Sirius radio’s $4.6B XM deal faces serious scrutiny
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.’s $4.57 billion purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. faces opposition from regulators, legislators and other broadcasters, Bloomberg News reports.
The...
Treasuries lose investors along with volatility
The U.S. government securities market, once the world’s most influential, is losing its “masters of the universe” cachet with big banks, according to Bloomberg...
MBTA to centralize customer service
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority this month will open a centralized customer service department that aims to appease riders and streamline the...
Bernanke, Fed forecast get mixed reception from Dems
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, in his first clash with the Democrat-controlled House, signaled that the central bank may need to...
Microsoft settles Iowa consumer antitrust lawsuit
Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, has settled a case claiming it used its monopoly position to overcharge Iowa consumers for software products...
<i>Reconsidering recent tax policy changes</i>
Given the state’s dire budget deficit, should the governor and legislation reconsider the continued implementation of 2006 income tax revisions?
* No – 71.4%
* Yes...
Feds award R.I. $700,000 to update Medicaid IT
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award Rhode Island $725,253 to update...
Older workers needed for New England’s prosperity
As the baby boom generation enters retirement age, New England employers will become increasingly dependent on older workers – those aged 55 and above...
<i>We need more than an independent man</i>
Rhode Island government desperately needs the kind of good-government measure that Sen. Leonidas "Lou" Raptakis (D-Coventry) has introduced at the request of Operation Clean...
New Dollar Coin Debuts
"George Washington: Father of our country ... and possibly, father of Anna Nicole's baby."
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