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Europe’s troubles threaten more than financial markets

The first is how to stabilize Europe’s economy. The second is how to avoid a similar breakdown next time. Even more important is a...

Speculation no reason to stop development

If Rhode Island officials want an object lesson in how not to grow the state’s work force, nearby Massachusetts seems glad to oblige. Medical Information...

When does Christmas start? When does it end?

’Twas the night before Christmas … and all the stores were closed. Why? They needed a few hours to get ready for the AFTER...

Restaurants feed state’s economic engine

There is not the level of drama on Restaurant Row to capture media attention as there is coming out of Washington, D.C., the Statehouse...

Bureau’s hotline could be lifeline for consumers

Got a beef with your mortgage lender? Is your bank unresponsive when you complain that your escrow account is fouled up and making your...
FLYING HIGH: Thomas A. Mann Jr., executive director of The Pawtucket Foundation, says that he’s not aware that any city in the state that has more cranes in the air than Pawtucket currently does. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Marketing effort eager to woo businesses to Pawtucket

A lot is happening in Pawtucket, as a conversation with Thomas A. Mann Jr., executive director of The Pawtucket Foundation, readily reveals. The foundation,...

Meditech stalled in Freetown

When Medical Information Technology Inc. last fall announced plans to build a 120,000-square-foot office building in Freetown’s Riverfront Business Park, the software maker was...

Bad move by Warwick City Council on Green

The federal court appeal filed by Warwick City Council to the Federal Aviation Administration plan to expand T.F. Green Airport is not what the...
WASHINGTON TRUST Bancorp. Chairman and CEO Joseph J. MarcAurele said the bank will open a new branch in Coventry. / PBN FILE PHOTO/HILARY ROSENTHAL

Washington Trust eyes new markets

With a $2.9 billion asset level, Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. is not your usual community bank. The bank goes into the new year looking...
TAKING FLIGHT: Joe Piscopio, owner of Iron Works Tavern in Warwick, thinks the City Council is hindering business by fighting the expansion of the T.F. Green Airport. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Waiting game for airport expansion

To Iron Works Tavern owner Joseph Piscopio, the expansion of T.F. Green Airport’s main runway makes too much economic sense not to happen. So...
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