Residents again invited to Tour Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – Government and tourism leaders today teamed up to invite Ocean State residents to become tourists in their own state during the Fifth...
Textron’s full-year profit soars 52.6%
PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today posted a 52.6-percent increase in full-year profit, to $917 million in 2007 from $601 million in 2006,...
Mass. foreclosures surge 148% in 2007
BOSTON – The number of foreclosure deeds filed in Massachusetts in 2007 rose 148 percent compared with 2006, according the latest figures from from...
Patrick praises $458M ‘Big Dig’ settlement
BOSTON – The companies overseeing the “Big Dig” in Boston have agreed to pay $458 million to avoid criminal charges in the fatal tunnel...
Foxwoods to seek 2,000 workers for MGM Grand
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. – Foxwoods Resort Casino is poised to begin recruiting 2,000 workers for the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, the addition slated to open...
BankRI full-year profit surges 17.3%
PROVIDENCE – Bancorp Rhode Island Inc. (Nasdaq: BARI), the parent of Bank Rhode Island, today posted a full-year profit of $9.05 million, an increase...
Pro Staff shutters its <br> New England offices
MINNEAPOLIS – “Pro Staff has closed all offices in New England,” declares a notice posted on the door of the staffing agency’s downtown Providence...
Refinancing applications rise as rates continue to fall
WASHINGTON – Mortgage applications nationwide rose last week as more homeowners tried to refinance, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today.
In the seven days ended...
Carcieri calls for sharp cuts to tame deficit ‘gorilla’
PROVIDENCE – “Our state is at a tipping point,” Gov. Donald L. Carcieri said in his sixth annual State of the State address, presented...
Nixon Peabody ranked among 100 best U.S. employers
NEW YORK – Nixon Peabody LLP, whose Providence office opened in 1993 at One Citizens Plaza, has been ranked by Fortune magazine among its...
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