Tag: U.S. Treasury Department
Mortgage rates reach highest level in more than 14 months
Mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row, pushing the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in over...
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbs to highest level in...
Mortgage rates rose again this week, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in more than a year.
The benchmark...
Hearing slated for former state official accused of ethical misconduct in...
PROVIDENCE – A former state official accused of ethical misconduct during a now-infamous business trip to Philadelphia in 2023 will have a hearing before...
Chinese hackers accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident,...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency...
Ethics commission drops complaint against Gov. McKee
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Ethics Commission has dismissed a state Republican Party complaint against Gov. Daniel J. McKee over a lunch meeting with a...
Real estate industry ready for some rate cuts
While many real estate agents are dream sellers, Gina Lalli, senior loan officer at Shamrock Home Loans in Newport, often has to give buyers...
Biden bans Russian oil; local gas prices rise again
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia's economy in retaliation...
SEED Corp. receives $700K Treasury grant for small-business and startup financing
TAUNTON – The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. recently received a $700,000 federal grant to help finance small businesses and startups across the region,...
PEW: R.I. ranks No. 18 in share of stimulus funds relative...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranks No. 18 in terms of the share of federal stimulus funds it will get relative to its state spending,...
Second round of PPP loans to start week of Jan. 11
PROVIDENCE – The Paycheck Protection Program will reopen on the week of Jan. 11, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced Friday in consultation with...
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