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BofA 1Q profits top $4B

Bank of America last week said its profit more than tripled in the first quarter on gains from trading and home refinancing, making it...
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Combined reporting will establish fair business taxing

If you own a small business and feel like you are competing with big businesses on a playing field that is not level, one...

BankRI 1Q profit drops to $1.46M

Bancorp Rhode Island Inc. last week posted a much smaller profit in the first quarter compared to the year-ago period, as the economy continued...

Treasuring yesterday makes today better

We take our good news where we can find it, thus we celebrate the fact that the beautiful Old Stone Bank building on Providence’s...

EDC shakeup leaves agency’s 2009 agenda in doubt

Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s planned shakeup at the R.I. Economic Development Corporation is putting a question mark on the agency’s 2009 Economic Growth Plan,...
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Editorial Cartoon: Taxes are Murder

Mayor Fung is depicted as a doctor who sees a giant knife, labeled “Cranston City Council” sticking in the back of a fallen taxpayer,...
Three women who didn’t know each other well before the recession have become business partners because of it. Each runs a separate business at Studio 539 Flowers on Wickenden Street in Providence, sharing rent and utility costs. Jacquelyne Lusardi, above left, sells jewelry and household goods at Refind. Emily Hostetler, middle, operates Papermoss, which sells customized stationery. The other member of the trio, Christina Chandler, runs the flower shop. /

A partnership blooms

Three women who didn’t know each other well before the recession have become business partners because of it. Each runs a separate business at...

CVS Caremark expands deal with Google Health

WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp.’s retail pharmacy customers can now download their prescription and medication information to their Google Health accounts under a deal...

Two R.I. firms develop online sites for ESPN

Sports media giant ESPN Inc. has turned to local companies twice in recent months for new online offerings. In January, the Pawtucket-based digital media firm...

STAC adds searchable database for federal R&D funding options

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) has added a funding database to its Web site in an effort to make...
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