Allow Blue Cross to build downtown
When Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island announced that it wanted to build its new headquarters next to the Waterplace condominiums in...
RBC: Consumer attitudes brighten in October
NEW YORK – Attitudes among U.S. consumers “improved considerably in October after tumbling to a 16-month low in September,” according to the RBC Consumer...
U.S. payrolls add workers in September
WASHINGTON – Total non-farm employment nationwide rose by 110,000 workers last month compared with the month before, according to a report today by the...
SBA selects next New England regional administrator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Author, entrepreneur and former U.S. economic development representative Sandford “Sandy” Blitz has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s regional administrator...
CVS/pharmacy sales rise 5.0% in September
WOONSOCKET – For the period ended Sept. 29, CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) today posted a 5.0-percent increase in same-store sales compared with the...
New durable goods orders fall 4.9% in August
WASHINGTON – New manufacturers’ orders for durable goods fell a seasonally adjusted $11.2 billion or 4.9 percent in August to $219.3 billion, after rising...
Victor gearing up for textile production in F.R.
SAINT-GEORGES, Quebec – Victor Innovatex Inc. today announced the hiring of two senior executives for the new Victor Innovative Textiles of Fall River, the...
ISM: Growth at non-manufacturing businesses slows
TEMPE, Ariz. – Growth among non-manufacturing businesses continued to grow last month, though at a slower pace than in August, according to the Institute...
Mass., R.I. get $8.3M for ‘trade-impacted’ workers
WASHINGTON – Rhode Island has received nearly $1.1 million in new federal Trade Adjustment Assistance and Massachusetts more than $7.2 million in new and...
ADP: U.S. businesses add 58,000 jobs in September
ROSELAND, N.J. – Hiring at U.S. companies accelerated last month as nonfarm private employers added a seasonally adjusted 58,000 jobs, more than double August’s...
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