R.I. health insurance enrollment declines
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island commercial health insurance enrollment declined 10 percent in 2010 from 2005, according to the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance...
Providence 4th-most dangerous in Northeast for pedestrians
WASHINGTON - Providence is the 4th most-dangerous metropolitan area in the Northeast for pedestrians, according to a study by Transportation for America released Tuesday.
The...
R.I. gets $5.2M to create health insurance exchange
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been awarded a $5.2 million grant to establish a health insurance exchange, as mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
Rhode...
Verizon escapes ‘billion-dollar mistake’ as court spurns appeal
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to revive a suit that claimed Verizon Communications Inc. owed as much as $1.7 billion in additional...
Sales of new homes in U.S. rose in April to four-month...
WASHINGTON - Purchases of new houses rose in April to the highest level so far this year after plunging to a record low two...
Rosengren says bank capital in U.S. has substantially improved
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said that the central bank’s regulation and supervision have helped improve the strength of...
BofA ‘has work to do’ on future GSE claims, Moynihan says
NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, still faces costs to settle disputes with mortgage firms Fannie Mae...
Massachusetts home sales, prices fall
BOSTON – Sales of Massachusetts single-family homes and their prices declined in April compared with the same month last year.
The Massachusetts Association of Realtors...
Sovereign debuts small-biz lending initiative
BOSTON – Sovereign Bank has launched an initiative aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses by providing access to $1 billion in capital at...
89 local companies honored for employee health focus
WARWICK – Eighty-nine local companies were honored by the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Tuesday...