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Magaziner, other investors put financial muscle behind diversity initiative

PROVIDENCE – R.I. General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, along with government and institutional investors from states across the region, announced last week the Northeast Investors’...
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Five questions with Becca Trietch

Becca Trietch | Administrator of energy efficiency programs, R.I. Office of Energy Resources 1. Why should R.I. residents and businesses be concerned about energy...

Charity blames for-profits for drop in clothing donations

The Cranston-based nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island is upset that for-profit collectors of hand-me-downs, particularly an Ohio company named Simple Recycling,...
ADDITIONAL CALCULATIONS: Claire Iacobucci, right, partner and director of audit services at Providence accounting firm Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., speaks with June Landry, partner and chief marketing officer. Iacobucci said new reporting requirements for companies leasing assets longer than a year involve more accounting work.
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Changes afoot on all companies’ balance sheets

Beginning this year, public companies are required to change the way they report leases longer than 12 months on their balance sheets, a move...
THE R.I. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION on Monday voted to extend its decision halting utility company shutoffs through April 15, impacting companies such as National Grid Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

National Grid, Enbridge faulted for January’s natural gas emergency

WARWICK – State and federal regulators on Wednesday blamed utility giants National Grid Rhode Island and Enbridge Inc. for equipment failures that caused January’s...
CITIZENS BANK announced a partnership with software giant Microsoft and online retail giant Amazon to provide no-interest financing for consumers wanting to buy the Xbox All Access program. Shown here is an Xbox One video game console at a Wal-Mart store in Los Angeles / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/PATRICK T. FALLON

Citizens Bank partners with Microsoft and Amazon on consumer financing

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank announced a partnership Tuesday with two of America’s corporate giants – Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. – in which the...

Five Questions With: Gary Heaslip

Gary Heaslip is president for Cross Insurance Inc. – Rhode Island, located at 376 Newport Ave. in East Providence. Cross Insurance is an independent...

House of Representatives approves Corporate Transparency Act

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a bill to help authorities track illicit financial flows by requiring companies to identify...

Mutual of America opens regional office in Providence

PROVIDENCE – Mutual of America Financial Group, which specializes in retirement plans and investments, last week officially announced the opening of its new regional...

Citizens Financial Group announces $450M stock offering

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s largest bank is making a habit of having stock offerings following the release of its quarterly financial reports. Providence-based Citizens Financial...
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