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JEROME POWELL was the keynote speaker at the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting Monday night. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/AL DRAGO

Fed Chairman to speak at Greater Providence Chamber’s annual meeting

PROVIDENCE - This fall’s annual meeting of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is expected to feature one of the world's heavy hitters in...

Five Questions With: Steven C. Webb

Steven C. Webb is New Jersey-based TD Bank’s new president for its southern New England region, including Rhode Island. He most recently served as...

BankRI introduces new service for visually impaired customers

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island is introducing a new technology designed to enhance accessibility to banking for blind and low-vision customers. In joining the Aira...

Report: Commercial real estate loan delinquencies drop in Providence metro

PROVIDENCE – The delinquency rate for commercial real estate loans in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area dropped below 3% in August, according to new figures...

R.I. gets $269M federal loan to help clean up Narragansett Bay

EAST PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island authorities have received a $268.7 million federal loan to help pay for construction of a 2.2-mile sewage containment tunnel...

Forbes names 5 R.I. wealth advisers among ‘Best-In-State Next-Gen Advisors’

PROVIDENCE – Forbes magazine recently released its nationwide list of “Best-In-State Next-Gen Advisors,” and five from Rhode Island were recognized. The Ocean State wealth advisers included:...
BIG IMPACT: Sam Salganik, executive director of the Rhode Island Parent Information Network, said the Affordable Care Act has made the biggest positive impact in the health care system in recent years. It’s been complemented by the state’s efforts to make insurance more accessible and affordable.
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Reinsurance program helps curb premiums

Sam Salganik sees hardship cases of Rhode Islanders struggling to pay for health care. But he’s seeing less of it. “The state is making progress,”...
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Five Questions With Melissa Carter

Melissa Carter | Planning and design manager, Stantec Inc. 1. What’s your job in the final phase of Narragansett Bay Commission’s Combined Sewer Overflow project?...
A NEW STUDY concluded that companies unprepared for storm damage, such as that delivered during the 2012 landfall of Sandy in Westerly, lost 5% of their market capitalization over the year after the storm, / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Study: Hurricanes depress firms’ market caps

  JOHNSTON – A new study commissioned by FM Global links hurricane damage to a loss in enterprise value. Dozens of large, publicly traded companies that...

Five Questions With: Patrick Deady

Patrick Deady is senior vice president, director of residential and consumer lending for BankFive in Fall River. He also serves as president of the...
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