Small-business owners increasing credit card use
As more small-business owners turn to credit cards to make ends amid tightening bank credit, a bill that sought to provide relief through credit...
Editorial Cartoon: Sour Spoonful
The American consumer is depicted as a small boy wearing a propeller beanie. He is grimacing and turning away as he holds out his...
An investment designed to fill <br>job-destroying skill gaps
Two years ago, the Governor’s Workforce Board of Rhode Island, under the direction of Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, set in motion a long-term strategy...
Providence looks to switch to UnitedHealth
PROVIDENCE – The city may drop Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and select UnitedHealthcare of New England and CVS Caremark Corp....
Five Questions With: Michael Saul
The Small Business Loan Fund Corporation is getting a lot of attention lately as the credit markets continue to tighten.
A subsidiary of the R.I....
At Citizens, going green makes cents
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group has kicked off an incentive program that pays Citizens Bank and Charter One customers for going paperless – at...
Narragansett Bay, Adirondack in renewals pact
PAWTUCKET – Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. has entered into a renewal-rights agreement with Adirondack Insurance Exchange that is expected to bring in 4,500 homeowner...
Pats’ Bruschi, SBLI extend endorsement deal
WOBURN, Mass. – The Savings Bank Life Insurance Co. of Massachusetts (SBLI) has signed a two-year extension of its endorsement agreement with New England...
Citizens, BofA to finance STAG acquisition
BOSTON – Citizens Bank and Bank of America are lending $80 million to STAG Capital Partners to finance the company’s acquisition of its fourth...
R.I. gets $762,600 in Medicaid fraud settlement
PROVIDENCE – The pharmaceutical manufacturer Cephalon Inc. will pay $762,600 to Rhode Island’s Medicaid program as part of a $375 million national settlement with...