Susan A. Baird
NAR: Pending home sales fall 2.9% in N.E.<br> and 4.7% nationwide
WASHINGTON – “Modest near-term movement is expected in existing-home sales, with a recovery in sales seen during the second half of the year,” the...
National Grid seeks 21.7% hike in electric rates
WARWICK – National Grid has boosted its electric rate-increase requests, citing rising fuel costs, and is now seeking a 21.7 percent increase in residential...
Judge OKs breakup of Haven Healthcare
HARTFORD – Twenty-three of Haven Healthcare’s nursing homes will be transferred to new owners under a bankruptcy plan released Friday by a federal judge...
Auto-loan delinquencies plunge in 1Q
CHICAGO – Delinquencies on auto loans plunged in the first quarter, falling 17.8 percent nationwide and 32.1 percent in Rhode Island, which had the...
U.S. jobless rate steady in June at 5.5%
WASHINGTON – The jobless rate nationwide was steady last month at 5.5 percent and the nation’s unemployment rolls were “essentially unchanged” at 8.5 million...
Carcieri vetoes ‘sunshine’ bill, 21 others
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today announced vetoes of 22 measures, including legislation intended to speed access to arrest reports and other public...
Mass. extends jobless benefits
BOSTON – Job-seekers in Massachusetts will be eligible for up to 39 weeks of unemployment benefits, nine weeks more than the state normally provides,...
Patrick signs landmark energy bill
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick today signed into law a comprehensive renewable energy measure called the Green Communities Act.
“Today, Massachusetts has taken a...
AFS again among nation’s best places to work
CHICAGO – Advanced Financial Services Inc. of Newport was honored at the Society for Human Resource Management Inc.’s 60th Annual Conference & Exposition as...
Landmark R.I. lead-paint verdict overturned
PROVIDENCE – In a unanimous ruling this morning, the R.I. Supreme Court rejected the landmark decision against former lead-pigment makers, holding that public-nuisance law...
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