Mandle to lead Qatar Museums Authority
DOHA, Qatar – Roger Mandle will move to the Persian Gulf this summer when he leaves the Rhode Island School of Design, to take...
R.I. payrolls shrink by 1,200 in February
CRANSTON – Employment at Rhode Island businesses fell last month by 1,200 compared with January, to the lowest level in nearly four years, the...
Forbes ranks Providence in bottom half of metro regions
NEW YORK – Providence, Worcester and Boston all fall in the bottom half of major metropolitan regions nationwide in Forbes magazine’s 10th annual ranking...
13-hour electric cutoff planned in parts of city
PROVIDENCE – Parts of Broad and Point streets, among others, will be without electric service for an estimated 13 hours this Saturday, the Providence...
New unemployment claims rise 6.2% last week
WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. workers filing first-time jobless claims rose 6.2 percent last week, according to figures released today by the U.S....
U.S. leading indicators fall for 5th month
NEW YORK – A predictor of the nation’s economic performance over the next three to six months fell in February for the fifth straight...
MetLife ranked among top firms for executive women
NEW YORK – For the third year in a row, MetLife Inc. was ranked by the National Association for Female Executives among its annual...
Steinour joins Boston’s CrossHarbor Capital
BOSTON – Stephen D. Steinour, former president and CEO of Citizens Financial Group Inc., will join CrossHarbor Capital Partners LLC as a managing partner,...
Outlook cloudy for BlueSky, Paragon Gifts
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Retail catalog company BlueSky Brands Inc. has unexpectedly shut its doors, as have subsidiaries Paragon Gifts Inc. of Westerly and AB&C...
Jobless rates rise in January in Providence,<br> New Bedford metropolitan areas
WASHINGTON – In an exaggeration of the national trend, the unemployment rate in the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metropolitan area increased to 7.1 percent in January...
