Susan A. Baird
AAA: Gasoline prices fall in R.I., Mass.
PROVIDENCE – “After one week unchanged, gasoline prices in Rhode Island have resumed their downward trend,” Lloyd P. Alpert, senior vice president for public...
Mass.: Charities received 35% of money<br> raised by outside solicitors in...
BOSTON – Of every dollar raised last year by firms or individuals registered with the Bay State as professional fundraisers, only 35 cents actually...
Ruling ‘will not interfere’ with Pro V1 sales
FAIRHAVEN – Acushnet Co., the golf business of Fortune Brands Inc. (NYSE: FO), this week lost the latest battle in its ongoing patent dispute...
Bay Commission seeking 11.68% sewer-rate hike
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Bay Commission is seeking an 11.68-percent rate increase for sewer users, effective July 1, according to the utility’s proposed budget...
Holiday sales fall as shoppers shun non-necessities
PURCHASE, N.Y. – Holiday-season sales of luxury items fell more than a third compared with a year ago, while total retail sales fell 5.5...
R.I. is 7th in Kaiser economic-distress study
WASHINGTON – The Ocean State is No. 7 among the most economically distressed states, in a new ranking by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s StateHealthFacts.Org.
The...
Existing home prices fall record 13.2%
WASHINGTON – Sales of existing U.S. homes continued to fall last month, led by the Northeast, as the nation posted “probably the largest price...
U.S. economy shrinks at 0.5% annual rate in 3Q
WASHINGTON – The nation’s economy shrank in the third quarter, in its worst performance since 2001, based on final figures released today by the...
R.I. unveils details of Medicaid ‘compact’
PROVIDENCE – The state expects to save $358 million over the next five years under the Global Compact Waiver approved last week by the...
High court: Lawmakers can’t serve on CRMC
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court, in one of its final landmark rulings under departing Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, left, has rejected House...
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