Susan A. Baird
Financial shares open higher on bailout details
NEW YORK – Most U.S. stocks rose for a second consecutive day as federal officials unveiled details of their plans to buy equity...
AAA: Local gas prices ‘plunging’
PROVIDENCE – “Lower oil prices are leading to plunging prices at the pump, with a 21-cent drop in Rhode Island in the last week,”...
Equity firm merging SolarWrights, Solar Works
BOSTON and BRISTOL – Riverside Partners LLC, a Boston-based private equity firm, today announced the acquisition and merger of Bristol-based SolarWrights Inc. with Montpelier,...
Wild ride ends down for U.S. stocks
NEW YORK – U.S. stock markets ended the day down, after some of the wildest swings on record, amid fears the credit crunch will...
U.S. job losses dip in early Oct.
WASHINGTON – Nationwide, the number of workers filing first-time unemployment claims fell 4.0 percent last week, retreating from the previous week’s seven-year high, according...
Bank shares open higher after yesterday’s swings
NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rose in early trading today, marking a possible end to six straight days of declines. The rebound follows a...
Local leaders unroll ‘map’ <br>to R.I. knowledge economy
PROVIDENCE – Local entrepreneurs and leaders from the state’s business, education and health care sectors gathered today with state and local officials to share...
Opinion Factor opening 128-seat R.I. call center
WARWICK – State and local officials this afternoon will join in welcoming Opinion Factor Inc., a Utah-based survey and telephone calling firm, as the...
No bottom in sight for GGP shares
CHICAGO – Shares in General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), owner of Providence Place and about 200 other shopping malls nationwide, continue to fall...
RBS shares rise on U.K. bank bailout plan
LONDON – The U.K. government today pledged up to 50 billion pounds ($87 billion) in government investment to help shore up ailing banks, and...
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