Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Rhode Island a popular destination for meetings

Though 2008 has proved to be a tough economy for many businesses, companies are still holding destination meetings in Rhode Island to encourage creative...
DESPITE THE SOFTENING economy, Thomas Riel of the Renaissance Providence Hotel said that bookings are up 20 percent from last year. /

Conventions help boost Providence hotel business

Air travel prices are rising and the economy remains sluggish, but none of that has deterred travelers from flocking to Providence, an informal survey...
WHILE GOLDMAN SACHS is projecting slower growth in the information technology sector in 2008, the sector still stands to perform better than the dotcom-bubble burst near the turn of the the century. /

Report forecasts slower growth for IT

NEW YORK – Information technology spending will continue to grow this year, but at a slower pace than in 2007, analyst Goldman Sachs predicts...

Fed defies expectations, stands pat on rates

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve policymakers today defied expectations, ending their two-day session with a vote to keep their benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.0...
FROM 1996 to 2007, however, job growth in the region lagged that nationwide. /

N.E. payrolls outgrow nation’s despite R.I. declines

BOSTON – Non-farm employment increased more quickly in New England than nationwide over the past year, as increases in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and...

Airports targeted for media boutiques

WARWICK – A New York Times Bookstore, where no other newspapers are sold, is slated to open later this year at T.F. Green Airport...
The CONSUMER PRICE INDEX for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1% compared with July, the BLS said. Energy costs fell 3.1% last month, outweighing the 0.6% rise in food costs and 0.2% rise in core costs excluding food and energy. /

Consumer prices dip as energy costs fall

WASHINGTON – Consumer prices dipped last month for the first time since October 2006, as fuel prices retreated from July’s record highs, the U.S....

Citizens making employee-discount program public

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group had said it will offer its employee-discount program to the public for home equity and mortgage loans in response...
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Editorial Cartoon: Dunk the Teacher

Beneath a headline that says "News item: Due to state funding cuts, teachers at local universities and colleges find new fundraising methods to save...

Opportunity waits for the discovery

Although it is indisputable that the economy around these parts is anemic at best, there are opportunities for those willing and able to look...
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