Mortgage failures ‘of great concern’ to Fed
WASHINGTON – Sandra Braunstein, director of the Federal Reserve System’s Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, yesterday told Congress “The impact of mortgage delinquency...
UnitedHealthcare withdraws $36.8M<br> extraordinary dividend proposal
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner today announced it has received a letter from UnitedHealthcare of New England withdrawing its...
Durable-goods orders rise 2.5% in February
WASHINGTON – New orders for durable goods last month rose 2.5 percent to $206.9 billion, after falling 9.3 percent in January, the U.S. Commerce...
Astro-Med profit more than doubles, to $6.06M
WEST WARWICK – In the year ended Jan. 31, Astro-Med Inc.’s profit more than doubled to $6.06 million or 82 cents per diluted share...
R.I. schools to get $3.1M more Title I funds
WASHINGTON – Title I federal funding of Rhode Island public schools will increase by $3.1 million or 6.7 percent in fiscal 2007, to more...
Biszko Contracting faces $36,400 in safety fines
Biszko Contracting Corp. of Fall River faces $36,400 in potential fines for allegedly failing to supply cave-in protection at a work site on Lenox...
JWU to create Feinstein Technology & Design Center
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University today announced plans to create the Alan Shawn Feinstein Technology & Design Center, to benefit local nonprofits.
Starting this...
Retail sales surge last week, ICSC reports
Sales at U.S. retailers last week rose 0.2 percent over the previous week and 4.6 percent above the same week in 2006, according to...
F.R. Boys & Girls Club seeks matching funds<br> for $250,000 challenge...
FALL RIVER – The Thomas Chew Memorial Boys & Girls Club today announced a $250,000 challenge grant that, if the club can raise $150,000,...
U.S. home-prices index falls in January; <br> builder Lennar Corp.’s earnings...
U.S. home prices fell in January, dipping 0.2 percent below year-ago levels, according to today’s Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home-price index. It was the...
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