Susan A. Baird
GGP debt deadline spurs mixed response
CHICAGO – The looming expiration of $958 million in short-term debt has caused Fitch Ratings Ltd. to downgrade its credit rating for General...
Rockland Trust parent to accept TARP funds
ROCKLAND, Mass. – Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Co., has received preliminary approval for a federal investment of about $78...
Projo parent boosts pay of 2 top execs
DALLAS – Newspaper publisher A.H. Belo Corp. (NYSE: AHC), parent of The Providence Journal, is boosting the base pay of two top executives even...
EDC chief Kaplan heads back to private sector
PROVIDENCE – Saul Kaplan, executive director of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, chairman of the Quonset Development Corporation and Slater Technology Fund and the...
R.I. is 26th, Mass. 11th, in Generosity Index
VANCOUVER – Rhode Island lagged other U.S. states in total charitable giving by residents in 2007, but still outpaced even the most generous of...
Driving tax, border tolls among ideas<br> for funding R.I. road and bridge...
PROVIDENCE – A tax on every mile that residents drive is one of several suggestions from the state panel charged with finding money to...
U.S. job losses hit 34-year high
WASHINGTON – The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 6.7 percent, its highest level since 1993, as the nation posted its 11th consecutive monthly decline...
Pentair to add nearly 100 jobs in Warwick
PROVIDENCE – State officials and Pentair Electronic Packaging, a unit of Minnesota-based Pentair Inc. (NYSE: PNR), have announced plans to add nearly 100...
BCBSRI, CareNE ink 5-year deal
PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System will remain a member of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island provider network until...
Astro-Med posts 7.6% slump in 3Q sales
WEST WARWICK – Specialty electronics manufacturer Astro-Med Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT) posted a third-quarter profit of $649,000, a decrease of 58.45 percent from the year-ago...
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