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Adding teen to car policy can get expensive in R.I.
Insurance agent Robert Leary, founder and owner of Newport-based City by-the-sea Insurance LLC, helps consumers find suitable policies tailored to their personal circumstances. He...
Retail sales rise a meager 0.1% in May from April as...
NEW YORK (AP) – Consumers barely increased spending in May from April as still high inflation and high interest rates curbed spending.
Retail sales rose...
Memorial Day travelers cope with higher prices in rush to kick...
Widespread flight delays across the U.S. tested the patience of travelers who tried to get a jump-start on Memorial Day weekend, but the relatively...
Sharply higher gas prices pushed up inflation in August, yet underlying...
WASHINGTON (AP) – A spike in gas prices pushed up inflation in August, yet most other costs rose at a more modest pace, evidence...
Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating, citing mounting debt and political divisions
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government's credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and...
R.I., Mass. gas prices jump amid expected increase in crude oil...
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island increased to $3.35 per gallon on Monday, 10 cents more than...
U.S. wholesale inflation slowed further in December to 6.2%
WASHINGTON (AP) – Wholesale prices in the United States rose 6.2% in December from a year earlier, a sixth straight slowdown and a hopeful...
U.S. consumer inflation eased again to 6.5% in December
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation's grip on the economy will continue to ease this...
R.I.’s top CEOs are backing Question 1
Publicly funded higher education and private industry rely upon each other. Public institutions of higher education – when properly funded and with adequate infrastructure...
Gas prices drop again in R.I., Mass.
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island dropped to $3.32 per gallon, 11 cents less than last week...