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BankRI seminar highlights opportunity

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island has canceled a seminar, “Uncovering Business Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate,” that was originally scheduled for Wednesday from...

Venture capital industry continues downturn

SAN FRANCISCO – Venture capitalism continued on its historic slide nationwide in the first quarter 2009, failing to complete any initial public offerings and...

APC lays off 30 as job cuts continue

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – APC by Schneider Electric laid off 30 more Rhode Island employees last week as the French-owned company undertook its third...

Chafee exploring bid for governor

PROVIDENCE – Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee today announced “an exploratory campaign” for Rhode Island’s 2010 gubernatorial race and named former Bank Rhode...

R.I. revenue gap widens in March

PROVIDENCE – The State of Rhode Island’s total general revenue collections in the first nine months of the current fiscal year came to about...

MetLife among best firms for women

NEW YORK – For the fourth year in a row, MetLife Inc. was ranked by the National Association for Female Executives among its annual...
MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS surveyed throughout the state support creating at least two casinos, according to Clyde W. Barrow, head of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis. /

Majority in Mass. support multiple casinos

DARTMOUTH – A survey of Commonwealth residents found that more than half would favor bringing two or more resort casinos to the state, according...

Report: R.I. worst in nation in housing for low-income children

WARWICK – Rhode Island has the highest percentage of low-income children living in housing built before 1980 in the nation, according to the latest...
CCRI CNA STUDENTS watch as teacher Susan VonVillas discusses IVs at the R.I. Aquidneck Island Adult Learning Center. /

Matching graduates to industry needs

The Community College of Rhode Island has become a popular place to be recently. Enrollment has swelled to more than 16,000 – the highest level...
I am able to see firsthand how the institute changes lives every day. /

Citizens branch manager gets community service sabbatical

Marla Sabater, branch manager at Citizens Bank’s Garfield Avenue Stop & Shop branch in Cranston, is the latest recipient of a company Community Service...
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