A year to remember and a year to forget
For the unapologetic optimists, 2008 has presented an extraordinary challenge. Across the nation and around the world we have witnessed the collapse of the...
New Year’s resolutions
Have you resolved to do any of the following in 2009?
• Make improvements to office space environment – 46.7%
• Spend...
T.F. Green approaching 5M passenger goal
WARWICK – Total passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport in November fell 10.1 percent from its level the month before to 403,970 passengers, according...
Noted analyst predicts market correction, recession
WESTPORT, Conn. – Byron Wien, the Pequot Capital Management Inc. chief strategist whose New Year’s predictions have been influencing investors for nearly a quarter...
EAPD completes merger with U.K. firm
NEW YORK and LONDON – Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP has completed its merger with London-based Kendall Freeman, the firms said in a...
Top firms’ CEOs get higher share of pay in stocks
NEW YORK – The CEOs of the nation’s largest companies have a great deal in common with shareholders, because a relatively high proportion of...
R.I. gas prices rise 4¢, to 2-year high
PROVIDENCE – “After little or no movement for the last six weeks, the average price of gasoline in Rhode Island is up four cents...
State freezes pension refund to former DMV worker
PROVIDENCE – The state has frozen the $14,000 pension-fund refund requested by Soraya Santiago, a former R.I. Division of Motor Vehicles employee who was...
DEM extends commercial fishing licenses
PROVIDENCE – Commercial fishermen who have applied for but not yet received their 2008 licenses may continue to use their 2007 licenses through Tuesday,...
Fishermen must adapt to survive
The business of operating a commercial fishing boat has never been more challenging. Operators who must constantly adapt to economic and regulatory changes are...











