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Banking fix should focus on most serious problems

Financial reform seems to be flailing. Most of the proposed fixes are incremental changes that don’t seem likely to prevent a future bubble. The House...

CLASS is the vegetable in health care reform pot

Bismarck was right: every law is a sausage, with programs thrown almost haphazardly into the pot. In a House-passed bill that proposes to expand...

QuickBooks add-ons can help you

With millions of small and medium businesses using QuickBooks to manage their financial affairs, the industry for QuickBooks “add-ons” has blossomed. Add-on programs are...

RISLA can tap tax refunds for overdue loans

The R.I. Student Loan Authority (RISLA) – the nonprofit state agency that provides higher education loans to students and their families – has been...
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R.I. cities not using cheap stimulus bonds

Pawtucket Finance Director Ronald Wunschel hates to see a great bargain slip by – especially with the city in such fiscal straits – so...
TEA TIME: Erin Mayer, left, manager of Teavana in Providence Place mall, 
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Providence Place battling the recession

At Nordstrom in Providence Place a pair of men’s jeans sells for $198. Down two escalators Old Navy sells a different-style pair for $29.50....

LGC&D honored by Leading Women

PROVIDENCE – Lefkowitz, Garfinkel, Champi and DeRienzo P.C. was honored recently with a “Leading Women to the Top” award at Leading Women of Southeastern...

Prov. Equity’s MGM for sale

LOS ANGELES – Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., a company that Providence-based Providence Equity Partners Inc. helped acquire in 2004, is up for sale. MGM, which...

Washington Trust opens Warwick branch

WARWICK – The Washington Trust Co., the largest Rhode Island-based independent bank, has gotten a little larger. Washington Trust executives recently opened its 18th branch,...

Smithfield High students in Reserve Cup

SMITHFIELD – A four-member team from Smithfield High School is representing Rhode Island in the Reserve Cup Challenge Tuesday, a competition held at the...
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