Susan A. Baird
Caritas partnership wins managed-care <br> contract with Commonwealth Care
BOSTON – Commonwealth Family Health Plan Inc., a partnership between the nonprofit Caritas Christi Health Care network and the Chicago-based Celtic Group Inc., will...
Quonset is No. 5 for auto imports
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Port of Davisville at Quonset Business Park now ranks as the fifth-busiest importer of automobiles in North America, according to...
LIN TV posts $830.4M loss
PROVIDENCE – LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today posted a 2008 loss of $830.36 million, compared with a 2007 profit of $53.68 million, on...
R.I., Mass. foreclosures fall, <br>defying national trend
IRVINE, Calif. – Home foreclosure and default filings fell last month in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, even as filings nationwide rose to their...
Summer Infant profit rises 41.47%
WOONSOCKET – Summer Infant Inc. (Nasdaq: SUMR, SUMRW) posted a record profit of $4.90 million for 2008, an increase of 41.47 percent from 2007’s...
Mortgage applications surge as rates fall
WASHINGTON – Residential mortgage applications last week rose 11.3 percent compared with the week before, and 5.7 percent compared with a year ago, according...
R.I. had 3rd-highest Jan. jobless rate
WASHINGTON – Rhode Island had the nation’s third-highest unemployment rate in January, while Michigan remained No. 1 as its jobless rate rose to 11.6...
Perrault finds new bank post, perks
BROOKLINE, Mass. – Central Falls native Paul A. Perrault, briefly the CEO of Sovereign Bank before its takeover by Spain’s Banco Santander SA, has...
S.K. Chamber backs local ‘CertifiChecks’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce “will stand 100 percent behind its gift certificate program,” its board of directors announced.
The...
R.I., Mass. to share $81.36M in ARRA job-search, training assistance
WASHINGTON – The six New England states will receive more than $144 million in federal stimulus funds to help put their residents back to...
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