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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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While many companies are still downsizing downsize and the job market in Rhode Island struggles to expand, Independence Financial Partners, the local John Hancock Financial Network firm, is hiring, said spokeswoman Deb Nelson.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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One-in-four teens believe they won’t achieve a positive cash flow, but will depend largely on financial assistance from their parents or guardians, until they’re at least 25 to 27 years old, teen advocacy group Junior Achievement of Rhode Island announced in an April 5 press release.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Navigant Credit Union members will receive a bonus dividend of 2 percent of interest accrued on accounts in 2012, according to a press release. This marks 25 consecutive years the credit union awarded a dividend to its members.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Lincoln-based Amica Mutual Insurance Co. donated $37,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital at Comcast sports Net’s Ace Ticket Studios on April 5. The donation brings Amica’s total gift to $177,00 during the past five years.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Reforming the state agency at the heart of the 38 Studios LLC loan guarantee has been as deliberate, modest and incremental as the video game company’s collapse was sudden and spectacular.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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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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Michael Hudson’s motto is his mantra: The customer pays for everything.
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By Paul E. Kandarian
Contributing Writer | 4/8/13 |