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...
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...
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 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...