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Brookline Bancorp Inc. – the parent company of Bank Rhode Island – saw its bottom line rise 38.8 percent during the first quarter of 2013, the bank announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated, 1:05 p.m.)
Washington Trust Bancorp Inc., parent company of The Washington Trust Co., reported first-quarter net income of $7.4 million, or 45 cents per diluted share, on Monday, a decline of 12.1 percent from the first three months of 2012.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Newport Bancorp Inc., parent of Newport Federal Savings Bank, saw its bottom line fall 64.9 percent year over year during the first quarter of 2013.
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By PBN Staff
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On J.D. Power and Associates 2013 retail banking ratings for New England, both Bank of America and Citizens Bank ranked “about average” across the board, while Sovereign Bank was labeled as “the rest,” the lowest available score.
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By PBN Staff
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Social Venture Partners of Rhode Island provided a $20,000 loan to Metryx LLC, “further strengthening the collaboration between these two organizations,” said SVPRI in a release.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated, 10:15 a.m.) Bank of America Corp. reported first-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as lower mortgage banking income and higher legal costs slowed the firm’s turnaround. The shares dropped 3 percent in early trading.
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By Hugh Son |
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Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., Rhode Island’s largest independent insurance agency, has acquired Braintree, Mass.-based Crosbie-Macdonald MD Insurance Services, Starkweather & Shepley announced Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC dismissed a London-based interest-rates trader, weeks after settling with regulators over its part in the Libor scandal, two people with knowledge of the situation said.
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By Liam Vaughan and Gavin Finch |
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The U.S. isn’t broke, and the dollar isn’t in danger of collapse even after unprecedented stimulus measures enacted following the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, according to Capital Economics Ltd.
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By Kevin Buckland and John Detrixhe |
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The European banking industry may have to consolidate further if revenues don’t recover and firms don’t achieve their cost-savings targets, according to a Barclays PLC research note.
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By Ambereen Choudhury and Stefania Bianchi |