U.S. consumer sentiment remains low in September
NEW YORK – The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers found U.S. consumer sentiment essentially unchanged this month, at its lowest level in 13...
Personal income rises 0.4%, spending 0.6%
WASHINGTON – The nation’s personal savings rate fell last month as personal spending rose faster than personal income, according to a report today by...
Providence metro area is 150th ‘best performing’
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Two years ago, in the most recent Milken Institute / Greenstreet Partners Best Performing Cities Index, the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River...
New-home sales nationwide fall 8.3% in August
WASHINGTON – Nationwide sales of new single-family homes last month declined 8.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of 795,000 houses per year, from...
U.S. GDP rises at 3.8% pace in second quarter
WASHINGTON – The nation’s real gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the second quarter, after...
Rite Aid 2Q loss widens to $69.6M
CAMP HILL, Pa. – For the second quarter ended Sept. 1, Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) today posted a loss of $69.6 million, or...
CVS approves 6¢ quarterly dividend
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) today announced that its board of directors has approved a regular quarterly dividend of 6 cents per...
Acushnet parent declares quarterly dividends
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Consumer products conglomerate Fortune Brands Inc. (NYSE: FO) yesterday declared two regular quarterly dividends.
A dividend of 42 cents per share of...
Providence metro region lags in GDP in 2005
WASHINGTON – The nation’s 363 major metropolitan areas accounted for 90 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product in 2005, according to experimental data...
New orders for durable goods fall 4.9%
WASHINGTON – Manufacturers’ orders for durable goods fell a seasonally adjusted $11.3 billion or 4.9 percent last month to $219.5 billion, after rising a...
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