Tom Ryan is R.I. March of Dimes Citizen of Year
PROVIDENCE – The March of Dimes Rhode Island chapter has named Thomas M. Ryan, chairman, president and CEO of CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE:CVS), its...
Is leverage now a dirty word? Not at Goldman Sachs
NEW YORK – As rival companies sell assets, raise capital and hoard cash in the wake of The Bear Stearns Cos. collapse, Goldman Sachs...
Fitch analysis supports Hope Now mortgage revisions
NEW YORK – The recent actions of the Hope Now mortgage lenders’ alliance have “provided some short-term relief to roughly 1 million borrowers by...
Patrick lauds MWRA, Evergreen clean-energy plans
WINTHROP, Mass. – Gov. Deval L. Patrick today lauded the Mass. Water Resources Authority and manufacturer Evergreen Solar Inc. for their leadership on renewable...
BSBSRI: OTC pilot program saves patients $260K
PROVIDENCE and INDIANAPOLIS – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island members saved $260,000 in copayments through a WellPoint NextRx pilot program that...
AAA: Gas rises 2¢ at R.I. stations, diesel falls 1¢
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices at Rhode Island stations “are now just 3 cents from the all-time high ever recorded locally … in the immediate...
Actress Lorraine Bracco to speak at Butler
PROVIDENCE – Lorraine Bracco, the actress who portrayed mobster Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, on the HBO series “The Sopranos,” will be the...
Big River watershed back in the mix
More than 40 years after 8,600 acres in central Rhode Island were set aside for a reservoir that was never created, plans are finally...
R.I. agencies feel sting of subprimes
Fallout from the subprime mortgage mess is now infecting the municipal debt market, sending officials from some local quasi-public agencies and other nonprofit institutions...
Teaching work skills
Crossroads Rhode Island, the state’s largest provider of services for the homeless, opened a retail copying center at its downtown headquarters last week. Among...
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