get a close-up view of progress...
"We see an abundance of new business-development opportunities within a myriad of financial service markets.  They reside within local and regional CPA firms, estate planning law firms, trust companies, bank insurance operations and individual insurance and wealth advisers."

Five Questions With: Timothy C. Moynihan

Timothy C. Moynihan is senior vice president and director of risk appraisal for Providence-based Brokers’ Service Marketing Group. He was appointed to that position...

People’s Credit Union names CFO

MIDDLETOWN – People’s Credit Union has appointed John T. Knierim executive vice president and chief financial officer, the credit union announced Nov. 18. Knierim...

Washington Trust warns of holiday scams

WESTERLY – Washington Trust has released a holiday shopping advisory for online purchases to alert consumers to possible scams and to help protect identity...

SBA sponsoring social media workshop

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island office of the Small Business Administration is sponsoring two workshops to assist companies in using social media to add...

State sets inflation-adjusted amounts for 2014

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Division of Taxation has set key figures for tax year 2014, which are necessary for tax-planning purposes and possible adjustments...
CONSUMER SPENDING on Small Business Saturday -- a national small-business campaign conceived by American Express in 2010 and held every year since on the day after Black Friday -- rose 3.6 percent his year to $5.7 billion from $5.5 billion last year. Above, a screenshot of American Express' promotional page for Small Business Saturday. / COURTESY AMERICAN EXPRESS

Small Biz Saturday sees 3.6% increase in spending to $5.7B

NEW YORK – Consumer spending on Small Business Saturday had cash registers ringing across the United States - up to a total of $5.7...
DECISION PENDING: Tori Hitchiner, a 26-year-old URI graduate, is weighing her insurance options with HealthSource RI now operational. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Young enrollees crucial to exchange success

Of the 4,400 applications for health insurance for individuals processed in the first month of HealthSource RI, the state’s new health-insurance exchange, 26-year-old Tori’s...
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