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Carol Nulman was one of the few women to succeed in the male-dominated world of high finance on Wall Street in the 1970s. “I had 125 men around me who thought I’d fail,” she said of her early days as the only female broker at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb in Manhattan.
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By Denise Perreault |
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Andy Posner is the executive director of the Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit agency in Providence that provides a variety of financial services to those in need. Their goal is to help those experiencing poverty by providing microloans, personal financial coaching and free tax preparation.
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By Michael Souza
Contributing Writer | 11/19/12 |
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TAUNTON, Mass. – The South Eastern Economic Development (SEED) Corporation recently made a micro loan to Newport Potters Guild to enable the small business to start a pottery and clay art gallery and create four new jobs.
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By PBN Staff | 6/16/09 |
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NEW YORK – General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo is taking heat from a new source for her efforts related to the state workers’ pension system, but the criticism is not coming from a local source. …
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By PBN Staff
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The Slater Technology Fund has committed to $250,000 in funding to a $750,000 seed round for Care Thread, a provider of secure mobile messaging and team-based collaboration solutions for the medical industry, Slater announced Tuesday.
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By PBN Staff
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MidOcean Partners acquired Agilex Flavors & Fragrances from Providence-based middle-market private equity firm Nautic Partners LLC on Dec. 19, 2012, MidOcean announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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The Slater Technology Fund has committed $250,000 in funding to Absolute Commerce Inc., a company developing solutions to make it easier and cheaper for large companies to purchase the goods and services they need.
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By PBN Staff
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Mall owners including Simon Property Group Inc. and General Growth Properties Inc., the biggest in the United States, are signaling they’re moving on from struggling retail centers as the economic rebound drives them to focus on the best-performing markets.
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By Brian Louis |
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Fidelity Investments, the second- largest U.S. mutual fund company, said operating income declined 29 percent as fee pressure, low interest rates and redemptions from its active equity funds hurt revenue.
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By Christopher Condon |
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Fitch Ratings has ranked Providence’s general obligation bonds as “BBB,” outlook negative, due to what the global ratings company said was “remaining uncertainly” and the fact that the city still faces “financial pressure and limited flexibility.”
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By PBN Staff
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