R.I. home sales rise 4.2% in February<br> as prices dip 4.1%
BOSTON – Rhode Island single-family home sales climbed 4.2 percent in February, compared with February 2006, but their median price continued to decline, falling...
ICSC: Retail sales rise 4.9% as spring sets in
Sales at U.S. retailers rose 0.3 percent over the past week, after edging up 0.2 percent the week before, in the International Council of...
Fed’s Poole sees rate cut as unlikely
NEW YORK – “There would have to be a high hurdle for me to want to be cutting rates,” with inflation at its current...
WPRI Ch. 12 is local AP News Station of Year
PROVIDENCE – For the fourth consecutive year, WPRI-TV Channel 12 and its “Eyewitness News” have been named News Station of the Year by the...
254 city homes kept affordable until 2046
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Mayor David N. Cicilline today joined in announcing a multimillion-dollar initiative that will keep 254 apartments affordable...
Bernanke: ‘Bad’ lending a long-term challenge
WASHINGTON – Low-income neighborhoods once cut off from credit are finding “bad” lending may be worse than none at all, according to Federal Reserve...
Investor to buy Tribune Co. for $8.2B
CHICAGO – Media giant Tribune Co. (NYSE: TRB), which went public in 1983, is planning to go private again by selling itself for $8.2...
Slade’s Ferry adopts new name, logo
SOMERSET – Slade’s Ferry Bank today unveiled new signs as the institution adopted both a new logo and a new name, Slades Bank, in...
R.I. gas prices rise for 7th week, to $2.679
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices rose for the seventh consecutive week, to 50 cents per gallon above the price eight weeks ago, AAA...
UMass study shows where N.E. gambled in 2006
Rhode Islanders spent $548 million last year “at southern New England’s four casino-style venues,” according to a report released today by the Center for...
- Featured Event -
