Fed defies expectations, stands pat on rates
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve policymakers today defied expectations, ending their two-day session with a vote to keep their benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.0...
N.E. payrolls outgrow nation’s despite R.I. declines
BOSTON – Non-farm employment increased more quickly in New England than nationwide over the past year, as increases in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and...
BankRI donations help youth organizations
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island recently provided a $30,500 helping hand to 15 youth organizations during summer vacation and assisted youngsters in other ways,...
Citizens making employee-discount program public
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group had said it will offer its employee-discount program to the public for home equity and mortgage loans in response...
SBA: R.I. businesses sought $3.8M in loans in Aug.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island small businesses had more than $3.8 million in loans approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration in August, according to...
A.T. Cross switches to Nasdaq
LINCOLN – A.T. Cross Co. has announced that its board of directors has approved the decision to switch the listing of its common stock...
Morse Insurance to market NBIC policies
PAWTUCKET – Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. has appointed Massachusetts-based Morse Insurance Agency Inc. to market its homeowners insurance policies.
Narragansett Bay offers insurance coverage for...
Five Questions With: Mark A. Male
It has been nearly two decades since southern New England has been hit hard by a hurricane. With each passing year, the complacency grows....
R.I. Medicaid reform plan <br>not likely to lower state’s payout
To the editor:
As president of the state’s largest association of nursing homes, I read the recent opinion piece by Gary Alexander, director of the...
Surfing for ‘suicide’ on the Web
On the Internet, there are not only online communities that are pro-suicide, but there are Web sites that actually encourage visitors in efforts to...
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