Tag: Donald Trump
Yellen issues broad defense of post-crisis financial rules
NEW YORK - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said any rollback of post-crisis financial reforms should be “modest” because they’ve made the banking system...
Regional climate accord agrees to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent
(Updated: 5:32 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state bipartisan climate accord, has reached consensus on a new plan aimed at reducing...
What should President Donald Trump’s highest priority be right now?
With the initial efforts to repeal and/or replace the Affordable Care Act pulled from the congressional docket, what should the president set his policy...
GOP’s Obamacare repeal would cut insured by 32 million, CBO says
WASHINGTON - A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of Obamacare without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under...
Most-read stories during June 2017, on PBN.com
1. 2017 40 Under Forty winners chosen
POSTED ONLINE: June 16
Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 13th 40 Under Forty program, to...
Is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) better than either the House...
Much of the young Trump administration has been spent trying to overturn and replace the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). The impulse...
Capital One must resubmit plan as 33 banks ace Fed tests
NEW YORK – Capital One Financial Corp. was alone among big U.S. banks in stumbling through the Federal Reserve’s annual stress tests, getting conditional...
Gay R.I. Teacher of the Year’s photo with Trump goes viral
WASHINGTON – As Rhode Island’s 2017 Teacher of the Year, Nikos Giannopoulos made the most of his opportunity to visit the White House and...
Five Questions With: Greg Cabral
Greg Cabral is a Rhode Island managing partner for BlumShapiro, an accounting and business advisory firm. He talks with Providence Business News about the...
Raimondo signs executive order reaffirming R.I.’s commitment to Paris Climate Accord
PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed an executive order that reaffirmed Rhode Island’s commitment to the Paris Climate Accord on Monday, according to...
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