Mass. cuts spending on environment, higher ed
BOSTON — The Commonwealth of Massachusetts will make sweeping cuts to its environmental and higher-education spending as it deals with a revenue shortfall that...
CVS looks to complete Longs deal this month
WOONSOCKET and WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS), having successfully completed its tender offer for Longs Drug Stores Corp. (NYSE: LDG)...
Wash Trust shows slowdown in 3Q
WESTERLY – Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: WASH), parent of The Washington Trust Co., yesterday posted third-quarter net income of $6.04 million, a decrease...
Five Questions With: John Clifford
The Bank of Fall River is a small community bank. And for the time being, John Clifford, bank president and CEO, wouldn’t have it...
Washington Trust, Mansfield Bank finance retail center
WESTERLY—The Washington Trust Co.’s commercial real estate group, in partnership with Mansfield Bank, recently provided $8 million in financing to HechtWin Mansfield LLC, a...
Bryant professor: Reporting could have averted crisis
SMITHFIELD – The nation’s investment banking crisis may have been lessened, and perhaps even avoided, if the United States had laws requiring the widespread...
AAA: Gas prices drop 25¢ in R.I., 31¢ in Mass.
PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen 66 cents in just the last month, and a 25-cent plunge over the last week...
RWU to showcase works of Anthony Quinn
BRISTOL – The Anthony Quinn Foundation and Roger Williams University will team up to preserve and showcase the artistic creations and collections of the...
Hasbro 3Q sales rise 6.45% to $1.3B
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) today posted a third-quarter profit of $138.23 million, a 14.45-percent decrease from the year-ago period’s $161.58 million, on...
September passenger count shrinks at T.F. Green
WARWICK – Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport (PVD) last month lagged year-ago levels for the fifth consecutive month, although the gap narrowed slightly...