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Single-family home prices in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River area dropped 4.2 percent in May compared with the same period in 2011, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index.
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By PBN Staff
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Sexy Period - the Providence startup maker of fashionable, leak-resistant undergarments – has rebranded to Underbrella to appeal to a broader clientele base, the company announced Monday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Oil declined in New York as euro-area unemployment reached the highest level on record, prompting speculation that crude’s surge last week, its biggest in three years, may have been excessive.
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By Grant Smith |
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Fewer U.S. state economies improved during the first three months of the year and a measure of gains in their health rose at half the rate at the end of last year.
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By William Selway |
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Providence Business News has announced the winners of its newest event, Healthiest Employers, which recognizes companies – large and small – that have health and wellness initiatives and believe in encouraging employees to adapt healthy lifestyles.
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By PBN Staff
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By executive order, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee has declared the last Sunday in July “Bay Day” in Rhode Island.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island’s foreclosure rate fell 0.2 percentage points from May 2011 to May 2012, CoreLogic said Friday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Consumer spending in the U.S. stalled in May as slower job gains and a lack of wage growth prompted Americans to cut back.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island has entered into partnership discussions with Care New England, according to a joint statement released Thursday by Memorial’s acting president and CEO Arthur DeBlois and Dennis D. Keefe, president and CEO of Care New England.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Catalyst Inc. has completed its acquisition of Assonet, Mass.-based MediaConcepts, a marketing communications agency specializing in biopharmaceuticals, food and beverage and technology.
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By PBN Staff
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