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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...
HOPING FOR A TURNAROUND: With some suppliers and customers having gone out of business recently, CEO Cheryl Merchant says sales are down at Hope Global, which employs more than 300 in Cumberland. /

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...
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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...
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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...
VALUABLE PROPERTY: These Cedar Street lots in Providence are among four parcels for which Omni Combined paid $7.95 million on April 3, 2006, according to city records. The properties were appraised by the city for a total of $837,200. Omni principal William DiStefano Jr. says the company is considering building on the parking lots, which are zoned for buildings up to seven stories. /

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...
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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...
City Year Rhode Island volunteers, from left, Amanda Smidt, Julie Hall, Tyree Lawson and Crystal Dragon work to clear broken glass and debris in the playground area of the Ascham Street Park in Providence’s North End. /

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...
CREATIVE ECONOMY: Lynne McCormack says the city should focus on strengthening and sustaining its cultural events. /

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...
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