Tag: Federal Trade Commission
Local solar company being sued by state over deceptive trade practices
PROVIDENCE – A local solar company and its top executive are being sued by the state for allegedly violating the state’s deceptive trade practice...
Regulators take aim at AI to protect consumers and workers
NEW YORK (AP) – As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation's financial watchdog says it's working to ensure...
A lost clause? FTC may ban noncompete pacts
Thirty million people. That’s how many workers federal regulators say could find new jobs, increase their wages, or even start their own companies if...
Will R.I. legislation on hospital mergers, acquisitions scare off suitors?
The state review process for buying or selling hospitals in Rhode Island is going to get tougher under newly approved legislation.
Meanwhile, one of the...
Report: Identity thefts in R.I. have grown 231% since 2019
PROVIDENCE – Identity theft reports in Rhode Island have grown 231% since 2019, the seventh-largest increase across the U.S., according to a report by...
Bill to place moratorium on for-profit hospital ownership transactions clears R.I....
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate Thursday approved legislation that would amend the Hospital Conversion Act to impose a one-year moratorium on hospital ownership transactions...
Care New England CEO Fanale to step down in early 2023
PROVIDENCE – In the wake of a failed hospital merger that could have changed the health care landscape in Rhode Island, and less than...
Brown’s prescription: Will latest failed merger end the university’s bid for...
The dream, as Brown University leaders described it, included Providence’s Jewelry District filled with biotech companies spun off from discoveries made by an “integrated...
Did Attorney General Peter F. Neronha make the right decision denying...
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Feb. 17 denied a proposed merger between Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System due to concerns...
Lifespan, CNE withdraw merger application, won’t contest challenges
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's two major hospital systems, Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, announced on Wednesday that they are withdrawing their...
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