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Health care: Playing the ends against the middle class

In this country, we are living longer, surviving illness and trauma that would have proved fatal generations ago. We are acquiring more disabilities and...
DONALD C.K. TONG said his office has spoken with EDC about expanding a student-exchange program. /

Hong Kong has plenty to offer Rhode Island businesses

Donald C.K. Tong, Hong Kong commissioner for economic and trade affairs in the U.S., recently visited Providence to discuss international trade with students at...

Nonprofits need law that gives flexibility

Nonprofits across the country have seen their endowments decimated recently, and some have fallen below the original value of the contributions. But a law...
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Editorial Cartoon: Race to the Finish Line

Gov. Donald L. Carcieri is shown waving a checkered flag, signifying the end of a race, while holding his nose. The 2009 State Budget...

Schools anxious over applications

Cynthia Bonn, dean of admission at the University of Rhode Island, doesn’t feel comfortable right now, and she won’t be until May. In years past,...
THE PROPOSED design for the $75 million University of Rhode Island building for the College of Pharmacy includes a medicinal garden on the south side with a reflecting pool. /

Timing key for campus construction

As Brown University’s multibillion-dollar endowment started to lose value last year, the university had to make some tough choices about its capital projects. The...
PARTNERING UP: from left, Andy Troy, David Frencis, Greg Troy and Peter Troy of Troy, Pires & Allen Insurance and Shove Insurance, which merged this year. /

Firms brace for possible consolidation

Tucked into the East Providence office of Troy, Pires & Allen Insurance, you’ll now find another firm, Shove Insurance Inc. The two firms – both...
STARBUCKS WILL CLOSE ONE of its 26 locations in Rhode Island as part of a worldwide reduction in its total number of stores. /

Starbucks to close one Warwick location

WARWICK – Starbucks Corp. has announced that it will close its store at 1759 Post Road in Warwick as it shutters about 300 “underperforming”...

MBTA may drop weekend, evening trains

BOSTON – Train service between Providence and Boston would be eliminated after 7 p.m. on weekdays and entirely on weekends starting as soon as...
HOSTS OF A NEW RADIO SHOW on WPRV-AM starting Monday are investment advisers Betsey Purinton and David F. Brochu. /

WPRV-AM moving to all talk

EAST PROVIDENCE – Starting Monday, radio station 790 WPRV-AM will stop playing oldies music and switch to an all-talk format heavy on business, featuring...
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