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Credit-mess fix likely to affect federal taxes

Recently, Congress passed and the president signed The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, one of the most extensive pieces of tax legislation in...

Public-employee concessions are <br> a benefit to all taxpayers

To the Editor: I believe our best teachers are underpaid and that our very high per-pupil costs come from other than teacher salaries. This must...

Rite Aid offers free online fitness help

Rite Aid has teamed up with Lindora, a medical weight control program, and fitness expert Denise Austin to design a Web-based weight loss program,...

Stocks head higher on 1st trading day of 2009

NEW YORK – U.S. stocks headed higher on the first trading day of the New Year, after ending 2008 with near-record losses. At 1:20 p.m....

Larchwood Inn donated to Chicago school

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The historic Larchwood Inn, a 178-year-old mansion on Main Street in Wakefield that had operated as an inn from 1926 until...
RHODE ISLAND was one of seven states to report a housing-price drop greater than 10 percent. /

R.I. ranks fourth in housing-price drops

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Through October, year-over-year home prices fell 16.12 percent in Rhode Island, giving the Ocean State the fourth-highest percentage for falling home...

SWAP breaks ground on Providence development

PROVIDENCE – Stop Wasting Abandoned Property Inc. this month broke ground on a new six-home development in lower South Providence funded in part by...

NAR: Commercial investment ‘essentially halted’

WASHINGTON – With a lending drought and fewer workers in many companies, commercial real estate investment, aside from cash transactions, has “essentially halted,” according...

Rumford Center completes newest phase

EAST PROVIDENCE – The Rumford Center development has completed its most recent construction phase, with the installation of an 1,800-pound sign on the project’s...
"OVER THE PAST 12 months we have vividly re-learned the critical link between homes and the economy," said Richard Godfrey, Rhode Island Housing executive director. /

Five Questions With: Richard Godfrey

In May, Rhode Island Housing announced the first four projects to be awarded funding through the $10 million KeepSpace initiative. Providence Business News recently...
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