U.S. housing starts at 14-year low
WASHINGTON – U.S. housing starts plunged last month to a 14-year low, lagging analyst expectations, according to a joint report issued today by the...
U.S. consumer prices rise 0.3% in September
WASHINGTON – The seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased a greater-than-anticipated 0.3 percent last month, as food and energy...
Carothers-Richmond $100K gift<br> to aid URI International Center
KINGSTON – “Nobody wants the university to be more successful than the people who have spent much of their careers here,” University of Rhode...
U.S. industrial production rises at 4% rate in 3Q
WASHINGTON – U.S. industrial production increased at an annual pace of 4.0 percent in the third quarter compared with the same three months of...
3Q single-family home sale prices fall 2.3% in R.I.
WARWICK – The median price of Rhode Island single-family homes sold in the July though September period fell by 2.3 percent compared with the...
ICSC: Same-store sales rise 0.1 percent last week
NEW YORK – Retail sales at U.S. stores open at least 12 months rose 1.0 percent last week from their level a week earlier,...
Avila honored for bringing SBDC services to Latinos
DENVER – Tomas Alberto Avila, of the R.I. Small Business Development Center at Johnson & Wales University, has been honored by the Association...
CCI shows R.I. performance at lowest since 2001
KINGSTON – August was “difficult” for Rhode Island and the nation, University of Rhode Island Prof. Leonard Lardaro wrote in his monthly report on...
Preserve R.I. seeks fall ‘mini-grant’ applicants
PROVIDENCE – Preserve Rhode Island, the statewide historic preservation education and advocacy group, says the deadline is nearing for “mini-grants” to aid local historic...
UBS: Burgeoning deficit will drive up Treasury sales
WASHINGTON – The growing federal budget deficit may spur the U.S. Treasury to increase sales of bills, bonds and notes by more than 50...
