Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Financial Services

CVS to buy western drugstore Longs

WOONSOCKET and WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) has agreed to acquire retail and pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company Longs...

Bank of America plans energy-management system

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America plans to use a new energy-management system at 3,300 banking centers nationwide to cut its heating and cooling...

Textron Financial forecasts lower profits

PROVIDENCE – Textron Financial Corp., a subsidiary of Providence-based Textron Inc., is forecasting that its profits will be 41 percent lower this year. Textron Financial...

WCCU offering free advertising for members

WESTERLY – Westerly Community Credit Union is offering members a chance to place free online advertisements. The credit union will allow its small-business members...

Webster set to open N.K. branch

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Webster Bank is ready to make its presence felt in Washington County. The Waterbury, Conn.-based bank is opening a freestanding branch this...
WILLEY SAID THAT Tofias is planning business advice for the possibilities of McCain and Obama presidencies. /

Five Questions With: Grafton ‘Cap’ Willey

Grafton “Cap” Willey is a busy guy. The CPA is the shareholder-in-charge of Tofias PC’s Newport office and a member in the accounting and...

Patrick signs broad health reform bill

BOSTON – Improving the quality and transparency of health care in the Bay State while minimizing costs are the goals of a measure signed...
DOREEN PLASSKI, rear left, vice president and branch manager at Webster Bank, and Knud Hellested II, vice president and market manager for Webster Bank, celebrated with the youth of the Kid’s Café Cooking Club by decorating and displaying their Webster Bank cake. /

Webster awards $3,000 to Boys & Girls Club Café

Webster Bank is supporting the Thomas Chew Memorial Boys & Girls Club with a $3,000 grant towards the Kids Café program. The Thomas Chew Memorial...
CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP CFO James Fitzgerald and Brenda Dann-Messier, Executive Director of Dorcas Place. /

Citizens Bank donates $30K to Dorcas Place

The Citizens Bank Foundation recently granted Dorcas Place $30,000 for its efforts to connect adult-education services and curriculum to work force systems and employers...

Business type can determine funding

As a venture capitalist, I meet a lot of entrepreneurs who introduce their company and opportunity to me with hopes of raising capital. All...
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