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BankNewport acquires Offshore Financial
NEWPORT – BankNewport has acquired a New Jersey financial company to operate as its marine-lending division.
The Newport-based bank on Monday announced the purchase of...
Report: Public support for higher education in R.I. lags national average
PROVIDENCE – Since the 2008 recession, total education revenue per full-time equivalent student at a public college or university has risen 2.6 percent using...
Report: 64% of R.I.ers getting tax cut, 7% tax increase in...
PROVIDENCE – Fewer then two-thirds of Rhode Islanders will see a tax cut on their 2018 federal tax bill, according to calculations done by...
JWU sells Warwick Radisson Hotel property to Fla. company for $7.5M
PROVIDENCE – The Radisson hotel property it owns at 2081 Post Road in Warwick has been sold to Florida-based Pinnacle Hotel Management for $7.5...
RIH allocates $3.5M in affordable housing funds
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Housing’s board of commissioners approved the allocation of $3.5 million in Housing Trust Fund resources for two projects that will...
Report: R.I. slams National Grid for poor storm response
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is seeking to recoup funds from National Grid Rhode Island after releasing a report slamming the utility for its poor...
PBN announces 2018 C-Suite Awards winners
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has announced the winners of its 2018 C-Suite Awards Friday, recognizing top C-level executives for public, private and nonprofit...
No budge in R.I. unemployment rate
PROVIDENCE – For a third consecutive month in February, Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent, per a report released by...
Rhode Island business leaders maintain bullish outlook on economy
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island business community remains largely optimistic about the state’s economic future, although a real-time survey taken Wednesday morning shows the...
Report: Providence metro ranks No. 8 on Best Places for Working...
PROVIDENCE – Magnify Money ranked the Providence metro area the eighth-best metro for working women in the country this month.
The report compared the 50...
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