MetLife awards $35K to Rhode Island food bank
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank received one of five nationally awarded grants from the MetLife Foundation. The grant will go towards the food...
Stimulus package helping individuals, too
In addition to the business tax relief and incentive measures we covered in our first column, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of...
Burgers are in for ’09 events
By mid-March, the lodge at the University of Rhode Island’s Environmental Education Center is usually booked solid with company gatherings for the summer. Businesses...
Fidelity plans to boost municipal bond sales
BOSTON – Fidelity Investments plans to boost the amount of municipal bond sales managed or co-managed by its capital markets division, InvestmentNews reported, citing...
Report: Cost of charity care in Rhode Island skyrockets
Women & Infants Hospital is among the fortunate ones. Because RIte Care, the state Medicaid program, covers pregnant women and children up to 250...
Downturn wracks college endowments
Turmoil in the financial markets and the economic downturn have devastated the endowments of college and universities across Rhode Island in recent months, forcing...
Webster sees more savings in 2009
WATERBURY, Conn. – Webster Financial Corp. is forecasting that its expenses in 2009 will be lower than the year before, thanks in part to...
BofA to take part in Obama mortgage plan
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), the nation’s largest mortgage servicer, says it will participate in the new home loan modification...
Fitch paints bleak picture of R.I.’s future
NEW YORK – The R.I. Convention Center Authority’s $72 million 2009 series A refunding revenue bonds have received an A+ rating from Fitch Ratings.
The...
Five Questions With: Robert A. Catanzaro
Independence Bank, a small, privately held institution in East Greenwich, has an unusual distinction: Of any bank nationwide that received funds from the U.S....
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