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Orders to U.S. factories fell in January by the most in five months, weighed down by a slump in demand for military hardware and commercial aircraft.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Bristol County, Mass., foreclosure starts dropped 17.4 percent in January while finished foreclosures plummeted 86.7 percent compared with the first month of 2012, The Warren Group said Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to its highest level ever, erasing losses from the financial crisis after a four-year rally fueled by the fastest profit growth since the 1990s and monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
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By Inyoung Hwang |
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Single-family home prices in the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford metro area rose 0.6 percent from January 2012 to January 2013, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stock-index futures declined as growth slowed in China’s services industry and American lawmakers signaled federal spending cuts will continue for weeks before they can reach a budget resolution.
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By Inyoung Hwang and Sofia Horta e Costa |
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Boosting Rhode Island out of its stagnant economy will not happen overnight, but the mission of Empower RI is to build a solid financial base, one employee and family at a time.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Rhode Island chief financial officers echo the restrained expectations for economic growth in 2013 found in two national surveys of finance executives. America’s stubborn economic issues are weighing heavily on regional growth, some local financial leadetrs said.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Orders for U.S. durable goods excluding transportation equipment climbed in January by the most in a year, showing companies are planning to expand capacity.
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Bloomberg News
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3/4/13
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As the nation’s largest ports jockey for the new supersized cargo ships being built for a widening Panama Canal, maneuvering on a much smaller scale is happening in southern New England ports hoping to catch the spillover.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Local banks of all sizes are edging up on the optimism scale, buoyed at least in part by profits tied to substantial increases in commercial lending in 2012.
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By Rhonda Miller |