Producer prices fall 0.4% in September
WASHINGTON – Wholesale prices for finished goods fell in September on lower fuel costs, in their second consecutive month-over-month decline, but continued to rise...
R.I. economy drops back to ‘nightmare’ low
KINGSTON – “Rhode Island’s year from hell” continued in August, as the state economy slumped back to “nightmare” low matched only by this June,...
Internet TV will replace cable at Brown
PROVIDENCE — Cable television in Brown University’s dorms will be delivered exclusively over the Internet starting next school year.
Nearly three decades after it was...
Financial shares open higher on bailout details
NEW YORK – Most U.S. stocks rose for a second consecutive day as federal officials unveiled details of their plans to buy equity...
AAA: Local gas prices ‘plunging’
PROVIDENCE – “Lower oil prices are leading to plunging prices at the pump, with a 21-cent drop in Rhode Island in the last week,”...
Equity firm merging SolarWrights, Solar Works
BOSTON and BRISTOL – Riverside Partners LLC, a Boston-based private equity firm, today announced the acquisition and merger of Bristol-based SolarWrights Inc. with Montpelier,...
Dow gains 936 points as U.S. stocks <br>stage biggest rally since...
NEW YORK – With the U.S. government adjusting its financial system rescue plan to include the possibility of taking equity stakes in financial institutions...
Investment in R.I. deserves a ‘yes’ vote …
The current economic crisis has two basic components – a loss of trust in the banking system causing the credit markets to freeze up;...
… as do funds for preserving open space
Question 2 on the ballot, directing the state to issue bonds to permanently protect open space, recreation, agriculture and forest lands, and state parks,...
Feeling squeezed by credit crunch
The global credit crunch is hitting home.
Al Lubrano, president and chief operating officer of Technical Materials Inc. (TMI) in Lincoln, told most of...
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