Lincoln Park opens addition,<br> adopts new name
LINCOLN – Lincoln Park today officially opened its 160,000-square-foot addition, with a ribbon-cutting at the site’s north entrance this morning at 11...
Existing home sales surge unexpected 3.9%
WASHINGTON – Sales of previously owned homes surged 3.9 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.69 million per year from January’s...
Miriam CEO to lead R.I. Airport Corp.
WARWICK – Kathleen C. Hittner, a physician and a Warwick resident, this week was selected by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri to chair the R.I....
Assembly approves bill to encourage<br> giving to R.I. charities
STATE HOUSE – A measure aimed at encouraging part-time residents to give to Rhode Island charities yesterday cleared the General Assembly and headed for...
R.I. beats U.S. jobless rate, breaks jobs record
CRANSTON – “For the first time since May 2005, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate is lower than the national average,” Adelita S. Orefice, director of...
Local group buying WRNI public radio for $2M
For the first time in Rhode Island history, the state will have its own locally-owned and operated public radio station.
WBUR (90.9FM), Boston’s NPR...
$3M federal grant <br>to protect R.I. woodlands
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service will set aside $3 million to protect 1,100 acres of land in Coventry and West Greenwich, which will...
No. 5 homebuilder KB’s profits plunge 84%
LOS ANGELES – KB Home, the nation’s fifth-largest homebuilder, today said its profits fell 84 percent in the quarter ended Feb. 28 as the...
Subprime meltdown hits 0-down loans
The credit crunch that began with the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market has spread to affect even borrowers with good credit, according to...
U.S. leading indicators fall 0.5% in Feb.
The U.S. Leading Economic Indicators index fell 0.5 percent last month to 137.3 points (1996 = 100) after declining 0.3 percent in January and...
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