U.S. mortgage program has fewer defaults, regulators report
NEW York - Mortgages modified through the main federal relief program fell into delinquency at about half the rate as those in other plans...
AT&T faces ‘steep climb’ to win FCC member vote on T-Mobile
WASHINGTON - AT&T Inc. faces a “very steep climb” to win the vote of Michael Copps, one of five Federal Communications Commission members, for...
Santos to tell U.S. it’s time to ‘look south’ for trade...
BOGOTA - When Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos addresses academics at Brown University next week, he plans to deliver a message to U.S. executives...
Business-jet owners win U.S. House vote to keep flight secrecy
WASHINGTON - Business-jet owners won U.S. House approval on Thursday to keep their flight plans secret, a move aimed at halting Transportation Secretary Ray...
Five Questions With: Sarah Zurier
From its lighthouses to its seaside village, Block Island is steeped in history. It seemed only fitting then when the R.I. Historical Preservation &...
Rhode Island has the 4th-worst bridges in the nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked 4th-worst nationally for the overall condition of its bridges, according a recently-released report, “The Fix We’re In: The State...
Oil heads for quarterly gain as Libya strife counters U.S. glut
LONDON - Oil rose, heading for a third quarterly gain in New York, as concern the Libyan conflict will prolong production cuts countered signs...
N.Y. Fed’s derivatives club decried by U.S. pension plans
WASHINGTON - A private derivatives regulatory group led by the New York Federal Reserve may weaken rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act, two associations...
Offshore wind power valued at $273 billion by 2050 in study
LONDON - The global offshore wind-power market could be worth up to 170 billion pounds ($273 billion) a year by 2050, the U.K. government-funded...
Steward may have upper hand in bidding process for Morton
BOSTON – Steward Health Care System, the Boston for-profit company formed last year to run the six Caritas Christi hospitals in eastern Massachusetts, is...
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