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CONNECTICUT owners of so-called pass-through businesses currently have a workaround to the federal $10,000 SALT deduction limit due to a state law passed earlier this year. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

Connecticut’s SALT bypass offers hidden perk for money managers

Economic Activity 09/21/2018

NEW YORK - Hedge fund and private equity managers in Connecticut may have more to like about the state’s novel workaround for a new cap...

Does FEC care about campaign violations?

Editorial and Op-Ed 09/21/2018

The Federal Election Commission would prefer not to know. On a party-line vote, the FEC has voted not to pursue enforcement action against the...

Feds use offshore-drilling money for conservation, R.I. gets nearly $1M

Government 09/18/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is getting nearly $1 million in federal money – much of it from selling offshore-drilling rights – to pay for...

CHINA RESPONDED to the most recent round of tariffs from President Donald Trump with retaliatory tariff action against $60 billion of U.S. goods. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/OILAI SHEN

China strikes $60B of U.S. goods in widening trade war

Economic Activity 09/18/2018

NEW YORK - China announced it will take retaliatory tariff action against $60 billion of U.S. goods, sharply escalating the trade war as the Trump...

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION announced another round of tariffs that will affect roughly $200 billion in Chinese goods. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/QILAI SHEN

Trump ratchets up tariff pressure on China with $200B hit

Economic Activity 09/17/2018

NEW YORK - The Trump administration will slap a 10 percent tariff on about $200 billion in Chinese goods next week, and more than double...

Public interest groups get more time to review rewrite of Volcker...

Financial Services 09/11/2018

PROVIDENCE – Federal regulators are giving the public an extra month to review and provide input on proposed changes to the so-called “Volcker Rule”...

AS THE PERIOD FOR comment on a planned $200 billion of tariffs on Chinese goods ended, it was said that President Donald Trump is willing to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as the two nations square off. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/QILAI SHEN

Kudlow says U.S. willing to talk with China as tariffs loom...

Economic Activity 09/07/2018

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump is willing to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as the two nations square off over trade, but...

CASH BONUS: The Washington Trust Co. said it was able to provide employees with one-time cash bonuses in January as a result of a reduction in its corporate taxes. Patricia Fernandez, left, professional flex banker at Washington Trust on Waterman Street in Providence, speaks with customer Nina Pratt of Providence.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Banks say tax reform allowed for increased spending on staff, infrastructure

Financial Services 09/07/2018

Many banks in Rhode Island and elsewhere have showered employees with pay raises and bonuses since President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans in Congress...