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Blackstone, Newport rates awaiting PUC review
No date had been set as of early last week for the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission to begin tackling a request that it...
Cyrel’s imminent start-up reflects city’s growth
High tech startup CyREL should be ready to begin production of custom-designed electronic packaging products in about eight days. It is the latest addition...
Hispanic commission ponders use of funds
Money Gov. Lincoln Almond allocated for the Advisory Commission on Hispanic Affairs last month could be used on a variety of issues, from hiring...
Almond nominates Schumpert to head DBR
Four months after Barry Hittner vacated the top job at the state's Department of Business Regulation, the governor has nominated his replacement.
Thomas Schumpert, a...
Washington Trust plans nudged by merger
Officers at Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., had been thinking about starting a trust office in Providence for some time - the goal being to...
Business leaders urged to support education
Trying to strike a chord with Rhode Island business leaders and, perhaps, even tap into their wallets, Salve Regina University officials invited alumna Janet...
Salve Regina campaign seeks to boost endowment
Salve Regina University first established its Newport campus in 1947. This makes it a relative youngster among the Ocean State's higher education institutions, with...
Strong now but future is uncertain
There are those who believe that workers now in their 20s and 30s will not have Social Security to rely on when they reach...
Advisers urge clients to verify SS accounts
Since starting his business in 1995 Coventry financial planner William Howe has had at least four clients discover mistakes in their Social Security accounts,...
Many Americans not prepared to retire
Slightly more than one-third of Americans are not saving any money for retirement, according to findings in the eighth annual Retirement Confidence Survey.
Of the...
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