GTECH gives new library group supplies
PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corp. has agreed to provide computers and other equipment for the administrative and technical staff of the Providence Community Library, the...
SEC says Kuwaiti scam targeted Textron
PROVIDENCE – A Kuwaiti financier and two other firms allegedly pocketed more than $5 million by placing “highly profitable and suspicious” bets on Textron...
City post office to drop Sunday hours
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Postal Service has announced that the main post office in Providence will be closed on Sundays beginning Aug. 16.
Hours are...
R.I. pension fund fell 19% in 2008-09
PROVIDENCE – The state pension fund lost nearly 20 percent of its value during the last fiscal year as it suffered the effects of...
Americans’ debt in first drop since ’52
WASHINGTON – Americans are paying back their debts for the first time since Harry S. Truman was president, a trend that may hold down...
Arts council makes statewide grants
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) has awarded $885,500 to 118 artists and arts organizations in the state in...
‘Serious privacy gaps’ seen in Facebook
OTTAWA – Canada’s privacy commissioner last week said Facebook has “serious privacy gaps” and needs to improve its policies to protect sensitive information, Bloomberg...
Carcieri energy adviser Dzykewicz resigns
(Updated, 4 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Andrew Dzykewicz, commissioner of the R.I. Office of Energy Resources and Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s chief adviser on energy issues,...
R.I. Food Bank saw record need last year
PROVIDENCE – With unemployment at record levels, more Rhode Islanders than ever before sought assistance from the Rhode Island Community Food Bank during the...
Inspector: Bank bailout could cost $23T
WASHINGTON – American taxpayers could wind up paying as much as $23.7 trillion, or nearly double last year’s national gross domestic product, when the...
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