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FM GLOBAL saw revenue climb 8.6 percent in 2012 and reversed a 2011 net loss, despite heavy claims made by victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Despite Sandy FM Global posts 2012 profit, reversing 2011 loss

JOHNSTON - FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, ended 2012 with posted revenue of $5.5 billion, an 8.6 percent increase...
This act is aimed at supporting a supply line of highly trained individuals and to have businesses that are aligned with our institutions of higher education.

Five Questions With: Joseph McNamara

State Rep. Joseph M. McNamara, D-Warwick, was first elected to the Legislature in 1994. He is chairman of the Health, Education and Welfare Committee....

Ameriprise’s Bryan gets Riversource award

EAST PROVIDENCE – Thomas R. Bryan of the East Providence-based Ameriprise Financial has received the 2012 Protect. Grow. Give. Award from Riversource Life Insurance...

Galvin fines Deutsche Bank Securities

BOSTON – The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin has fined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank Akteingesellschaft...

Washington Trust finances Blackstone Place purchase

WESTERLY – Washington Trust’s Commercial Real Estate Group has provided $4.5 million in commercial mortgage financing for the acquisition of the Blackstone Place retail...

FM Global gets ‘AA’ rating from Fitch

JOHNSTON – FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, has received an “AA” – or very strong – financial strength rating...
BOXED IN: Architect and real estate developer Peter Gill Case believes The Box Office is the most energy-efficient, commercial building in the state. / COURTESY JOE HASKETT

Businesses at home in recycled shipping containers

There’s plenty that could go wrong with a business plan dependent on attracting small businesses to work in stacked shipping containers, beside a train...
IN GOOD SPIRITS: Mike Reppucci, owner of Sons of Liberty Spirits Co., shows off his whiskey. He makes it in 3,000 square feet of leased space in the Peacedale Mill complex with distilling equipment that includes a 20-foot-tall, 250-gallon Vendome copper still. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Whiskey-making revived at mill site

It’s become a common question-and-answer scenario when Mike Reppucci tells someone about his business, Sons of Liberty Spirits Co. “Did you know that whiskey starts...
GLOBAL OUTLOOK: Hope Global CEO Cheryl Merchant says the workforce is the cornerstone of R.I.’s manufacturing industry. Pictured above is Hope Global machine operator Julio Martinez. / PBN PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

RIF-funded projects tackle economic ills

The Rhode Island Foundation has put $630,000 into its belief that intensified collaborations among movers and doers can “Make It Happen” – “It” to...
HER OWN BOSS: Lori Allen, right, Center for Women and Enterprise manager of corporate, foundation and government giving, gives a certificate of completion to Elaine Walle, who participated in a class at the center. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Grant breathes life into self-employment program

Rhode Island workforce-development leaders are broadening the landscape for entrepreneurs with the revival of a state program that allows some residents collecting unemployment insurance...
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