Detailed fee information needed for benefit plans
Employers that do not take steps to ensure that they have the right kind of benefit-plan fee information in their file – and in...
Feeling squeezed by credit crunch
The global credit crunch is hitting home.
Al Lubrano, president and chief operating officer of Technical Materials Inc. (TMI) in Lincoln, told most of...
Bailout stiffens regs for some executive pay
The current crisis on Wall Street has brought to the surface a bubbling populist anger over perceived pay excesses and stirred a debate...
Sovereign Bank has Central Falls flavor at the top
There’s something about tiny, working-class Central Falls that apparently appeals to Philadelphia-based Sovereign Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: SOV).
The largest savings and loan in the United...
Shell, 46 states agree to curb youth tobacco sales
Shell Oil Products U.S., a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, agreed with the attorneys general of 46 states, including Rhode Island, and the...
Omni is building its assets on Federal Hill
In a Federal Hill neighborhood that as soon as January could be rezoned as a “jobs-growth” district – an area where the city intends...
Editorial Cartoon: Sour Spoonful
The American consumer is depicted as a small boy wearing a propeller beanie. He is grimacing and turning away as he holds out his...
Maintaining appearances
City Year Rhode Island volunteers, from left, Amanda Smidt, Julie Hall, Tyree Lawson and Crystal Dragon work to clear broken glass and debris in...
Providence plan seeks boost for struggling arts groups
Lynne McCormack, director of the Department of Art, Culture & Tourism in Providence, is overseeing the ongoing effort to prepare an arts and cultural...
Officials prepare regulations for alternative energy
Federal officials are putting the finishing touches on rules that will regulate wind farms and other ocean-based power projects.
Alternative energy developers are eagerly awaiting...