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Citizens reports 27% profit growth in Q3
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc., the holding company for Citizens Bank, on Friday reported a $443 million quarterly profit, or 91 cents per...
Slow, steady decline in unemployment stretches into September
PROVIDENCE – Continuing its slow and steady decline, the Rhode Island seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 3.9 percent in September,...
Site work for new commercial building, The Nightingale, begins in Providence
PROVIDENCE – A $52 million project that will place a six-story building on a city block downtown has entered the pre-construction phase, with the...
RIDE receives $2.5M to improve student behavioral outcomes, learning conditions
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education received a $2.5 million federal School Climate Transformation grant to expand programs that address social, emotional and...
August CCI reflects lowest value of the year
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Following July revisions, eight points were lost month to month in the August Current Conditions Index as the measure declined to...
Providence scores perfect on HRC’s LGBTQ equality index
PROVIDENCE – The Providence city government earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2018 Municipal Equality Index, a measure of ways that...
Panelists at PBN Cybersecurity Summit warn threats are growing
WARWICK — While there is an increased awareness about hackers and cyber breaches from last year coinciding with educational efforts put forth to various...
CVS-Aetna deal is given go-ahead by U.S. antitrust regulators
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. can go ahead with their about $68 billion deal, the Justice Department said, clearing the...
Nordstrom shuttering Providence Place store
PROVIDENCE – Nordstrom Inc. will close its Providence Place mall location on Jan. 5, the company announced Tuesday.The closure marks the second anchor-store lost...
Medley Genomics wins Get Started RI pitch competition
PROVIDENCE - Medley Genomics, a data analytics company focused on tumor cells and creating targeted and personalized cancer treatments, won the Get Started Rhode Island...
