Tag: Covid-19
How has your company or employer responded to the threat posed...
Rhode Island and its capital city have both declared a state of emergency in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Many businesses have already...
Federal interest-rate cuts good for businesses, borrowers but bad for banks
PROVIDENCE – The emergency half-percentage-point cut in the federal interest rate is bad news for banks, at least from a revenue perspective.
The Federal Reserve’s...
R.I. travel firms refusing to panic
Cancellations are trickling in and trips to countries hit hard by the coronavirus aren’t taking place, but Rhode Island travel agencies are holding out...
Nursing homes step up measures against virus
From Seattle to Miami to Rhode Island, nursing homes and other facilities for the elderly are stockpiling masks and thermometers, preparing for staff shortages...
Don’t ignore chance to avoid an outbreak in R.I.
The effects on daily life of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to limit its spread locally will only grow in the coming weeks, but...
R.I. education commissioner asking school districts to submit ‘closure plans’
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, in a letter Thursday, is calling all public-school districts in Rhode Island to submit closure plans that...
More local colleges moving classes online due to virus concerns
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges are continuing to adjust programming and protocols in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, and following leads of other...
Event cancellations, postponements
PROVIDENCE – As risks related to the coronavirus pandemic have come into focus in the United States, events in Rhode Island continue to be...
R.I. Convention Center, Dunkin’ Donuts Center rescheduling events; AHL season suspended
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Convention Center Authority, which operates the R.I. Convention Center and the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, announced late Thursday that 12 upcoming...
Trading halted on Wall Street after stocks plunge 7% at open
NEW YORK (AP) – The sell-off bludgeoning financial markets around the world got even worse Thursday as the economic pain caused by the coronavirus...
