Toronto Dominion Bank agreed to pay $62 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of charging customers excessive overdraft fees. more

Do the numbers add up? Twin River says yes, after legislation introduced in the Statehouse last week outlined that Rhode Island would get 18 percent of the revenue table games there would generate if voters approve full-fledged gambling this November. more

PROVIDENCE – Rep. Maria Cimini, D-Providence, scored the highest mark in the General Assembly on the 2012 Common Cause Legislative Scorecard. more

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Despite signs of a real estate recovery, vacant and abandoned properties threaten to keep many capital city neighborhoods hopelessly behind the curve. To understand just how bad the problem is, consider this: A proposed ordinance designed to put some teeth into efforts to clean up such nuisance properties has the public backing of Mayor Angel Taveras and the entire 15-member City Council even before it comes to an expected vote in September! more

BOSTON – Ruby Tuesday will pay $158,000 to settle allegations that it failed to comply with the state’s child-labor and meal-break laws at multiple locations throughout Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced last week. more

BOSTON – FIL Ltd., the holding firm of the Fidelity group of companies that manages $233 billion of assets, sued Singapore and Hong Kong companies for using the Fidelity name without its permission, Bloomberg News reported last week. more

The first medical-marijuana dispensary has opened in Rhode Island and likely will soon be followed by another, despite uncertain business prospects due to scaled-back plans following years of legal and legislative wrangling. more

Rhode Island and Massachusetts both joined New York and four other states in saying they plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal law by failing to regulate methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, Bloomberg News reported. more

Social media networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ present benefits and dangers for businesses, according to panelists at the third annual Providence Business News Social Media & Marketing Summit. The Feb. 27 event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Providence-Warwick attracted more than 250 members of the Rhode Island business community. more