Tag: Covid-19
Fed’s Powell says new lending programs to launch by June 1
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Fed's lending programs for medium-sized businesses and state and local governments would...
COVID-19 UI claims rise 503 in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Unemployment Insurance claims due to COVID-19 increased by 503 day to day Monday to total 159,649, the R.I. Department of...
IGT posts $197M loss in Q1, cites COVID-19 pandemic
PROVIDENCE – International Game Technology PLC reported a loss of $197 million in the first quarter, or $1.21 per diluted share, due largely to...
Five Questions With: Jeanne Cola
Jeanne Cola has served as executive director for the Rhode Island Local Initiatives Support Corp. since 2011. Prior to that, she worked for 25...
HarborOne Bank donates $125,000 to local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Bank recently donated a total of $125,000 to 35 nonprofit partners in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, according to a news release.
The...
Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation donates $124K to 15 R.I. organizations
WEST WARWICK – The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation recently donated $124,500 in emergency grant funds to 15 Rhode Island organizations to assist with COVID-19...
Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant closes permanently due to pandemic
WARWICK – The owners of Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant on Monday posted a notice on the company website saying they had made “the difficult...
COVID-19 cases rise by 121; Raimondo to open two state beaches...
PROVIDENCE – Both Scarborough and East Matunuck state beaches will open on Memorial Day, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced during Monday’s daily briefing.
The beaches will have limited...
Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy,...
Mass. Gov. Baker unveils phased-in reopening plan
BOSTON (AP) – Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday laid out a phased-in approach to gradually restart the Massachusetts economy, which was largely shuttered nearly two...


















