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S&P 500 climbs to 4-year high as ECB details bond-buying plan
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed above the highest closing level since 2008 as the European Central Bank announced specifics of its bond-buying plan and data boosted optimism in the American labor market. more
Leading economic indicators stagnate in July
An index of Rhode Island’s leading economic indicators produced by Providence Business News and e-forecasting.com held steady at 120.3 in July. more
| 9/7/12
Short-sale rule changes drive sales
More than four years after the foreclosure crisis familiarized Americans with short sales – selling properties for less than the outstanding balances on their mortgages – the barriers to completing them are slowly coming down. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 9/17/12

Underwater mortgages in R.I. drop 2.8% in 2Q
The number of underwater homes in Rhode Island dropped 2.8 percent in the second quarter. There were 51,727 properties in the Ocean State worth less than the outstanding mortgages on them in the April-June period of 2012, according to the Santa Ana, Calif.-based real estate data firm, down from 53,208 in the first three months of the year. more
| 9/12/12
Providence-area exports top $7B in 2011
Exports from the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford metropolitan area grew 23.3 percent to $7.1 billion from 2010 to 2011, according to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. more
| 9/21/12
Report: R.I. lays groundwork for wind energy
The Ocean State could be one the first states with offshore wind farms, according to a report released by Environment Rhode Island, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Environment Council of Rhode Island. more
| 9/13/12
Foreclosures in metro drop in August
Lenders initiated 31 percent fewer foreclosures on Providence metropolitan-area homes during August than they did during the same period last year, RealtyTrac said Thursday. more
Trade gap in U.S. widened to $42B as exports fell
The U.S. trade deficit widened in July for the first time in four months as the global economic slowdown reduced demand for American-made goods. more
Neptune-Benson acquires ETS
Aquatic filtration system-maker Neptune-Benson LLC has acquired Beaver Dam, Wisc.-based Engineered Treatment Systems LLC, Neptune-Benson announced Monday. more
| 9/11/12
Import prices in U.S. rose 0.7% in August as energy costs jumped
Prices of goods imported into the U.S. rose in August for the first time in five months as the cost of petroleum surged. more
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