Economic Activity

BSBSRI: OTC pilot program saves patients $260K

Economic Activity 04/07/2008

PROVIDENCE and INDIANAPOLIS – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island members saved $260,000 in copayments through a WellPoint NextRx pilot program that...

TRAFFIC ON I-95 passes a sign listing gasoline prices at a convenience store in Newton, Mass. /

AAA: Gas rises 2¢ at R.I. stations, diesel falls 1¢

Economic Activity 04/07/2008

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

Economic Activity 04/07/2008

PROVIDENCE – Lorraine Bracco, the actress who portrayed mobster Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, on the HBO series “The Sopranos,” will be the...

A SIGN in West Greenwich alerts drivers to the Big River Management Area. More than 40 years ago, 8,600 acres were reserved there for a reservoir that was never created. /

Big River watershed back in the mix

Economic Activity 04/05/2008

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

Economic Activity 04/05/2008

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

Economic Activity 04/05/2008

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...

COURTESY NAVIGANT CREDIT UNION
GARY E. FURTADO says that, despite a slowing economy,
Navigant is expanding its business. /

Tourism in R.I. could benefit from the devalued dollar

Economic Activity 04/05/2008

(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of Newsmaker interviews with business-community leaders focusing on the state budget and the economy.) Gary E....

Mortgage originators slow to register with the state

Economic Activity 04/05/2008

Dennis F. Ziroli suspects there are a lot of mortgage originators – thousands, in fact – who are right now breaking a state law...

BARTERING.COM FOUNDERS, from left, Mike Howson, Bob Johnson and Mike Lambert are looking to bring the trading of goods and services to the mainstream. /

Web site brings technology to ancient business form

Economic Activity 04/05/2008

An online bartering Web site launched by three Rhode Island entrepreneurs aims to bring an ancient form of business transaction into the 21st century. Barterthing.com...