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Rhode Islanders who lost their primary residence due to an improper foreclosure process between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011 face a Jan. 18 deadline to file a claim under the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement.
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By PBN Staff
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Improving Rhode Island’s business climate will require a “sustained, cooperative partnership,” according to Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed. The Rhode Island Senate and the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council released a report on Tuesday issuing recommendations on how to improve the state’s business rankings.
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By PBN Staff
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For the first time since 2006 to 2007, Rhode Island saw two consecutive years of business growth, as 7,121 new corporate entities registered in the Ocean State in 2012 after more than 6,800 new businesses filed in the Ocean State in 2011.
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By PBN Staff
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Three Federal Home Loan Banks and a fourth financial institutions filed court documents on Friday against Bank of America Corp.’s $8.5 billion agreement to settle claims related to mortgages issued by its Countrywide unit, The New York Times reported.
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By PBN Staff
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Newport-based American Shipyard Co. LLC, which does business as Newport Shipyard, has been fined $31,000 in a Clean Air Act settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stock-index futures fell as euro-area leaders imposed a levy on Cypriot bank deposits to cut the cost of a bailout, sparking concern the measure may one day be used in the bigger economies of Spain or Italy.
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By Sofia Horta e Costa and Sarah Pringle |
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The U.S. health care industry is in the midst of unprecedented transition. Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is poised to significantly alter the country’s health care delivery system. Add to that an aging population, a growing incidence of chronic diseases and a shortage of primary care physicians, and it becomes clear that we’re in for an industrywide shift.
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By Sarah Parsons
Contributing Writer | 4/8/13 |
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An analysis of the new strain of what’s being called Shanghai bird flu, conducted by Dr. Anne S. De Groot and her team of researchers at EpiVax Inc., has concluded that there may be the need to develop a new vaccine to combat a potential devastating outbreak of the disease.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee said he will sign a bill legalizing same sex- marriage as soon as this week, providing an economic boost to the state and a resolution of an issue whose “time had come.”
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By Esmé E. Deprez |
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Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. will be sued by the state of New York for allegedly violating terms of a $25 billion nationwide settlement over foreclosure practices.
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By David McLaughlin |