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MAJOR AIRPORTS and metro areas facing unacceptable delays by 2025 if planned improvements do not occur, according to the FAA's FACT 2 report. /

FAA: Green will be ready for air traffic in 2025

WASHINGTON – T.F. Green Airport (PVD) will have sufficient capacity to handle its needs through at least 2025, if planned improvements are made, according...
THIS JELLYFISH is among the roughly 10,000 creatures who occupy the 5 million gallon aquarium at Atlantis. The resort is the largest private employer on New Providence Island. /

In search of the big catch

Third in a series on a four-day trade mission to the Bahamas. NASSAU, The Bahamas – Chris Lee and I got an early start yesterday....

Few banks tighten standards for prime loans

A “relatively small” number of U.S. lenders tightened their standards for prime mortgages in February, March and April, though a “considerable” number tightened their...
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EPA awards $1.6M for R.I. brownfields projects

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded 10 grants totaling $1.6 million to help assess, clean up and redevelop blighted commercial and...

World Bank report blasts Wolfowitz

WASHINGTON – World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz violated the terms of his contract when he arranged a raise for his companion, and the agency...

BofA appeals LaSalle ruling to Dutch high court

Bank of America Corp. has appealed to the Dutch Supreme Court a ruling that blocked its acquisition of ABN Amro Holding NV’s Chicago-based LaSalle...
JOHN GROSVENOR, left, CEO of Newport Collaborative, speaks yesterday with David Johnson, deputy minister of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, exploring the possibility of development and historic preservation projects in Nassau. /

Fertile ground for Rhode Island skills

Second in a series on a four-day trade mission to the Bahamas. NASSAU, the Bahamas – It was 9:15 a.m. when Newport Collaborative CEO John...
SUNNY WEATHER and Mother's Day (May 14) gave U.S. retail sales a boost last week, according to the ICSC-UBS report. Above, a woman walks past an Express in New York last Friday as another women pauses to talk on her cell phone.  /

ICSC: Retail sales last week rose 0.8%

NEW YORK – Sales at U.S. retail stores open at least one year increased 0.8 percent over the past week, after falling 0.6 percent...

Consumer prices edge up 0.4% in April

WASHINGTON – The seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) last month rose 0.4 percent to 2.6 percent above its year-ago...
THE TRADE MISSION was welcomed to the Bahamas with a reception yesterday at the home of Brendt Hardt, charge de affairs for the U.S. Embassy in Nassau. From left, Eric Offenberg, founder of Middletown-based North East Engineers, and Keith W. Stokes, director of the Newport County Chamber, talk with Hardt during the party. /

A sunny destination for business

First in a series on a four-day trade mission to the Bahamas. We arrived in Nassau, the Bahamas, yesterday at 1:10 p.m. “It’s not hot...
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