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LT. GOV. Daniel J. McKee has joined with credit unions to protect senior citizens from falling prey to financial scams.

Credit unions focus on protecting seniors from financial abuse

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s credit unions will train their employees how to spot and respond to cases of “financial abuse” of senior citizens, under a...
WINTER ALL YEAR LONG: State utility regulators approved a request by National Grid to raise electric rates again this winter, but will spread out the increases over a one-year period to lessen the monthly impact on ratepayers' bills. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN

Regulators approve winter electricity rate increases with more to follow

WARWICK – State utility regulators voted Monday to approve higher winter electricity rates, beginning in October, but this time the increases are planned to...
STATE REGULATORS have approved new electric and natural gas utility rates for National Grid, Rhode Island's largest utility company. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

State regulators approve distribution rate changes for National Grid

WARWICK – Rhode Island homes and businesses will see a mix of increases and decreases in their electric and natural gas bills over the...
FDIC statistics released Thursday show that Rhode Island banks and their counterparts nationwide are having a stellar year, boosting collective profits by 25 percent. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

R.I. banks having a stellar year, FDIC report shows

PROVIDENCE – Bolstered by a large cut in the corporate tax rate, United States banks collectively are on a financial roll, and the nine...
TRAINING NEEDED: UMass Dartmouth professors Tim Shea, left, associate professor ­marketing/business information systems, and Steve White, professor of marketing and international business, oversaw a cybersecurity survey that found employee training lacking.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Human firewall’ firms’ biggest hacking vulnerability

The underlying agenda was subtle: A Boston firm that sells cybersecurity training wanted a survey done that would quantify the need for companies to...
WHILE IT IS THE ONLY CURRENTLY operating wind energy facility in the United States, the Block Island Wind Farm is just the first of many, according to the latest U.S. Department of Energy report. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

Federal reports: Wind energy market gains momentum

PROVIDENCE – When it comes to clean energy, the answer is increasingly blowing in the wind – and Rhode Island is playing its part...
SHINING EXAMPLE: Workers install solar panels at East Providence Forbes Street project, due for completion in 2017. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

R.I. company plans to create 500 jobs for solar panel projects

NORTH KINGSTOWN – A North Kingstown company developing clean energy projects plans to create roughly 500 jobs, with hiring starting next year, for two...
PATRICK J. MURRAY, president and CEO of Taunton-based Bristol County Savings Bank, was recently named treasurer of the Massachusetts Bankers Association. / COURTESY BRISTOL COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

Two Providence-area bankers elected to Massachusetts Bankers board of directors

PROVIDENCE - Patrick J. Murray, president and CEO of Bristol County Savings Bank in Taunton, was recently elected as treasurer of the Massachusetts Bankers...
FIDELITY WANTS to remove barriers to investing for everyone, no matter how much you have to invest,” says Fidelity Investments Chief Marketing Officer David Dintenfass. / COURTESY FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INC.

Five Questions with: David Dintenfass

David Dintenfass is the chief marketing officer and head of user experience design for Fidelity Investments Inc. In his current position, Dintenfass leads Boston-based Fidelity...
JASON DAPONTE, managing partner at Sansiveri, Kimball & Co., said its merger with John W. Clegg & Co. will allow the combined firms to "innovate in several key areas." / COURTESY SANSIVERI, KIMBALL & CO.

Sansiveri, Kimball announces new managing partner

PROVIDENCE - The Providence accounting firm of Sansiveri, Kimball & Co. has appointed Jason M. DaPonte as managing partner. He succeeds Michael DeCataldo, who...
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