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Tim McCarthy, a health care business professional from New Hampshire, acquired West Warwick-based nutrition consulting services provider Nutrition Consultants LLC.
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By Katie Dougherty |
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The U.S. mortgage delinquency rate increased for the first time in a year as slowing economic growth left more borrowers struggling to pay their bills.
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By John Gittelsohn |
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Commercial real estate sales and leasing showed “multiple signs of improvement” in the first half of 2012 compared with the same period of last year, but prices remain stagnant, Capstone Properties said in its midyear survey.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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The R.I. Economic Development Corporation and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. won court approval to take possession of assets of 38 Studios LLC, the bankrupt video-game maker founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.
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By Michael Bathon |
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Foreclosure filings in the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area plunged 30 percent in July compared with the same period in 2011 and new foreclosure starts fell 26 percent, RealtyTrac said Thursday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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July was the hottest month in the lower 48 states in records going back 117 years, capping the hottest 12 months ever in the continental U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
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By Brian K. Sullivan |
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Rhode Island College has made plans to establish a beekeeping program to continue promoting sustainable living and protection of the environment.
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By Katie Dougherty |
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A second pool of mosquitoes in Rhode Island have tested positive for the West Nile Virus, according to the R.I. Department of Environmental Management.
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Productivity in the United States increased 1.67 percent and unit labor costs rose 1.7 percent in the nonfarm business sector during the second quarter of 2012, reported the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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By PBN Staff
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Capital Good Fund, a Providence-based nonprofit financial services organization, will receive an $81,273 Community Development Financial Institutions Technical Assistance grant.
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By Katie Dougherty |