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The private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners LLC will maintain a controlling stake in Chicago-based computer equipment maker CDW Corp. after a $500 million planned stock sale, reported Crain’s Chicago Business.
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By PBN Staff
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Capital Properties Inc. reported a 28 percent drop in profits from $807,000, or 12 cents per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2011 to $578,000, or 9 cents per diluted share, during the same period this year.
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By PBN Staff
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Employees at Fidelity Investments spent one recent week focusing on a different type of investment – efforts to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
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8/6/12
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U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index toward the highest level since May, after data showed payrolls climbed more than forecast even as the jobless rate unexpectedly rose to a five-month high.
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By Rita Nazareth |
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General Motors Ventures LLC has invested in The NanoSteel Co., a maker of nano-structured steel materials design, the company announced Monday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Rhode Island public venture capital firm Slater Technology Fund has added $130,000 to its investment in Warwick mobile Internet management company MoFuse, Slater announced Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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When Nikki Parness, a certified financial planner with a decade of experience crossing the public and private sectors, wanted to go independent after five years at Fidelity Investments, she knew there would be more to change than her office location.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The South Eastern Economic Development Corp. will hold free basic business workshops throughout the region this fall and winter to assist potential and existing entrepreneurs
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By Michael Souza |
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A.H. Belo Corp., the Dallas-based parent company of the Providence Journal and three other daily newspapers, has been upgraded from “sell” to “hold” by TheStreet Ratings.
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By PBN Staff
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The difference between U.S. 10-year interest-rate swaps and Treasuries of comparable maturity may widen as changes in fiscal, monetary and regulatory policy limit the debt’s supply, Bank of America Corp. said.
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By Daniel Kruger |