Bank execs: Job cuts not looming
CHICAGO – Four out of five high-level bank executives say they don’t plan to cut jobs and may even add some in the next...
Cottam new Citizens corporate-affairs head
PROVIDENCE – Barbara Cottam, an executive vice president at Citizens Financial Group Inc., has been promoted to head of corporate affairs and will oversee...
7 nonprofits receive $47,000 from bank
Bristol County Savings Bank, in celebration of the groundbreaking for its first New Bedford location, awarded six New Bedford-based nonprofit organizations with grants totaling...
Harvard selling $400M in tax-exempt bonds
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University, which has almost doubled its debt burden in three years, began selling about $400 million of tax-exempt bonds last...
AcceptPay can help you collect
One of the most pressing issues facing small-business owners today is this: “How do I get paid faster?” Over the last several years,...
SBA sees big jump in loans in 2009 4Q
PROVIDENCE – Lending through the U.S. Small Business Administration in Rhode Island jumped sharply in the final three months of 2009, thanks in part...
FinCom chair questions stimulus spending
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PROVIDENCE – House Finance Committee Chairman Steven M. Costantino badgered state department heads Thursday about why they haven’t moved faster to spend...
Fed sees mixed picture in R.I. real estate
BOSTON – The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said Wednesday that activity in Providence’s commercial real estate market may be picking up, but concerns...
FM Global opens office in Switzerland
JOHNSTON – FM Global said Tuesday it has opened a new branch office in Lugano, Switzerland, after the Swiss government approved its application to...
Even RBS CEO’s mom says he’s overpaid
LONDON – The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, parent of Providence-based Citizens Financial Group Inc., said Tuesday that even his...
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