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State’s investment potential touted at conference
PROVIDENCE – State leaders and quasi-public agency officials touted Rhode Island's potential to possible investors ahead of next month's general obligation bonds issuance during...
Verdi Productions announces five-year film partnership with Scorsese, DiCaprio
EAST GREENWICH – Verdi Productions will partner with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio to film several movies in Rhode Island over the next five...
Providence Equity Partners acquires logistics company behind record-breaking Taylor Swift tour
PROVIDENCE – Providence Equity Partners LLC has acquired a controlling stake in a live-events logistics company that has worked with the likes of Beyoncé...
Eight individuals indicted in transnational fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims
PROVIDENCE – Eight people have been indicted by the U.S. District Court on fraud charges, after allegedly operating a transnational fraud scheme that targeted...
R.I. immigration lawyer, former judge accused of misconduct
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island immigration attorney and former judge is being accused of professional misconduct after allegedly defrauding 10 clients out of thousands...
House rejects McKee’s proposed $82K in cabinet pay raises, Senate up...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday 68-0 to reject Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed cabinet pay raises for 11 state...
Edesia launches donation drive after end of USAID funding
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Edesia Inc. on Wednesday launched a donation drive so the nonprofit manufacturer can continue providing food for malnourished people worldwide in...
‘There’s just no lunchtime crowd anymore’: Downtown Providence restaurateurs navigate post-COVID...
PROVIDENCE – Benjamin Sukle, owner and operator of Oberlin restaurant at 266 Westminster St., has seen many eateries come and go over the years...
Edesia’s warehouse piling up without new federal government orders
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Edesia Inc. President and founder Navyn Salem said the humanitarian aid agency's warehouse is once again piling up with life-saving food...
Eastern Bank parent enters agreement to acquire HarborOne in $490M deal...
PROVIDENCE – Eastern Bankshares Inc., the holding company of Eastern Bank, has entered into a merger agreement with HarborOne Bancorp Inc., the holding company...
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