Blackstone joins ProvEquity in Informa bid
PROVIDENCE – Providence Equity Partners Inc. and The Carlyle Group have been joined by rival Blackstone Group LP in their bid to buy U.K.-based...
Surveys say tech spending will stay strong
Despite continued economic worries, two new surveys suggest both consumers and businesses plan to spend more on technology over the next year.
The monthly Index...
Subprime crisis highlights need for regulation
The year-old crisis triggered by the subprime mortgage debacle has uncovered so many weaknesses in the U.S. financial system that it’s going to be...
Construction projects give rise to traffic needs
When FM Global proposed building a $60 million headquarters in Johnston, it knew that it would be signing on to fund another project: a...
Insuring for disasters a must
In April 2007, the flooding Pawtuxet River inundated Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet. Only a major effort got it up and running again. In a new survey...
Carcieri, Council 94 and courts go round and round
Facing the possibility he might lose up to $10 million in labor concessions already written into a lean 2009 state budget, Gov. Donald L....
Blue Cross, United seek hikes to small-group rates
Just weeks after getting state approval to raise large-group base rates by 8.1 percent and 8 percent, respectively, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...
Verizon program donates funding, books<br> to ‘Read to Me’ at Hasbro Children’s...
Verizon Communications and the Verizon Telecom Pioneers presented more than 200 Scholastic books to the “Read to Me” program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. The...
FDIC earnings lowest since 1991
WASHINGTON – Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reported net income of $5 billion in the second quarter,...
IIARI launches hurricane-awareness campaign
WARWICK - The Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island (IIARI) have launched a public-awareness campaign to help inform consumers about the perils of hurricanes.
As...
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