254 city homes kept affordable until 2046
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Mayor David N. Cicilline today joined in announcing a multimillion-dollar initiative that will keep 254 apartments affordable...
Blount Boats set to launch ferry Plum Island
WARREN – The M/V Plum Island, a 120-foot cargo-passenger ferry constructed by Blount Boats Inc. for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is slated...
Bernanke: ‘Bad’ lending a long-term challenge
WASHINGTON – Low-income neighborhoods once cut off from credit are finding “bad” lending may be worse than none at all, according to Federal Reserve...
Investor to buy Tribune Co. for $8.2B
CHICAGO – Media giant Tribune Co. (NYSE: TRB), which went public in 1983, is planning to go private again by selling itself for $8.2...
Slade’s Ferry adopts new name, logo
SOMERSET – Slade’s Ferry Bank today unveiled new signs as the institution adopted both a new logo and a new name, Slades Bank, in...
R.I. gas prices rise for 7th week, to $2.679
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices rose for the seventh consecutive week, to 50 cents per gallon above the price eight weeks ago, AAA...
Nestor’s annual loss rises 10.7% to $7.49M
PROVIDENCE – For the year ended Dec. 31, Nestor Inc. (Nasdaq: NEST) today posted a net loss of $7.491 million, an increase of 10.7...
UMass study shows where N.E. gambled in 2006
Rhode Islanders spent $548 million last year “at southern New England’s four casino-style venues,” according to a report released today by the Center for...
Washington Trust Co. financing $8.1M new hotel
The Washington Trust Co. Commercial Real Estate Group has provided Village Hotel Associates LLC with $8.1 million in financing to build a Hampton Inn...
New Wave Café shuttered in tax dispute
NEW BEDFORD – The New Wave Café, a longtime showcase for original music, was shut down Wednesday by The Mass. Department of Revenue for...
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